[nabs-l] NFB/ACB

[Aziza C]

Ok, good then my point is valid, Chris is an ACB member, and yet he's
sitting here having a civil conversation about NFB and ACB, and _not_
trying to destroy us.

On 5/19/09, Christopher Wright <chriswright11 at verizon.net> wrote:
> I am a member of ACB.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] NFB/ACB
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>> 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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