[Blind-international-students] Blind-international-students Digest, Vol 40, Issue 5

Sat Mar 16 01:48:34 UTC 2013

Mustafa, your social stratum is not under discussion, nor there is the
faintest evidence that the RNIB movie is fostering or promoting a social
condition of dependency for the blind population.

Services for the blind cost a fortune to RNIB and other similar
organizations. Understandably, RNIB is making an effective financial appeal
tastefully leveraging the very real emotional turmoil caused by Loss of
sight, be it gradual or sudden. 

I lost my sight during my twenties and thirties... I adapted, worked hard for
over 30 years, and thrived because of the expensive social, psychological,
and technological  rehabilitation offered to me by the amazingly caring
people in the Department of Blind Services of my own State government, and by
the fantastic Canadian national Institute For the Blind (CNIB), an
organization that like the RNIB derives its funding from mixed sources of
government funding, grants, and... tastefully emotional fundraisers very
similar to RNIB's.

If nothing else, RNIB, CNIB, NFB, ACB, AFB, and US State government agencies
for the blind help the blind to... Kick butt!

I recommend that you refocus your energy in becoming professionally
competitive, and avoid taking future offense for worthy causes where only
good will was intended.

Saluti, G.

"There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept" 
                             [Ansel Adams] 

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From: Blind-international-students
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Al'mahdy
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 5:02 PM
To: blind-international-students at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] Blind-international-students
Digest, Vol 40, Issue 5

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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>      (Causes for Change International)
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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"
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> 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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> From: Causes for Change International <info at causesforchange.org>
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> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] Formal complaint about
> this video. Help Emma - YouTube
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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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> 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
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> 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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