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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to end the stigmatisation of, and material discrimination against, left-handed people. More details
Submitted by Christopher Mounsey – Deadline to sign up by: 01 March 2007 – Signatures: 44
More details from petition creator
For hundreds of years, left-handed people have been stigmatised and repressed -- often on the grounds of a religious association of the left with evil (hence the derivation of the word 'sinister' which, in Latin, means simply 'left')-- by the right-handed majority.
Further, this oppression continues today, albeit in a less overt way. Left-handed people are placed at a constant disadvantage by society. Nearly all tools and devices are designed to be comfortably used with the right hand, causing left-handed people considerable discomfort in day-to-day tasks.
We, the undersigned, call upon the government to apologise for this continued oppression and to legislate to end the discrimination -- particularly in the manufacture of tools -- that causes thousands of needless injuries to left-handed people every year.
Current signatories
Christopher Mounsey, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Christian Cox
- Dr. A. Strabismus
- John Piatras Burns
- Annabelle Fuller
- Jon Anderson
- Lara-Jane Fuller
- Dave Lambert
- Chuck Unsworth
- Aidan Randle-Conde
- Christopher Bunker
- Mark Adams
- Sue Tuck
- james white
- Hilary Vivian
- Graham Henry
- Sara Taylor
- gordon buckman
- Anne Greagsby
- James Nelis
- James Hancock
- Lesley James
- Vincent Gledhill
- Alistair Burns
- john Wright
- JC Skinner
- Andrew Woodcock
- Helen Bennett
- Andrew Midgley
- Rita Medany
- Daniel
- anthony clarke
- Marion Thurtle
- cathy kingsley
- Joanna Tyrrell
- Martin Rist
- Matthew Baker
- charli wicks
- Julia Jones
- Peter Varley
- Neil Cooper
- Mark J Wilkins
- Terry hayden
- christopher fox
