[Blindtlk] People How Asking How one Became Blind

[Sean Paul]

Agree there Mike, well said. I think that when people ask that question. We 
as blind folk should take the opertunity to use that as a time of education 
about how we got there & what we do once we are there. Getting all upset 
tight & out of sorts about it doesn't solve the situation at all. In fact, 
if you really get out there, You make the rest of us look bad.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Portillo" <portillo.jim at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 19:08
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] People How Asking How one Became Blind


> Right on!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:04 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] People How Asking How one Became Blind
>
> People are just so curious that they can't stand it so they ask. Frankly, 
> I
> don't understand why so many of us get hung up about this or why many of 
> us
> think this is so personal. After all, if we truly believe that it is
> respectable to be blind, then we should just be able to answer the 
> question
> without emotional trauma or angst. We are always telling kids to ask about
> blindness rather than shy away from us. I should think that what is true 
> for
> kids should be so for adults also.
> Alternatively, some people can't seem to figure out how to start a
> conversation without making eye contact so they ask about your blindness
> because it is what they're emotionally preoccupied with. After all, we are 
> a
> minority.
> Relax and just go with the flow.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> On May 16, 2013, at 15:05, wogg le4 <woggle4 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I often people ask what is a personal question when they don't
>> know one very well. Why do they feel justified in doing so?
>>
>> I have no difficulty in discussing the subject but don't always think
>> it appropriate in the particular context.
>>
>> this email was prompted by a girl who remarked that she had wondered
>> about this all the time she knew me.
>>
>> I think she's a bit wierd anyway - it just got me thinking, as I'm
>> currently stuck on a train sitting beside this girl, struggling to
>> make conversation, which I'm finding particularly difficult - she
>> really is an annoying individual.
>>
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