Using one of those powered scooters does not mean you are hooked to a ventilator around the clock or severed your spine at the neck. People use them because they have difficulty getting around and are unable to walk for prolonged periods or distances. Try to get out more and actually interact with some old people.
Because there is no mental "police force" charged with making sure that every person in the world with mental health issues does not go outside without an escort. There are TONS of people with mental health problems who are as free as you and I. In fact, 98% of them are.
Where do you live that only quadriplegics use powered scooters and only those certified by the State as mentally sound are allowed to leave their home without an escort....Iran?
Where do you live that I only say what you think I say? Your mom's house?
My point was that, from what I can tell she is physically and mentally sound enough to know the potential consequences of her actions. And she got sprayed with a freaking garden hose on an obviously warm and sunny day. Ooooooooo such horrid abuse. Obviously these men are cowards to have inflicted such grave harm on a helpless old lady.
I was loling the entire time.
As for knowing old people, perhaps I should introduce you to my mom's side of the family from the previous generation. Most are 70+ and openly talk about awesome people too. Even the physically disabled ones are mentally sound enough to carry on an intelligent conversation. I love how you automatically assume that, based on nothing more the fact that she's using a scooter, she is just a helpless old lady that needs to be coddled and is not responsible for her actions.
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