[nabs-l] NFB/ACB

[Christopher Wright]

Hi Joseph,
1. If those words were said, I'm displeased with that.
2. Don't let those few people turn you away from ACB or the lists they run.
Negative messages are few in number. Speaking specifically about ACB-L, most
of the dialogue is respectful.----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB/ACB


> Christopher,
>
> See my message about their president's opinion of our organization.
> They do not believe we have the right to exist.  You can't have a
> meaningful and respectful dialogue with people who are trying to
> destroy you.
>
> "I'm going to kill you!!"
> "Can we sit down and talk about this?"
> "I have a knife, and you are going to die!"
> "When you say things like that, it makes me feel...Urk!"
> "Now you are dead, ha!"
>
> Incidentally, if you see parallels to a certain major world political
> issue there, you're not alone.  I'm not going there because it's not
> topical for this list.
>
> You can't sit down and talk with people whose primary objective is to
> ensure that you no longer exist.  Most "war" is fought over
> objectives.  We want these resources, we want this land, we want to
> establish this policy/program.  The other side is incidentally a
> target because they're in the way.  You can determine for yourself if
> that's the case with the ACB, or if the reverse is true as I believe.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:15:10PM -0400, Christopher Wright wrote:
> >Hi Joseph,
> >I'm also tired of the negative traffic I've come across.
> >
> >First as a blind individual, then as a member of ACB, I think there's a
lack
> >of respectful dialogue between the two organizations. We may have
different
> >opinions on video description. We will continue to disagree on the issue
of
> >accesible money and other issues. Let's learn from President Obama. Let's
> >try to find common ground.
> >
> >
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