[nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver

[Ray Foret Jr]

Entirely too true.


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On Dec 18, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:

> While I share your dismay, let us stipulate that the sighted don't have a monopoly on denseness! <g>
> 
> Mike
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> ----- 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
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>> 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
>> Corresponding Secretary
>> Inland Empire chapter
>> nfb of WA
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>> cell number: 509-475-4993
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>> -----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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