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Feb 18, 2004

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." --Desmond Tutu

Wheelchair as a Weapon

Bus number 86B, Frankstown, didn't pick up Donald Stancile because the bus's handicapped ramp malfunctioned and the driver wasn't trained in operating it manually. So Donald took the bus hostage by blocking it with his wheelchair. Arrested for his act of civil disobedience, Donald later said, "Ninety-eight percent of the people who ride the bus can get on the bus. The other 2 percent are like me. Why can't we get on the bus? Why are we always the person at the bottom of the totem pole?"