[nabs-l] Blind ambition: U.S. Army's onlyblindSpecialForcesofficer set to inspire at HuntingtonISD'sVeterans Day event

[Darian Smith]

Antonio and list,

  I tend to look at articles and for the nost part not  put too much
energy in what it says about the blind, because I find it's (depending
on the situation)a better use of my time to live what we say the blind
can do as opposed to talking about it.
  There's a phrase that i basically live  by: " " don't speak about
it, be about it".
  respectfully,
  Darian

On 11/24/09, Kevin Wassmer <commanderlumpy2003 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> It sounds interesting.
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> From: "David Dunphy" <djdrocks4ever at gmail.com>
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> onlyblindSpecialForcesofficer set to inspire at HuntingtonISD'sVeterans Day
> event
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>
>>I don't think this was anything like the first story. That story was
>>pointing out how amazing it was that a 14-year-old blind kid is for
>>socializing with his peers, and while that may be a unique experience for
>>some, we're not this amazing group of people cause we can socialize.
>> In the army story, you can't assume any bias on the writer's part or that
>> people may or may not have felt bad for the soldier for the injuries he
>> faced. That story did mention the soldier's blindness, but didn't focus
>> exclusively on it, just on what he was doing with his life. That football
>> article was so focused on how incredible that kid was for socializing and
>> playing games with his peers, and that writer made it so obvious he didn't
>>
>> think it was possible for blind people to do that it was unbelievable. The
>>
>> army article was much more of a human interest story than the blind
>> football player article. But you know, everyone interprets these things
>> differently, and I wouldn't get too bothered if people thought one was
>> better than the other. Agree to disagree if you think someone's got it
>> wrong, and move on.
>>>From David
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