[nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver

[Mike Freeman]

While I share your dismay, let us stipulate that the sighted don't have a 
monopoly on denseness! <g>

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gloria Whipple" <fairyfoot at webband.com>
To: "'Alicia Richards'" <AliciaNFB at gmail.com>; "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" 
<nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver


> The thing I don't understand is that the three were just standing there
> waiting for the bus. Why cannot sighted people get it through their thick
> skulls that it wasn't their fault.
>
> Sighted people can be so dense.
>
> It said very plainly in the article that the driver lost control of her 
> car
> because of the ice.
>
> I don't get it!
>
>
> Gloria Whipple
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> Inland Empire chapter
> nfb of WA
>
> cell number: 509-475-4993
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Alicia Richards
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 12:58 AM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver
>
> One of the upsetting things about yesterday's accident is that many 
> bloggers
>
> on the Internet are saying the reason for the accident was specifically
> because the students were blind.  I wish people would have some common
> sense.  No sighted person would have been able to react quickly enough and
> move out of the way in time, even if they did see the car coming at them.
> This could have happened to any pedestrian taking public transportation. 
> I
> guess the incident being blamed on blindness does not surprise me, but it
> does anger me.  I find such ignorance incredibly frustrating.
>
> Alicia
>
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