[nagdu] Going to Jail

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Dan, 
I think your first line says it all  "I was in Japan.." 
The rules are different over there. I'd probably behave differently
knowing I had a legal system to back me up. You from what I understand
did not have that. 
You are a heck of a trail blazer for going to Japan with Evan. Be glad
of that. I'm not sure I'd have doneit. 


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Dan Weiner
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 11:15 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Going to Jail

Well, I think you should do what you're comfortable with.
If bringing your guide dog and working her, or was it him? Then that's
what
you should do.
If you'd feel more comfortable without your four-legged sidekick, you
should
do that too.
I know many people don't like the ice breaker function of a dog, but
frankly
the dog might be an ice-breaker as many inmates haven't seen a dog for a
long long time.
I know that Toni Eames, who is I believe on this list, went to jail with
her
dog, to visit someone that is--smile.
Also Ed Eames and his dog were there, so that's two people, two dogs,
and
apparently it worked out.

I suppose when I think of jail I get a bit scared, but Hell, these guys
are
people who just have happened to be caught doing something which law
forbids, some are jerks, some just have been caught in circumstances and
so
on, so I think if I had to go I'd try to keep that in mind.

Let us know what happens as you're getting me really curious about
what's
going to happen.


Now, on the subject of places which claim special circumstances to
forbid
access, what would you all have done in this case:
When in Japan, we went to Yokohama University.  There was a tour of the
library and a special section in the library was set aside for old
manuscripts.
I was told I couldn't bring my dog because he would damage the
manuscripts,
dog hair might fly around.
Of course, meanwhile, everyone was wearing street cloths and apparently,
I'm
told som some of my fellow students weren't really wearing clean stuff,
if
you get where I'm going with this.
I told them I wouldn't park my dog somewhere and I therefore was
excluded
from the tour.
I said I'd be glad to keep my dog under control and be really careful
about
keeping him away from any part of the display, including my willingness
to
stay in one place while everyone else moved towards the display to look
at
manuscripts, after all I don't really care about them.
It was presented to me as, either leave the dog during the entire tour,
or
don't go, not even leave your dog during that part of the tour.
So, I waited with my dog while the other guys went.
Of course, my wonderful sighted colleagues and professors berated me,
but I
felt I would be rather ill-advised to just leave Evan in a room in a
place I
didn't know, that's how dogs get lost.

So, what do you all think.
I think I did the right thing.  I didn't really care about the tour, but
I
did feel excluded--smile


Dan W.



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