[nagdu] What would you have done? An odd access issue

[lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com]

Hey, Marion, that was a great story.  Great cop, too!  Now, after you got 
that beer, do you still go to that bar?  Or do you now go to a more friendly 
bar to have a good, cold beer?

We do need to stand up for ourselves and we can sure do it in a non-ugly 
way.  When people see us being polite and reasonable and the shop owner 
being ugly and rude - people see that.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] What would you have done? An odd access issue


> Good for you, Marion.
> Also, good for the officer who in my opinion is a credit to whatever 
> police
> force she was working for!
>
>
> Dan W. and the happy hounds
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Marion & Martin
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:59 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] What would you have done? An odd access issue
>
> Ron,
>   I always strive to be courteous. however, I will not compromise my civil
> rights over the interest of courtesy. Mind you, I will never be 
> discourteous
> when I am denied access, even though the discriminator may think that i 
> am.
>    I was once denied access to a bar. After forty-five minutes of trying 
> to
> explain to the manager that I had the right to enter the establishment 
> with
> my dog, I invited him to contact the sherrif's office and they would 
> explain
> it to him. His reply was "I'm not going to call them. If you want to call
> them, there is a telephone outside." I advised him that, if I called them, 
> I
> would file criminal charges against him. "Have at it!" was his reply. When
> the deputy arrived - she was all of 5'3", maybe 120 lbs. - she also tried 
> to
> explain the law to him. He was adamant that I was not going to enter.
>    "Perhaps you don't understand me," she told the 6-foot tall, 250 lbs.
> man, "if you don't let him in I will arrest you!"
>    "Well, then, I take that back! But he still can't come in because he 
> has
> a bad attitude!"
>    "He probably didn't have a bad attitude until you told him he couldn't
> go in!" Then she turned to me and asked me to follow her.
>    "Where are you going?" asked the manager.
>    "To write up your order to appear in court on criminal misdemeanor
> charges!"
>    The manager followed us out the door, pleading with her not to do so.
> She told him it was too late. Would you like to know what he said to me?
> "Whatever happened to compassion in this world?" I replied, "That's a good
> question. Would you like to answer it for me?"
>    Three months later the headlines read, "blind Beer Drinker Wins a Round
> in Court". He was ordered to pay court costs and serve me the beer I was
> going in to get.
>
> Fraternally,
> Marion
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Davidson" <fuzzy_1 at cox.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 10:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] What would you have done? An odd access issue
>
>
>>I never thought about it that way Marion but you are right. But I still 
>>try
>
>>and consider the wet dog and hair issue as a courtesy
>>
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