[blindlaw] I'm Confused - RE: Canes and Blindness alongwiththechanging color of the cane

[Scott C. LaBarre]

I do believe we have circled and circled again these arguments and think we 
need to move on.  It is an interesting philosophical discussion that we 
should have sometime over drinks or your favorite beverage.  However, the 
discussion has strayed away from the primary mission of this list.
Respectfully,
Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.
President
National Association of Blind Lawyers
LaBarre Law Offices P.C.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve P. Deeley" <stevep.deeley at insightbb.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] I'm Confused - RE: Canes and Blindness 
alongwiththechanging color of the cane


> Why don't we just let each city and municipality use what ever color 
> traffic lights they choose to install.  Do you know the meaning of 
> uniformity???
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark BurningHawk" <stone_troll at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 3:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] I'm Confused - RE: Canes and Blindness along 
> withthechanging color of the cane
>
>
>> Can't resist:
>>
>> I, personally,would like to switch the color of my mobility tool
>> because I want it to be *ONLY* that; a mobility tool.  I frankly don't
>> like the associations attached to the white cane as a white cane, nor
>> do I like the color and its connotations of surrender and
>> helplessness.  I don't like the construction o the cane as is,
>> designed above all else to be light and to vibrate easily, allowing
>> for sensitivity to surfaces.  I also think that a cane should serve
>> more than just one purpose as a tool, and in earlier posts I have
>> pointed out that, as a weapon, for one example, the cane as designed
>> now fails utterly.  I can speak from experience to say that sometimes
>> a weapon is a good thing to have--no where did Lao Tsu say "Speak
>> softly and carry a long, slender, flimsy stick." :)
>>
>> Since I find the whole concept of using a long poking / tapping device
>> to find out about your environment to be archaic and clumsy, very
>> narrow-minded thinking, if I am ever forced to adopt such a strategy,
>> I would like said device to serve more than just that poking/tapping
>> purpose.  I also do *NOT* want attention drawn to me over blindness,
>> as I don't identify myself as a "blind man," but rather as a man; I
>> just happen to be blind, and that only some of the time--the rest of
>> the time, I just can't see.  It's this image I prefer to put forth,
>> however misunderstood it might be, to the world; not that of a person
>> who demands the world take note of him as possibly needing help,
>> possibly allowing himself to be led about by the hand, and signaling
>> that he accepts a second-class status.  That's my position on the
>> whole color thing, and my reasoning for the posts I sent last week.  I
>> am not advocating for one second that blindness should be ignored or
>> is something to be ashamed of, but neither is it something to identify
>> with or be proud of in its own right.  Who out there says, "When I
>> grow up, I want to be a blind person!"  Being proud of overcoming
>> obstacles created by others' opposition to / fear of blindness is
>> another thing altogether.
>>
>> Mark BurningHawk
>> Skype and Twitter:  BurningHawk1969
>> Home:  Http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
>> Namaste!
>>
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