[Blindtlk] Making a Difference, (Cont.): Bringing the right attitude out

Wed Sep 3 01:29:45 UTC 2014

If possible, I will sit up front near the driver, but if not, I won't. 

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter
Donahue via blindtlk
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 9:26 PM
To: Mark Tardif; Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Making a Difference, (Cont.): Bringing the right
attitude out

Good evening Mark and everyone,

    The same here. I could sit in the front of the bus but prefer to sit in
the front-facing rows so my guide dog will be completely out of the aisle. 
If you study your NFB literature you would see that the right to sit in a
seat of one's choosing on a bus, an airplane, or other mode of
transportation is a right some federationists have been arrested for and
even being taken to jail to protect this freedom. We don't need members of
the blind community undermining the work we have done and the sacrifices
some of our members have made to protect our right to the seat of our choice
on public transportation.

Peter Donahue

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From: "Mark Tardif via blindtlk" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
To: "Eric Calhoun" <eric at pmpmail.com>; "Blind Talk Mailing List" 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Making a Difference,(Cont.): Bringing the right
attitude out

> I'm not sure what I'm missing here, but for some reason this doesn't 
> sound like a very good way to make a friend, I'm not understanding
something.
> Unless I was carrying grocery bags after shopping, I would never 
> uproot someone from near the door of the bus, regardless of the 
> situation.  My legs will carry me, and if there is standing room only 
> on the bus and nobody offers me a seat, so be it.  I'm not going to 
> get into a confrontation because I'm blind and someone is sitting in 
> an area that we think is reserved for disabled people.  I will go to 
> the back, or, like I said, if there are no available seats and nobody 
> offers me a seat, I will stand like anyone else.  Maybe I sound too 
> independent and proud, but that's part of who I am.  Sorry to sound so 
> harsh, but that's how I see it.
>
> Mark Tardif
> Nuclear arms will not hold you.
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:24 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
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> I made a difference by trying to make a friend.  I reminded her that 
> she would want the same forbsomeone else.  When you're in a disabled 
> area, and you're not disabled, you have an option to move.
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