[il-talk] Damn It, We'hv been found out!!

Thu Nov 13 04:16:22 UTC 2014

I 2nd this also, Debbie.

Robert H.

On 11/12/2014 10:11 PM, Deborah Kent Stein via il-talk wrote:
>
>
> The Onion is a magazine of satirical humor.  This piece came out a 
> couple of years ago and has been floating around the internet ever 
> since.  I very much like the humorous tack they take.  There is not a 
> drop of syrup or sentimentality in it!  It actually mocks the fear 
> that some sighted people have of our canes and guide dogs, and teases 
> about the public's mystification over Braille signs and symbols.  The 
> piece reflects that we're out and about in the community, active and 
> visible.
>
> Debbie
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Hendrickson via il-talk
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 7:20 PM
> To: Robert Hansen ; NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Damn It, We'hv been found out!!
>
> This article is a bunch of crap.  People are very strange and naive if
> they believe this junk.
>
> On 11/12/14, Robert Hansen via il-talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I think this is a cover up by a secret society.  Maybe the New World
>> Order type.  How about Club of Rome or the Bilderberg Group? Maybe we
>> come from Area 51.
>>
>> LOL
>>
>> Robert H.
>>
>>
>> On 11/12/2014 5:45 PM, Don Gillmore via il-talk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Article from the Onion
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Blind Are Faking it
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> by: Rutherford B. Lyke
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Citizens, hear us well. Our great nation is being undermined by a 
>>> secret
>>> society of individuals who carry deadly white truncheons and lead 
>>> vicious
>>> attack animals in public on a daily basis. These mysterious folk 
>>> also have
>>> a
>>> secret means of communication, while shocking new evidence seems to
>>> indicate
>>> that they may even possess senses superior to those of other humans.
>>> We're
>>> speaking, of course, of the legions of the so-called blind. Let's 
>>> assume
>>> for
>>> a minute that we swallow this "blindness" hoax in the first place. If
>>> these
>>> people are somehow bereft of the gift of sight, how does that 
>>> explain the
>>> works of Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and Ronnie Milsap? How could 
>>> such men
>>> possibly play music if they were blind? What do they take us 
>>> for-ignorant
>>> saps?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The first issue I must point out is their very public display of armed
>>> might. Every individual laying claim to sightlessness carries a 
>>> cudgel on
>>> their person at all times. These "canes," as they call them, are 
>>> supposed
>>> to
>>> help them feel their way along. They are painted white, almost as if 
>>> the
>>> bearer wished to remind passersby of its presence, and the weapon's tip
>>> is
>>> painted a chillingly suggestive red. Those who have studied the
>>> mysterious
>>> fighting arts of the Orient know that such sticks may be wielded with
>>> deadly
>>> force by those with skill. In a surprise attack, strategically placed
>>> squads
>>> of the "blind" could quickly overwhelm our police forces. Their 
>>> fearsome
>>> nature encompasses more than just personal weaponry. Many of the 
>>> alleged
>>> blind also own large, vicious attack dogs for the supposed purpose of
>>> guidance along city streets. With one word from their scheming masters,
>>> these slavering "guide" dogs could become guided missiles! Indeed, most
>>> of
>>> these fearsome beasts are German shepherds, a species of killer wolf
>>> invented by twisted, Fascist dog breeders, which has somehow fallen 
>>> into
>>> this most suspect faction of the disabled. The most frightening 
>>> aspect of
>>> this diabolical conspiracy by far is their ability to communicate with
>>> one
>>> another unbeknownst to upstanding citizens. Their secret code 
>>> consists of
>>> a
>>> series of raised dots cunningly arranged into arcane shapes. Known as
>>> "Braille," this demonic alphabet has begun popping up in places that 
>>> were
>>> doubtlessly chosen for their mundane, everyday outward appearance:
>>>
>>> elevators, building directories, automated teller machines and the 
>>> like.
>>>
>>> This system seems rational enough, and does not attract undue 
>>> attention.
>>> But
>>> think! If the messages on the signs changed suddenly, how would we 
>>> know ?
>>>
>>> Next year, next month, next week, maybe even tomorrow, the signs will
>>> change
>>> from "second floor" to "STRIKE NOW! STRIKE HARD!" and our nation 
>>> will be
>>> thrown into the chaos of revolution. At this juncture, there is no hard
>>> evidence that the blind are planning such a revolution. We hope to have
>>> such
>>> evidence very soon. But can one group possess such an overwhelming
>>> element
>>> of surprise and fail to use it to seize power? And can their goals be
>>> anything but evil? No, I say! I maintain that true blindness lies in
>>> failing
>>> to see the threat where it must obviously lie, and we must be 
>>> vigilantly
>>> wary of the blind menace.
>>>
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