Absolutely fair comment mateTBH, I don't think he had any say in it at all, however virtuous he thinks he is?
He has no experience or similarity regarding rearing a child with down syndrome (or at least he hasn't mentioned it.)
This women obviously has the experience and has (i think) taken his remarks as a personal jibe possibly reflecting on her own choices in life?
His remark 'appalling change in their lives' is a very old fashioned view, considering the advances and development within the special needs fraturnity.
I would waver he has pissed off a few professional peeps 'Mencap' for a start with his carefree and uneducated remarks.
Just saying loike.
But the bloke is 85, bought up in a different era with different attitudes and used to abiding by different rules, to be honest why should he change any more than you or i will in the next 20 years (if we last that long) ?
I cant see that he has broken any laws and was polite in getting his opinion over throughout the only reason I can see for arrest an harassment is some silly bitch not being able to either argue her point with any degree of common sense or not being able to ignore the old duffer and move on ........... bet she posted it all over (un) social media and got a load of "oh thats terrible hun" remarks before calling plod, boils my piss to be honest