[nabs-l] NFB/ACB

[Christopher Wright]

I am a member of ACB.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB/ACB


> Chris,
> Am I correct to understand you are an ACB member?
>
> I apologize if I'm wrong... but, if you are...
> Everyone says ACB is trying to destroy us... Chris doesn't seem to be
> trying to do that. Sara once was an ACB member, she now monitors both,
> and yet she is not trying to destroy us.
>
> What do you guys say to that?
>
> Two people in the ACB wanting to try, is better than none.
> Aziza
>
> On 5/19/09, Christopher Wright <chriswright11 at verizon.net> wrote:
> > 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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