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

Thu Nov 13 05:02:44 UTC 2014

I am fully aware that the Onion is a saterical newspaper.

On 11/12/2014 10:29 PM, Bill Reif via il-talk wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> Don't forget that the inspiration for Braille was a system used by the 
> French military to communicate at night. (I guess they needed to 
> coordinate their retreat routes.)  This article comes from The Onion, 
> a publication known for its satire.  It is poking fun at the fact that 
> many people believe we have some super perceptual powers and/or are 
> faking blindness, particularly those with partial vision.  No less 
> than Marten Luther instructed his followers that the success of the 
> blind and others with disabilities is due to the fact we are in league 
> with the devil, and the church should not let us remain in their 
> presence.  This theme carries forth to Darth Vader, and is capitalized 
> on by the media when it refers to the blind seek who masterminded the 
> first World Trade Center bombing. This theme merits the ridicule 
> represented in The Onion article.
>
> Cordially,
> Bill
>
> On 11/12/2014 9:20 PM, Joshua Hendrickson via il-talk wrote:
>> 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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