[nabs-l] Heightened Senses

[Dezman Jackson]

The question I like to ask is "then how do you explain people with blindness 
and say hearing loss?"

Dezman
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From: "Kirt Manwaring" <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Heightened Senses


> Joe,
>  Were these nationally syndicated people?  If so, who were they?
> Because that makes me kind of jealous.
>  Anyways, when people say stuff like that I say something like "I
> don't really think that's true.  From my experience, my ears aren't
> better than the average person's.  I think I pay more attention to
> what I hear more than most people, but my senses are just the same."
> Of course, that's kind of long-winded and not always practical, but
> there you have it.
>
> On 9/21/10, Joe Orozco <jsorozco at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Today I had the rare privilege to meet some of my favorite Fox News 
>> Channel
>> personalities.  One of my friends from judo practice made it happen, and
>> while we were telling one of the anchors about how we'd met, she, the
>> anchor, said judo must not come all that difficult for me since it only 
>> made
>> sense that with the loss of sight, my other senses would be enhanced.  I
>> only consider myself a somewhat average judoka, but I did not have a 
>> brief,
>> witty comment to educate her on my reality that my hearing and other 
>> senses
>> are similarly average.  My sense of smell is most definitely not 
>> impressive.
>> I had too many questions of her to bother correcting the misperception.
>>
>> My questions are these:
>>
>> 1. Do you feel that blindness has enhanced your other senses?
>>
>> 2. How do you generally field remarks like these?
>>
>> Under normal circumstances I would have more time to educate people.  If 
>> the
>> anchor in question weren't one of my favorites, I may have taken a more
>> instructive tone, but in general I want to answer such perceptions
>> accurately and succinctly.  Church is another one of those venues where 
>> you
>> want to be polite but informative.
>>
>> Anyway, all thoughts welcomed.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> "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
>>
>>
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