[Blindtlk] blindtlk Digest, Vol 83, Issue 17

[Carly Mihalakis]

Hi, constantly barefooted wonder,

No, not groping buttts and boobs or anything, but I hug everybody. 
Just hafta do it. How else, in the absence of eye contact, are you 
supposed to feel connected? 06:41 PM 5/17/2013, you wrote:
>Maybe, but, surely, you're not going to tell me you go around 
>groping people do you?  I can't believe that.  I believe touching is 
>very important yes:  but, the circumstances have to be right.
>
>
>Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the 
>blind built-in!
>Sincerely,
>The Constantly Barefooted Ray
>Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>
>On May 17, 2013, at 2:00 PM, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Good morning, constantly barefooted Ray,
> >
> > I dunno about you and others, to me, a person's body means much 
> more than does his face. Although having an idea of a person's face 
> is often useful information, it by no means constitutes his 
> attractiveness, or lack there of.
> > I'm very curious about this.
> > Car:
> >> I ain't either.  NO way.  After all, we've got enough to  deal 
> with having the sdtupid stereotype that a blind person feels 
> people's faces to see what they look like-I can just imagine it now.
> >>        "Hi, nice to meet you." (then he runs his hands all over 
> her face.  Well, enough.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for 
> the blind built-in!
> >> Sincerely,
> >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
> >> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
> >>
> >> On May 17, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Er, um, I'm not going to touch that one!
> >> >
> >> > Mike Freeman
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On May 17, 2013, at 11:11, Carly Mihala kis 
> <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Good morning, Gary,
> >> >>
> >> >>       Yes, and by a same tokin, why is it that touching 
> someone's butt or other parts of their  body, is any different from 
> touching say, their nose, or even their hand? I mean, to some this 
> may sound a little outlandish, but I know for me, I don't care 
> where someone wants to touch me. Also, don't people look upon 
> things with their ocular organs fairly indiscriminately? Yet, if 
> you suggest touching the same gnarly bit with their hands, often 
> sighted folk are reviled. Personally, I see no difference. So, what 
> ol' sighty looks upon with his eyes, I wanna see too, but in a way I know how.
> >> >> What do others think?
> >> >> By the way, I am not uptight about talking about either my 
> cause of blindness or my age, if that's what someone wants to know. 
> The longer things remain a mystery, the more people will feel 
> uneasy and   the result will be our further alienation. for today, Car
> >> >>> be offended if someone asks my age? As a man the world would 
> say no. If I
> >> >>> were a woman, I should be offended by the question and you should be
> >> >>> apologetic about asking. Why? If I'm asked how tall I am, I 
> answer. If I'm
> >> >>> asked how much I weigh, I hesitate and wonder why they want 
> to know and then
> >> >>> decide whether to tell them or fudge on the figure. Why is 
> my weight less a
> >> >>> subject for question than my height? Perhaps because I feel 
> guilty about one
> >> >>> and think I had no control over the other?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Gary
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >> >>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of wogg le4
> >> >>> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 12:23 PM
> >> >>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> >> >>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] blindtlk Digest, Vol 83, Issue 17
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It isn't that I am uncomfortable with the topic.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> For me everything depends on context. As noted this person is not a
> >> >>> friend - is not someone I particularly like and dropped the question
> >> >>> right out of the blue - and I remain of the veiw that it shows really
> >> >
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