[il-talk] blind person in the loop

[Edwin Rodriguez]

I am with you on this one Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOSEPH MONTI" <jlmonti at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] blind person in the loop


mr. H, why does blindness preclulde someone from being a jerk. i know a lot 
blind people who ARE jerks and alot who aren't. i know a lot of sighted 
people who ARE jerks.
i have had people grab me on the subway as the train was coming. I thanked 
them and then told them it was the wrong train, which it was. no big deal.
if someone grabs a person and pulls that person out of traffic and possibly 
save his life, i think that helper is a hero. sometimes there is no time for 
manners and pleasantries. we often do things instinctually like the boy on 
the bus throwing himself in front of the girl who was about to be shot. he 
died.
if you recall a few years ago Mancow, a local dj , said be nice to blind 
people, because they are dumb. he soon lost his job as he should.
we cannot put labels on sighted or blind people.
also i did not see mr. H sign that letter. or did the trib not print it?
joe monti

--- On Mon, 5/4/09, Robert Hansen <roberthansen1970 at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Robert Hansen <roberthansen1970 at gmail.com>
Subject: [il-talk] blind person in the loop
To: tribmag at tribune.com, "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 1:53 PM

In regards to this burning question;

I am a vlind/visually impared individual who has dealt with being grabbed by
the arm quite frequently.  I do not know what the person grabbing me wants
to do.  I do not know if they are a pick pocket artist.  I do not know if
they want to "send me to my sudden death" as you put it.  I do not
know if
this person is a psychotic or on drugs.  I do not know what this person
wants to do.  Technically that is in violation of my rights.  Nobody has the
right to put their hands on anybody.  That is called assault and the last
time I checked assault is a crime.  The individual who submitted this
question should have gone home or back to their place of work, Googled
blindness information and would have found many resources readily available
to read.  This person did the wrong thing by writing an uninformed person at
a newspaper that knows nothing about blindness.

There are two major organizations that deal with blindness issues and many
smaller ones as well.  The two major organizations are, the National
Federation of the Blind  http://www.nfb.org  and the American Council of the
Blind   http://www.acb.org .  Either of these organizations would have
offered answers to this "livid in the Loop's" questions.

I really think Livid and the person who wrote these pieces should really
attend a local chaper meeting of these two organization.  The National
Federation of the Blind Illinois, Chicago chapter meets every second
Saturday of the month at the ExChequer Pub located at 226 South Wabash Ave.
The meeting starts around 1pm.  Matter of fact, there is a meeting of the
NFBI Chicago chapter this Saturday.  Both of you should come.

One thing, we are NOT "jerks."  Please do not ever call us that.
Educate
yourselves.



Sincerely,


Not a Blind Jerek in Chicago, attending a local university.


have a nice day
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