[Blind-international-students] Blind-international-students Digest, Vol 40, Issue 5
Mostafa Al'mahdy
mostafa.almahdy at gmail.com
Fri Mar 15 22:01:54 UTC 2013
Hello. Thanks for giving me the good impression. Thanks so much for
respecting me. I really appreciate it. I just wanted you to know, I am not a
mendicant.
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> 1. Re: Formal complaint about this video. Help Emma - YouTube
> (Guido Corona)
> 2. Re: Formal complaint about this video. Help Emma - YouTube
> (Causes for Change International)
> 3. Re: Formal complaint about this video. Help Emma - YouTube
> (Guido Corona)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:03:35 -0500
> From: "Guido Corona" <guidoc at austin.rr.com>
> To: "'Mostafa Al'mahdy'" <mostafa.almahdy at gmail.com>, "'Blind
> International Students Mailing List'"
> <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about
> this video. Help Emma - YouTube
> Message-ID: <000001ce2108$2bfbf2b0$83f3d810$@austin.rr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Mustafa, you sound like you are totally out to lunch! G.
>
>
>
>
>
> Guido D. Corona
>
> Email: guido.d.corona at gmail.com
> Home office: (512) 996-9187
> Mobile: (512) 466-1322
>
>
>
> "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept."
>
> [Ansel Adams]
>
>
>
> From: Blind-international-students
> [mailto:blind-international-students-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Mostafa
> Al'mahdy
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:35 AM
> To: pressoffice at rnib.org.uk
> Subject: [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about this video.
> Help Emma - YouTube
>
>
>
> Hello. It was the last thing I ever imagined. I never thought that I may
> one
> day raise such a complaint. I am critically expressing my offence of the
> video in the section below. It was posted by RNIB last year. For those who
> may not know, RNIB is the largest UK organization for the blind. It aims
> of
> helping blind people to become more independent, promoting positive
> attitude,
> and advocating for blind people rights for equality in education,
> employment,
> and generally speaking, just to live an ordinary life. They acquire a
> tremendously fundraised charity from across the country, and they
> supposedly
> reutilize that money to promote for blind people independency, and
> simultaneously, they help blind people to optimally get along. But
> unfortunately, the video in the section below contains offensive portrayal
> of
> blind people. It indeed offends blind people around the world. It helps
> growing the stereotyped notion that's already there. They were rather
> supposed to adhere their accountability of refuting the misconception
> that's
> constantly associated with blind people competency. The video in the
> section
> below promotes mendicancy. That's totally unacceptable. Blind people are
> not
> mendicants. I am afraid to say, that in this video, RNIB failed to
> recognize
> their mission statement. If I am about to post a video on Youtube, I have
> to
> be quite careful though. And in particular, if this video represents, or
> reflects on the reputation of certain group of people. Please, help us
> showing our disagreement to what's in this video. Let us help RNIB to get
> back on track. Click on the video, dislike it, and post a comment that
> expresses your decline of such an attitude. Feel free to post any
> constructive criticism. But, we should all refrain from any profanity or
> inflammatory remarks. Thank you. Mostafa Al'mahdy.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2cJLF1qVpI
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> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:50:57 -0500
> From: Causes for Change International <info at causesforchange.org>
> To: Blind International Students Mailing List
> <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about
> this video. Help Emma - YouTube
> Message-ID: <05B409DC-398D-4632-A024-1BE4B805665A at causesforchange.org>
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> Please clarify statement made to Mustafa, fail to understand
>
> it starts with one...
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2013, at 6:03 PM, "Guido Corona" <guidoc at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Mustafa, you sound like you are totally out to lunch! G.
>>
>>
>> Guido D. Corona
>> Email: guido.d.corona at gmail.com
>> Home office: (512) 996-9187
>> Mobile: (512) 466-1322
>>
>> ?There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.?
>> [Ansel Adams]
>>
>> From: Blind-international-students
>> [mailto:blind-international-students-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Mostafa Al'mahdy
>> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:35 AM
>> To: pressoffice at rnib.org.uk
>> Subject: [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about this
>> video. Help Emma - YouTube
>>
>> Hello. It was the last thing I ever imagined. I never thought that I may
>> one day raise such a complaint. I am critically expressing my offence of
>> the video in the section below. It was posted by RNIB last year. For
>> those who may not know, RNIB is the largest UK organization for the
>> blind. It aims of helping blind people to become more independent,
>> promoting positive attitude, and advocating for blind people rights for
>> equality in education, employment, and generally speaking, just to live
>> an ordinary life. They acquire a tremendously fundraised charity from
>> across the country, and they supposedly reutilize that money to promote
>> for blind people independency, and simultaneously, they help blind people
>> to optimally get along. But unfortunately, the video in the section below
>> contains offensive portrayal of blind people. It indeed offends blind
>> people around the world. It helps growing the stereotyped notion that's
>> already there. They were rather supposed to adhere their accountability
>> of refuting the misconception that's constantly associated with blind
>> people competency. The video in the section below promotes mendicancy.
>> That's totally unacceptable. Blind people are not mendicants. I am afraid
>> to say, that in this video, RNIB failed to recognize their mission
>> statement. If I am about to post a video on Youtube, I have to be quite
>> careful though. And in particular, if this video represents, or reflects
>> on the reputation of certain group of people. Please, help us showing
>> our disagreement to what's in this video. Let us help RNIB to get back on
>> track. Click on the video, dislike it, and post a comment that expresses
>> your decline of such an attitude. Feel free to post any constructive
>> criticism. But, we should all refrain from any profanity or inflammatory
>> remarks. Thank you. Mostafa Al'mahdy.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2cJLF1qVpI
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> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:03:16 -0500
> From: "Guido Corona" <guidoc at austin.rr.com>
> To: "'Blind International Students Mailing List'"
> <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about
> this video. Help Emma - YouTube
> Message-ID: <001001ce2121$423797a0$c6a6c6e0$@austin.rr.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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> The term ?out to lunch? is a metaphoric figure of speech which -- in the
> current North American demotic form of the English language -- denotes
> substantive failures to connect with reality.
>
>
>
> G.
>
> Guido D. Corona
>
> Email: guido.d.corona at gmail.com
> Home office: (512) 996-9187
> Mobile: (512) 466-1322
>
>
>
> ?There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.?
>
> [Ansel Adams]
>
>
>
> From: Blind-international-students
> [mailto:blind-international-students-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Causes for Change International
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 7:51 PM
> To: Blind International Students Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about this
> video. Help Emma - YouTube
>
>
>
> Please clarify statement made to Mustafa, fail to understand
>
> it starts with one...
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2013, at 6:03 PM, "Guido Corona" <guidoc at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Mustafa, you sound like you are totally out to lunch! G.
>
>
>
>
>
> Guido D. Corona
>
> Email: guido.d.corona at gmail.com
> Home office: (512) 996-9187
> Mobile: (512) 466-1322
>
>
>
> ?There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.?
>
> [Ansel Adams]
>
>
>
> From: Blind-international-students
> [mailto:blind-international-students-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Mostafa Al'mahdy
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:35 AM
> To: pressoffice at rnib.org.uk
> Subject: [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about this video.
> Help Emma - YouTube
>
>
>
> Hello. It was the last thing I ever imagined. I never thought that I may
> one day raise such a complaint. I am critically expressing my offence of
> the video in the section below. It was posted by RNIB last year. For those
> who may not know, RNIB is the largest UK organization for the blind. It
> aims of helping blind people to become more independent, promoting
> positive attitude, and advocating for blind people rights for equality in
> education, employment, and generally speaking, just to live an ordinary
> life. They acquire a tremendously fundraised charity from across the
> country, and they supposedly reutilize that money to promote for blind
> people independency, and simultaneously, they help blind people to
> optimally get along. But unfortunately, the video in the section below
> contains offensive portrayal of blind people. It indeed offends blind
> people around the world. It helps growing the stereotyped notion that's
> already there. They were rather supposed to adhere their accountability of
> refuting the misconception that's constantly associated with blind people
> competency. The video in the section below promotes mendicancy. That's
> totally unacceptable. Blind people are not mendicants. I am afraid to say,
> that in this video, RNIB failed to recognize their mission statement. If
> I am about to post a video on Youtube, I have to be quite careful though.
> And in particular, if this video represents, or reflects on the reputation
> of certain group of people. Please, help us showing our disagreement to
> what's in this video. Let us help RNIB to get back on track. Click on the
> video, dislike it, and post a comment that expresses your decline of such
> an attitude. Feel free to post any constructive criticism. But, we should
> all refrain from any profanity or inflammatory remarks. Thank you. Mostafa
> Al'mahdy.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2cJLF1qVpI
>
>
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