These articles are usually deliberately hyped up to give the "Look at the filthy lying cripples, leeching off the state!" perspective more credibility. Hence the lake of 'man who CLAIMS to have a bad back, photographed PLAYING TENNIS!!!' articles. What the article (deliberately) doesn't mention is what would happen if he wasn't allowed to do those things. Most likely complete mental breakdown, being a nervous wreck and unable to work at all.
He has a compulsive disorder that manifests in an odd way. Let's all point, laugh and throw rhetorical rocks at him. Ooh, and let's ask some psychologists from another area who've never met him their opinion! Which would imply that the only facts on the case they've recieved are.. From.. The journalist.
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Date: 2011-07-20 02:35 pm (UTC)He has a compulsive disorder that manifests in an odd way. Let's all point, laugh and throw rhetorical rocks at him. Ooh, and let's ask some psychologists from another area who've never met him their opinion! Which would imply that the only facts on the case they've recieved are.. From.. The journalist.
*headdesk*