[il-talk] Fun read

[Debbie Pittman]

I  agree with this story.  Very well put.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all

 

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From: IL-Talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert Hansen
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Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 10:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [il-talk] Fun read

This is a nice way of putting things. I am out here in Beemer Nebraska for
a week. And we're going to get down to 18 degrees tonight and tomorrow will
be 33 degrees. You will have this Colder Weather within a day or two. Have
a Merry Christmas.



Robert Hansen

hansen.robert70 at gmail.com


On Dec 21, 2017 5:03 PM, "Brian Sumner via IL-Talk" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> That was very well done and thank you for sharing.
>
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 3:10 PM, eileen Truschke via IL-Talk <
> il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> >  That is well put together.   Eileen T.
> >     On Thursday, December 21, 2017, 10:08:08 AM CST, Patti Chang via
> > IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> >  This is done by Dick Davis of Blind Inc.
> >
> > > Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was a differently-abled individual who
> >
> > > faced discrimination and social ostracism because of his red nose.  As
> >
> > > we all know, deer  have beautiful shiny black noses.  Rudolph's was
> >
> > > shiny too, but it was red - so red that it actually glowed!  While
> >
> > > this characteristic might have been regarded as beautiful in some
> >
> > > societies, it was a visible, ugly deformity in reindeer society.
> >
> > > Because of it, Rudolph was mocked, humiliated, and disqualified from
> >
> > > participating in reindeer games.
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > To make things worse, Rudolph fell prey to this discrimination,
> >
> > > internalized it, and took responsibility for his misfortune instead of
> >
> > > realizing it was a problem of the larger society.  Since he was
> >
> > > isolated at the North Pole Manufacturing Zone, there  was no
> >
> > > organization of disabled reindeer to explain this to him.  So when
> >
> > > Santa sought applications from reindeer to pull his sleigh, Rudolph
> >
> > > hid himself out of shame until all the candidates for the job had been
> >
> > > selected.
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > On Christmas Eve, a sudden fog, no doubt caused by global warming,
> >
> > > arose, impeding the progress of Santa and his team.  But when Rudolph
> >
> > > came out of hiding, Santa immediately realized the practical value of
> >
> > > his "disability", and hired him as lead worker for the sleigh team.
> >
> > > The other reindeer, realizing that they had foolishly overlooked an
> >
> > > individual with the exact skill set to enable them to achieve their
> >
> > > mission, welcomed him to the team.
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Were it not for Rudolph, the team would have failed to achieve their
> >
> > > all-important Christmas objective, resulting in global disappointment
> >
> > > to all the good little girls and boys.  But because of Santa's wisdom
> >
> > > in understanding that difference could be an asset rather than a
> >
> > > limitation, they succeeded.  And they memorialized this organizational
> >
> > > achievement by creating a song which continues to be sung by children
> >
> > > today.
> >
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