Cecil Himself is lefthanded. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_092.html so watch your mouth, Buster.
Lynn
(Righthanded, but married to a lefty and mother of another one)
Before iampunha or czarcasm beat me to it, let me observe that there is a large group of ambidextrous people out there that are always ignored in this sort of debate!
I, too, am left-handed, and I can attest that it is not a choice.
Ever since I can remember thinking about handedness, or wanting to use my hand to pick up implements, I have been oriented to the left. Oh, sure, I saw that most of the other kids were righties, but that only made me wonder why I was different.
And, sure, I know lefties who have hidden it – who have disguised their handedness by, say, using scissors right-handedly or eating right-handedly – and even those who have denied it totally, by insisting on writing with the excerable penmanship of the faux-righty.
But what about people like me, who are helplessly left-handed? Who write with the pronounced “hook” which is a sure sign of “true,” deep-seated left-handeness? Who cannot use right-handed scissors without cutting a finger or two off? Who cannot even mentally process how to accomplish tasks right-handed, let alone attempt to do so themselves?
I couldn’t “pass” for right-handed even if I wanted to. I am too obviously of the left, with my left-handed softball glove and the writing callous on my left-index finger. But, dammit, why should I have to try? Why should I have to pretend to be like you, with your unoriginal and bourgeois right-handedness?
Different doesn’t mean wrong! There is room in this worldfor all, no matter what their hand orientation is. You just let me be a lefty, and I’ll let you be a righty.
And believe me: If I want your opinion on my handedness, I’ll ask for it.
Oh please. Everyone is BORN right handed. It’s simply a choice to use your left hand.
So, just stop doing it. It’s wrong. The Bible says so.
Jodi, my heart goes out to you, but don’t you see that if God had intented for you to use your left hand, he would have put it on your right side? Your thumbs are opposable for a reason.
I just want you to understand that no matter how abominable you are, I love you anyway. I’m not saying that I approve of what you do, just that I won’t judge you for it. I think it is possible that some left-handed people might even go to heaven. That’s not my decision to make.
But let me ask you honestly, and please try to answer without being defensive or condescending. Why do you feel like it’s necessary to use your hands in public? Don’t you think it would be more appropriate to use them at home? Aren’t you concerned about the message you’re sending to vulnerable children?
But did you even consider the health aspects of left-handedness? What about Left-Handed Inky Hand Syndrome?
Sig material! 
And yes, FERROUS, my left hand does tend to get inky when I use it – and so what? So what, sir? This is just another example of right-handed wrong-headedness, because if you righties would allow us lefties to use pens with non-smearing ink, we could avoid that tragic problem. But no: Better to act like we lefties don’t exist than give us the means to avoid inkiness. God forbid you pass out information on nonsmearing ink choices to make our lives less messy, because then you might be taken to sanction left-handedness.
You know, this is witty and amusing and all, but I can’t helping feeling a little sad, too. I’ve heard all this before - and it’s never been funny.
Esprix
Yeah, but maybe some of the lurkers out there will see the inherent silliness of their prejudices and become more open to other people’s differences.
I would love to see His4Ever’s reaction to this thread.
I am not afraid to tell you that I am left-handed.
I have told my parents, who accept it as a part of me.
I am also an atheist, so can comfortably ignore the fundamentalists who think it is some sort of peversion, or disease, and quote their version of the Bible at me.
However not everyone is as lucky as me, and all sorts of discrimination exist.
The fight against prejudice is a continual one, but it’s worth it.
I am surprised that no one has pointed out some of the major left hander related silliness that we see in American culture all the time. President’s Reagan, Bush 41, and Clinton are all lefties, as is Ross Perot. Taking after Truman (another lefty), Reagan appearantly sometimes publicaly signed documents with his right hand. I don’t think 41 or Clinton ever felt compelled to do this which at least shows an improvement in lefty tollerance.
I have also noticed that all the Simpson family are lefties in at least some of the episodses. It changes though.
Given that in recent years the White House has been occupied with lefties way more of the time than randomness would dictate I would say lefties are slowly taking over. It’s truly sinister.
Yeah! And “southpaw” was a perfectly good and decent word until they had to come along and appropriate it for their own sinister purposes!
…What?
Oh.
I’m sorry, but this is the line that made me laugh out loud. It is a work of pure comic genius, and your timing was perfect.
Phew, I’ve come back to this thread and there are all these responses that I didn’t expect at all; I’ll try to answer them as best I can, but it’s probably simpler to explain that most of you are just wrong, unless you agree with me.
I did start to realise that some people cannot face the truth that I am speaking and choose to be insulted by it, for this reason, you will see that starting with my response to Tranquilis, I have been putting a smiley at the end of each line so that nobody will be offended by what I say
I will pray for you
I did tangentially mention this in the OP, but it’s pretty clear that ambidextrous people can please God by using their right hand, but if, while they are doing that, they fantasise about using the left hand, they fall into sin and should probably burn forever or something
Unfortunate, but I am right handed but feel that I should’ve been born a lefty. I feel trapped, my opposable thumbs hopelessly on the wrong side of my palm.
Right now I’m saving for the operation that will reverse this terrible error of nature. I’ll have my right hand chopped off, for it offends me, and then swap it for the one on the left.
I’ll shunned in both worlds, acceptance is difficult for use, the transhanded.
Yeah, but then you’d end up with…
“TWIN BODY POWERED PROSTHESES WITH DORRANCE #5X STAINLESS STEEL HOOKS!”
I’m sorry, but you guys are asking me to deny the Truth-and the Truth is that God said that though shalt not use thy left hand as thy would the right hand.
As they say, “Write=Right.”
You CAN switch change. The Lord Jesus will help you.
[sub]I LOVE you guys. I really do.[/sub]
Oh please! Imagine the horrific results that might ensue if a young child, vulnerable and confused about which hand is the right one, found such a pen.
You forgot the smiley, there, Mangie, so that gives me clearance to call you a shut-skulled prat. If only you’d remembered the emoticon, I would have had no choice but to smile and nod. Hey, your rule.
I, um, can write with both hands and really don’t sense much of a difference with either. I also use both feet with equal ability and I don’t even favor a particular side of my brain.
Am I going to Hell now or later?