[nabs-l] Do you find this offensive?

[Sydney Walker Freedman]

super funny!  It's something one of my friends or I would say.  :)

On 3/3/09, Linda Stover <liamskitten at gmail.com> wrote:
> Haben,
>
> I, took, do not find this comment offensive, especially considering
> the nature of ssome of the other comments and what they imply about
> the purpose of the column.  Your way, using humor to downpklay your
> disability is perfect.
> Courtney
>
> On 3/3/09, Haben Girma <habnkid at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, all. I'm a student at Lewis & Clark College. A member of the
>> Disabled Student Services just contacted me to alert me of a comment in
>> the student newspaper she thought might be offensive. The comment was in
>> a column on the back of the paper titled "You Caught My Eye," which is a
>> series of  comments of the form:
>>
>> You:  Tall glass.
>> Me: wanting to fill you with alcohol.
>> You: Erotic Dancer.
>> Me: Severely unimpressed.
>>
>> The comment thought to be offensive was:
>>
>> You: blind kid.
>> Me: Caught you not looking at me.
>>
>> I'm wondering what you all think of it. The Disabled Student Services
>> office wants to respond to the comment. How do you think they should
>> respond? I personally don't find the comment offensive and might respond
>> like this:
>>
>> You: Sighted kid.
>> Me: Writing secrets in dots you'll never understand.
>>
>> Best,
>> Haben
>>
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