[nagdu] UK: Heartbreak' as bitten Newport guide dog must go

[Lisa Irving]

Tracy
Please be careful to not label an entire group of peoples {this list serve{. 
I'm guessing you know what that kind of judgmental attitude is like when 
other classes of people {some sighted segments of society{ come down hard on 
the blind community. I wish the world was a perfect place and that rose 
colored glasses made everything equitable and reasonable.

Lisa and Bernie  ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Lloyd" <tracy.lloyd1 at sky.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] UK: Heartbreak' as bitten Newport guide dog must go


> I rarely post to this list but had to say thank you to Meghan for her 
> post. I've read messages further on to hers and they sure remind me why I 
> don't post here!
>
> This is the second time I've seen a person, both persons being from here 
> in the UK, be ripped to bits by members of this list.  The other was 
> regarding the story about Tom Pey.  I can't understand why people feel the 
> need to be so judgmental, we all know what the press is like and stories 
> often get distorted.
>
> We happen to be having a very big campaign regarding dog attacks on guide 
> dogs just at the moment, we being us guide dog owners and GDBA, as it is 
> imperative we get something done about it as many guide dogs have been 
> attacked and had to retire in recent times.  so of course the press are 
> going to make it sound as bad as they did.  Who can know what this 
> gentleman's circumstances are, why should anyone judge him if he feels he 
> can't get out with his cane?
>
> Please, I'd ask you all to remember that there is always more than one 
> side to a story, and to try to be more tolerant, and to remember that 
> people from the country you are talking about just might be reading and be 
> pretty mad with the assumptions you come up with about their country and 
> the people living in it, and also their guide dog school!
>
> Tracy from the UK.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brittney N. Mejico" <brittneymejico at verizon.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 3:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] UK: Heartbreak' as bitten Newport guide dog must go
>
>
>> yeah I see where you are coming from.  I guess I'm just a little too 
>> passionate about blind people and how they are portrayed in the media.  I 
>> want us to be seen as compatent people with dogs, or caines, or whatever 
>> else we decide to use.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Meghan Whalen
>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:35 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] UK: Heartbreak' as bitten Newport guide dog must go
>>
>> I understand where you're coming from, but we need to not be so quick to
>> judge.  I am confident and competent with a cane, but I am definitely 
>> more
>> likely to go do things if I have my dog, because there is more joy in
>> knowing I am making someone else happy.  We don't know what resources 
>> this
>> man did or did not have, and if he is meeting his personal definition of
>> independent, way to go for him.
>>
>> Just my thoughts,
>> Meghan
>>
>>
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