[nabs-l] Do you find this offensive?

[T. Joseph Carter]

The question I will pose is what exactly constitutes a response?  I 
would think a letter to the editor protesting it would be a response 
of the sort that is unnecessary.  What Haben has suggested for her 
own entry isn't really quite the same as the sort of response that 
seems to be discussed here.

Am I misinterpreting?

Joseph

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 04:53:25PM -0500, sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca wrote:
> Very true. I, too, don't think it warrants a response either. I don't  
> think many people will even think twice about it unless you say  
> something, and if you do there is a risk it will look worse on you. I'm 
> not offended - it's all too true unfortunately.
> Sarah
>
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> Quoting Christopher Kchao <thisischris89 at gmail.com>:
>
>> I really don't think it even warrents a response. Honestly, it was meant to
>> be a cheap shot and nothing more. There really isn't any reason to respond
>> to it because all that does is try to legitimize/validate something that
>> took less than two seconds to think of and was done in good taste. I find
>> that a lot of blind people try to counter these things to get a laugh, and
>> all it really does is bring the original joke back to the surface where
>> people probably wouldn't have given it much thought otherwise.
>> I personally didn't find it offensive. More to the point, I couldn't help
>> but laugh a bit because that's so true sometimes. How many times have you
>> talked to another blind person and they're almost facing the complete
>> opposite way? It's not that serious. *smiles*
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Jamie Principato
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:14 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Do you find this offensive?
>>
>> Lol, I don't find that offensive at all. I think it was a nice try at
>> good-natured... just not very well thought out. I mean, it didn't get as
>> much of a giggle out of me as the first two did. I like your response, and I
>> think it'll show them that blind people aren't super sensative people that
>> everyone has to tiptoe around because every little thing will offend us and
>> make us wish we could see. It'll show that we have a sense of humor too.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:03 AM, 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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