[Blindtlk] This and That.

[T. Joseph Carter]

Mary,

The email got a response because it was spammed to half a dozen or 
more NFB lists, and was explicitly a recruiting ad for an ACB 
chapter.  It was posted by a person who had been warned about posting 
inappropriate things to NFB lists on several occasions.  So Dave gave 
him the boot.  Likely, he posted the message saying so because he did 
not want 17 requests for him to kick the guy out of our lists after 
he had already done so.

The discussion has largely nothing to do with Alexander or his effort 
to start an ACB chapter anymore.  It’s wandered, as these things are 
wont to do.  The ACB is still part of the general theme of the 
discussion, but even that I think is petering out.  All that could be 
said about the NFB and ACB has been said (and probably a thousand 
times over).

The history has already passed us by.  The future hasn’t been written 
yet.  Right now, what matters is right now.

Joseph


On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:38:44AM -0500, Mary Mc Gee wrote:
>Dear Fellow Federationists;
>
>            I had a criminal appeal pending, then went on a little vacation,
>so I haven't either read the posts or added anything for a while.  I've read
>them all now and can make a few comments, for better or worse.
>
>            An individual can be an excellent traveler with either a cane or
>a dog.  Just choose your method and do your best.
>
>            I cannot really answer the one about blind people not wanting to
>"rock the boat" other than what's already been said about getting outside
>the comfort zone, etc.  I CAN say that the train is common in people with
>many and various disabilities and I think it stems from a lack of confidence
>or fear that bad things will happen if harmony is upset.  I've never had
>that problem:  I'm no doubt one of the most confrontational people alive
>when I need to be.  And I'm a paid advocate in a competitive and sometimes
>nasty profession.  I've had clients, e.g. people with disabilities who have
>trouble with S.S.A. or the V.A. and they're afraid to do anything toward
>solving their problem because they're afraid their benefits will be cut.
>I've had other people say they won't take a stand because their families
>won't like it and they're dependent on their relatives for transportation.
>
>            I guess my conclusion is:  Until you have total confidence and
>no fear of the unknown, you won't want to do anything too "radical".
>
>            Now for this A.C.B. stuff.  If was in the N.F.B. back in the
>day.  I knew Dr. Jernigan personally.   Yet I dropped out of the N.F.B.
>years ago because of all the bickering between the A.C.B. and the N.F.B.,
>even though I love the N.F.B. philosophy.  I just had better things to do
>than worry about fighting back and forth.
>
>            I though the fighting was over, so I joined the N.F.B. again and
>I'm on the Board of our Chapter.  The thing I want to know is:  Why is this
>person's ad worthy of a response at all?  It's like a bug that doesn't
>bite-leave it alone and it'll crawl away.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Mary L. McGee, Attorney
>
>
>
>
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