[blparent] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] it was aweful

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

It's hard to use a toilet when you don't know where it is, and it's hard not 
to walk through other people's mess when you don't know where  to avoid 
stepping.  As to the prostitute, I found it not quite as disturbing as the 
big scene with the ward 3 men and the women.  At least there wasn't any 
death in that scene.  As I stated previously, it was certainly not my 
favourite movie, but it wasn't bad, and it wasn't about blindness in the 
physical sense and got that point across very well I thought.

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:57 PM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] [Bulk] it was aweful


> Well, one of the things I thought was terrible was even though the blind
> individuals had toilets available to them, they just pooped on the floor 
> and
> then walked through it. Yuck!  Doesn't that show that blind people doen't
> even know they should use a toilet.  Another thing that upset me, was the
> blind prostitute who gave herself to that doctor.  She knew he was married
> and she knew his wife was there, but since she couldn't see and neither
> could he, she still threw herself at him.
> I know it was a fiction movie, however, people who are not blind will
> believe that blind individuals really do act this way. V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:05 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] it was aweful
>
> Hi,
>
> Funny you should mention that because I just watched the same movie, and I
> didn't find it at all offensive or degrading.  Disturbing yes, but not
> because of how blind people were treated.  I found it disturbing because 
> of
> the way these people were in a horrible predicament simply because of lack
> of understanding turned on eachother and it was lord of the flies all over
> again.  The movie wasn't really about blindness in the physical sense.  It
> wasn't my favourite movie, but it wasn't horrible.
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:41 PM
> Subject: [Bulk] [blparent] it was aweful
>
>
>>A friend of mine invited me over to see the movie Blindness.  Someone gave
>> it to her because they knew she had a friend who is blind.  It was the
>> worst
>> thing I have ever witnessed.  I am so glad we protested it.  It made 
>> blind
>> people look like complete jerks.  But when you come right down to it, it
>> made the sighted community look even worse.  They are the ones who locked
>> the blind people up. V
>>
>>
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