2007-03-23 I'm A Southpaw

"Why don't you use the correct hand to write?" Luckily, you don't hear that very often nowadays. My dad, for example, is a left-handed by nature, but he was trained in school to write with his right hand. He does everything else with his left hand, like holding a screw-driver, for example. Obviously, our forefathers thought that left-handedness was a kind of flaw. Interesting that they didn't kill short or overweight people, isn't it?
I am left-handed myself, and I haven't experienced the slightest problems because of it in my entire life. Neither discrimination, nor trouble with technology or other devices. I hold scissors with my right hand, because it just won't work with left (try it -- the blades will be pushed apart and the paper will fold at best), but I didn't notice it until I was about 15 years old. Everything seems so normal to me, and I don't quite understand the fuss people make about it.
For example: There is a list of famous left-handed people, there are tons of books about the topic, and there is even a Left Handers' Day (on August 13th).
A funny thing at the end: in Arab culture, it is considered an insult to wave your left hand to greet somebody. There is a historical reason for this, of course, but if you ask me it's all a bunch of crap (check Wikipedia to get the joke).

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