[nabs-l] Do you find this offensive?

[Sydney Walker Freedman]

I think it's just funny word-play.  A blind person being "caught" not
looking at someone isn't a blind person trying to be sneaky or "hot
stuff" and being thwarted.  The only example that has that connotation
is the dancer.

On 3/3/09, Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net> wrote:
> Hmmm. I'm trying to figure out what the underlying meaning of the
> entire message is. With all of the comments about the dancer, the
> beverage, and the blind kid, I'm trying to figure out what is said, and
> the best I can come up with is...
>
> You: Think you're hot stuff.
> Me: I think you're pathetic.
>
> Maybe I'm wrong.
>
> In any case, i would maybe ask what the underlying intent is. Other
> than my previous supposition, it seems like these comments are totally
> random and nonsensical juxtipositions meant to be poetic but are not.
> If you can figure out what the underlying meaning is, then you can
> decide whether or not to be offended. My response is...
>
> You: The suave poet.
> Me: Wishing I was in a different coffee shop.
>
> Original message:
>
>> 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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> --
> REspectfully,
> Jedi
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