[nagdu] My response

Tue Jan 13 20:00:04 UTC 2009

Rebecca,
    It should be there now!

Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M. (TASCSD)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] My response


> Except that your post which was a great one, never made it to the blog
> site.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Marion & Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:18 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] My response
>
> Jeff,
>    Though we may not be able to change the minds of PETA, as my
> response stated, responding to their irrational rants serve two
> purposes. The first is to provide accurate information to the public
> from a blind person's perspective on the issue. The second is to let the
> public know that there is the National Federation of the blind and the
> National Association of Guide Dog Users. PETA makes these outrageous,
> fanatical statements because the media likes sensational, controversial
> stories. As you know, they generate responses because they outrage
> people and motivate them to post to their site, generating more traffic
> and allowing them to sell more advertising!
>    It also gets PETA's name out there. Their radical views have given
> them a great deal of press and made them a household name. The press may
> not always be positive, but remember what P.T Barnum said, "Say anything
> you want about me, just spell my name correctly!" and "There's no such
> thing as bad publicity!"
>    BTW, I am still interested in learning more about your guitar. Don't
> forget to send me its serial number!
>
> Fraternally,
> Marion Gwizdala
>
> "
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeffrey Schwartz" <sidney.schwartz at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 6:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] My response
>
>
>> My response is that you are wasting your time.  You can not change a
>> zealot's thinking.  It is like trying to talk a paranoid out of their
>> delusion.  All this chatter feeds their egos and prolongs the debate.
>> Save
>> your breath.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
>> Of Marion & Martin
>> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 7:12 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] My response
>>
>> Sherri,
>>    don't hold your breath on PETA members "changing their minds". They
> are
>> not interested in the fact; they only confuse them! (smile)
>>
>> marion
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 11:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] My response
>>
>>
>>> Terrific job Merry. Hopefully, she will pay attention to our
> responses.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Merry Schoch" <merrys at verizon.net>
>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:24 PM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] My response
>>>
>>>
>>>>I posted this to the L.A. Times blog as well as sending it to this
> woman
>>>>who is so misinformed.   Below is my response:
>>>>
>>>> Ms. Nachminovitch,
>>>>
>>>> Your comments on the Los Angeles Times blog L.A. Unleashed is full
> of
>>>> myths and misconceptions.  It is unfortunate that you have such
> views,
>>>> and I am curious how such ideas have been created for you to
> promulgate
>>>> such myths.  I am hoping that individuals who read this blog do not
> buy
>>>> into these untruths.  I find you comments very offensive; however,
>>>> ignorance and lack of experience of certain situations can cause one
> to
>>>> promulgate such atrocities.
>>>>
>>>> I  have not only been a puppyraiser I am also a guide dog user.  My
>>>> first
>>
>>>> guide is 12 years old, and he will be with me until he expires.  He
>>>> lives
>>
>>>> with two other dogs, and when he was working he had many hours in
> the
>>>> day
>>
>>>> in which to play and relax.  One of his playmates belong to my
> husband,
>>>> and she is a guide dog as well.  She will be 12 years old in a few
>>>> months
>>
>>>> and will also be with us until her life has ended.  Some individuals
> may
>>>> not be as fortunate as us by being able to keep their retired dogs,
> but
>>>> these individuals do not need to be bashed when they are giving up a
>>>> guide that they have loved for many years.
>>>>
>>>> I invite you to visit guide dog users and guide dog schools from
> across
>>>> this nation.  We will meet in Detroit in July.  Please go to
> www.nfb.org
>>>> and find details regarding our national convention.  You will learn
> so
>>>> much about guide dog schools, the dogs, and the users.  Most of all,
> you
>>>> will learn the immense capabilities of the blind regardless of the
>>>> mobility tools they choose.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Merry Schoch
>>>>
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