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

Wed Sep 3 02:42:12 UTC 2014

Hi all! 
I agree. 
Kendra 

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> On Sep 2, 2014, at 6:29 PM, justin williams via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
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> 
>> 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.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eric Calhoun via blindtlk
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014 8:24 PM
>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Making a Difference,(Cont.): Bringing the 
>> right attitude out
>> 
>> 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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