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<DIV><SPAN class=953194922-15082011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Hey
Scott,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=953194922-15082011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=953194922-15082011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I
appreciate your positive response. Don't feel bad. Wee can always use a little
uproar on the list. Many of us know this lady and know how she carries
on. YOU ARE THE MAN.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=953194922-15082011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Cathy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> nfbk-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfbk-bounces@nfbnet.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Scott
Spaulding<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 12, 2011 9:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> NFB of
Kentucky Internet Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nfbk] NFB
Philosophy<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Hi everyone,</DIV>
<DIV> The person who left this message is a friend of mine. I try to
explain our beliefs & such with her, but she's the type of person that if
you don't believe the same as she does then your wrong. I apologize for the
uproar this caused & I gave her the GL talking bulliten board line to try to
keep from giving her anyone's direct number.<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Nickie Pearl <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:njp@insightbb.com">njp@insightbb.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>Obviously, if someone has a medical condition that can be
deadly, sure, they may want to take the steps to let people know. If
your only issue is blindness , I do not see the need. I would not wear
one. To each their own but as a whole blind people don't need
them.<BR>I've been in situations with Migraines in the ER where the doc asks
me to follow his finger with my eyes...I simply say "I'm blind and can not see
your finger" The doc will move on to a different type of test.<BR>The
person who left the message on our bulletin board, means well but is not blind
and is not around the NFB enough to get it. I've thought alot about her
message over the past few days and after calming down I believe she may
advocate in a different way then us. I know our blindness is different
than her issues and if she is so concerned about what we are doing or not
doing, I invite her to join us more than once a year and really find out what
the NFB is all about.<BR><BR>Thank You!<BR>NIckie<BR>-----Original
Message----- From: Cathy
<DIV class=im><BR>Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:22 PM<BR></DIV>
<DIV class=im>To: NFB of Kentucky Internet Mailing List<BR></DIV>Subject:
[Nfbk] NFB Philosophy
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<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=h5><BR><BR>Good Afternoon All,<BR><BR>I had the opportunity to
listen to a message that was left on the NFB of<BR>Greater Louisville Talking
Bulletin board. The lady who left the message is<BR>disabled, but not a member
of our organization. She ranted on about what she<BR>thought was wrong with
the NFB and what we needed to do to correct our<BR>mistakes. It was clear to
me after listening to her message and having a<BR>telephone conversation with
her, she really doesn't have a clue about what<BR>NFB stands for.
Nevertheless, one proposal she presented really got my<BR>attention. She
believes that blind people should wear medic alert bracelets.<BR>When I
questioned her as to why she thought this would be beneficial,
she<BR>commented, and I paraphrase, well we might get up off the stretcher or
ER<BR>bed and run into a wall, or we wouldn't know what was available to
us.<BR>Obviously if someone has a medical condition that is life-threatening,
or<BR>may present itself in such a way that medical personnel may misinterpret
the<BR>symptoms, one should wear a medic alert bracelet. Blindness is NOT one
of<BR>those conditions. The blind people I know aren't going to leap out of a
bed<BR>and run into a wall. This is exactly the kind of negative attitudes
that we<BR>must continue of fight. I want to hear your
comments.<BR><BR>Cathy<BR><BR><BR>______________________________<U></U>_________________<BR>Nfbk
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