[blindlaw] Pimp My Cane

[Mark BurningHawk]

I'm following this thread, and I know a large percentage of the folks  
here are NFB members; I personally a not, nor any organization, for  
that matter.  I find a bit of hypocrisy in this discussion:  First the  
NFB rails against things like audible cross walk signals and so on,  
claiming that the blind don't need them, that it's not what the blind  
"want," whatever.  Same with identifiable currency.  Now, however, I  
hear a bunch of the same people saying, in effect, "I want to carry a  
symbol of blindness! I want to proclaim my blindness to everyone so  
that they can alter their behaviors appropriately in recognition of  
the fact that I'm blind!"  I should think the true spirit of the NFB  
might be to use a black cane and give no indication whatsoever of  
blindness, except on a purely voluntary basis.  I just don't  
understand this.

Mark BurningHawk
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Namaste!