[nabs-l] Not Just Your Average Cane

Mon Mar 29 19:42:49 UTC 2010

That's a good idea. That way it isn't a done deal if it doesn't work out.
Aziza
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Domonique Lawless" <dlawless86 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Not Just Your Average Cane


> Joe and Fellow Listers,
>
> I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but it is perfectly
> exceptable to have multiple canes. If you own more than one you can
> pick one  to decorate and see if it will work for you and still ensure
> your safety when traveling. Let us know how the decorating works out
> for you.
>
> Domonique .
>
> On 3/28/10, Sarah Alawami <marrie12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey I named my cane joseph. Well that one got run over by a wheel chair 
>> and
>> joseph junior got smashed in a door so now joseph junior is back. lol.
>>
>> but in all seriousness good luck and be careful when decorating your 
>> cane.
>> not to much in my opinion but maybe you could do something that would 
>> catch
>> a driver's attention so they could see you better.
>>
>> Take care..
>> s
>> On Mar 28, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Jedi wrote:
>>
>>> No worries Joe. I once called my cane Fido because I got sick of people
>>> who would ask me if I had a dog. I then responde with "Yes, he's a 
>>> skinny
>>> white lab!" I like yours though.
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>>> Jedi
>>>
>>>
>>> Original message:
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>>> Having started the thread, I feel compelled to respond to your 
>>>> thoughtful
>>>> post.  It goes without say that people's opinions here do not reflect 
>>>> any
>>>> official NFB positions, and I honestly doubt the NFB would genuinely 
>>>> care
>>>> if
>>>> all its members suddenly decided to sport a wide range of colorfully
>>>> decorated canes.  I think Dr. Maurer would probably find the concept
>>>> amusing, and doesn't Whozit sport a black cane in our logo?  That 
>>>> fellow
>>>> was
>>>> far ahead of the curve.
>>>
>>>> For my own part, I'm headed to Michael's sometime soon to embark upon a
>>>> project to transform my own cane into the walking wonder I know it can
>>>> be.
>>>> I think that in doing so I would do well to use a measure of practical
>>>> sense.  Security checkpoints at airports and federal buildings would
>>>> probably not look kindly on a cane that is different from what is
>>>> popularly
>>>> accepted.  We can't expect the world to automatically get that blind
>>>> people
>>>> have their own sense of pizzazz, and by the same token, we can't expect
>>>> people to pick up on the fact we're blind at night if using something 
>>>> as
>>>> obscure as a black cane, even though I agree with the previous 
>>>> subscriber
>>>> that motorists should respect pedestrians with or without this new 
>>>> breed
>>>> of
>>>> eye candy.
>>>
>>>> I'm glad people pointed out the jurisdictions that specifically call 
>>>> for
>>>> the
>>>> cane to be white.  In asking my question, sarcasm notwithstanding, I 
>>>> was
>>>> not
>>>> really setting out to violate laws that are meant to preserve my 
>>>> safety,
>>>> but
>>>> I do not want these laws to tuck me away into a label that can be every
>>>> bit
>>>> as condescending as terms like "handicapped."  If senior citizens can
>>>> sport
>>>> all manner of creatively designed walking canes, by golly, I want my 
>>>> own
>>>> mode of transportation to broadcast my own sense of humor.  It's not as
>>>> if I
>>>> can smack a bumper sticker on my German shepherd's butt and call it 
>>>> good,
>>>> although, can you imagine the wide range of clever slogans one could
>>>> produce
>>>> with that kind of strategic angle?
>>>
>>>> All of this having been said, I spent nearly a year working on behalf 
>>>> of
>>>> victims of human trafficking.  I learned all about the negative
>>>> connotations
>>>> associated with words like "pimping," and for using that term to catch
>>>> your
>>>> attention, I am truly sorry.
>>>
>>>> In summation, I think the responses on both lists to which the question
>>>> went
>>>> out has been mostly positive.  It's no scientific survey, but I think 
>>>> it
>>>> is
>>>> at least slightly indicative of the membership's willingness to explore
>>>> the
>>>> idea or at least humor my nonsense.  People who have given more
>>>> straight-laced responses are no doubt secretly glad they're not the 
>>>> only
>>>> ones who thought of this, because original this idea is most certainly
>>>> not.
>>>> Let's leave out the references to accessible currency and other
>>>> controversial topics out of it this time around.  We debate those 
>>>> serious
>>>> issues all the time and should enjoy the all too infrequent light 
>>>> banter.
>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>
>>>> Joe Orozco and the Soon to Be Improved Sir Tap-A-Lot
>>>
>>>> What, as if you haven't ever thought of giving your cane a name???
>>>
>>>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their
>>>> sleeves,
>>>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 5:51 PM
>>>> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane
>>>
>>>> I'm following this thread, and I know a large percentage of the folks
>>>> here are NFB members; I personally a not, nor any organization, for
>>>> that matter.  I find a bit of hypocrisy in this discussion:  First the
>>>> NFB rails against things like audible cross walk signals and so on,
>>>> claiming that the blind don't need them, that it's not what the blind
>>>> "want," whatever.  Same with identifiable currency.  Now, however, I
>>>> hear a bunch of the same people saying, in effect, "I want to carry a
>>>> symbol of blindness! I want to proclaim my blindness to everyone so
>>>> that they can alter their behaviors appropriately in recognition of
>>>> the fact that I'm blind!"  I should think the true spirit of the NFB
>>>> might be to use a black cane and give no indication whatsoever of
>>>> blindness, except on a purely voluntary basis.  I just don't
>>>> understand this.
>>>
>>>> Mark BurningHawk
>>>> Skype and Twitter:  BurningHawk1969
>>>> Home:  Http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
>>>> Namaste!
>>>
>>>
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