[Blindtlk] Extremely! and I do mean, ex, tremely! offended by a comment on NFB Talk!

[Jude DaShiell]

Technically, vision is neither a sense nor an ability.  Vision is an 
experience set.  I think it was Mike May or Leo May got vision restored 
at age 26 and when he saw a homeless man lying on the sidewalk he 
covered his eyes with his hands.  That covering eyes with hands is a 
toddler's reaction to seing someone injured.  This happened since he 
didn't have the experience set of an older person yet.

On Tue, 17 May 2016, Mike Freeman via blindtlk wrote:

> Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 23:40:19
> From: Mike Freeman via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Extremely! and I do mean, ex,
>     tremely! offended by a comment on NFB Talk!
> 
> All:
>
> Part of the reason Diane reacted as she did is that, for better or worse, we
> get asked whether we see colors and such in our dreams *all* the time. Most
> of us find this question *very* old and, indeed, annoying, since it assumes
> that there is, somewhere in our brains, a perception of a reality that, as
> Jude says, we have never known. If one uses a bit of common sense, one
> realizes that any other conclusion implies that there is something special
> about the sense of vision -- something I admit many people believe but which
> has no basis in reality.
>
> Anyway, that's why the reaction Chris got was as it was.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly
> Mihalakis via blindtlk
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 8:28 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List; David Andrews via blindtlk
> Cc: Carly Mihalakis; Christopher-Mark Gilland
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Extremely! and I do mean, ex, tremely! offended by a
> comment on NFB Talk!
>
> Evening, Diane,
>
> Your advising Chris to quote unquote get a life, I find to be awfully
> rude, particularly when it sounds like he approaches this question
> from a place of genuine sincerity and interest.
> C'mon, Diane. You're making us totals look bad!
> Car  At 08:58 PM 5/21/2015, Christopher-Mark Gilland via blindtlk wrote:
>> David, I hate putting you in this position, but if this isn't dealt
>> with accordingly, I'll be leaving the list for good!
>>
>> Did you see Dianne's message in response to mine?  I asked a very
>> very simple question.  OK, the second part of it was very very very!
>> far stretched, I'll admit, but on earth, being I've all my life had
>> a little vision, it's something I don't know how to relate to, and
>> figured I would ask.  So again, when totally blind with no vision at
>> all, I ask, do you see in your dreams?  Dianne wrote back and all
>> she says is, Get a life?  Excuse me?  Yet another reason I don't
>> post to the list.  I found that incredibly! disrespectful, when I
>> was asking a very sincere genuine question.
>>
>> Again, I don't mean to put you in a tough situation, but please!
>> please! will you send an admin message letting people know that on
>> this list, it is asked for all to be respectful of one another as a
>> gentle reminder?  Frankly, if I was a mod of a list, and I got a
>> report of that type message, and I saw it go through, that party
>> would be on moderated status quicker than you can say lickity split!
>>
>> I'm honestly speechless, not to mention utterly appalled!
>>
>> Chris.
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