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Hey everyone,
<div>Here's another one locally from this week <a href="http://www.whas11.com/news/crimetracker/LMPD-Woman-steals-from-blind-womans-purse-during-haircut-224125161.html" target="_blank" title="http://www.whas11.com/news/crimetracker/LMPD-Woman-steals-from-blind-womans-purse-during-haircut-224125161.html
Ctrl+Click to follow link">http://www.whas11.com/news/crimetracker/LMPD-Woman-steals-from-blind-womans-purse-during-haircut-224125161.html</a> .
In this case someone stole from a blind woman in Louisville while giving her a haircut in her home. If you read a lot of the comments about this on Facebook and other news sites people perceive that the crime is worse because the person being robbed is blind.
It's the exact opposite of the incidents that Melanie and Nickie mentioned but in the end it's the same problem.</div>
<div>Katie <br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:50 AM<br>
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<div>Hi guys!</div>
<div> This article gave me the same reaction as the story earlier in the week at the Navy yard shooting. A sighted man had helped his blind co-worker get out of the building. He was tagged as a “hero” on social media & even on the Today show.
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<div>I appreciate their generosity to their fellow man, but don’t believe a hero that makes! In general I think the media uses the tag “hero” way too much now of days. I suppose it’s a good thing to reward & spotlight kindness...hoping it will rub off of some
people, but to make it seem if you help a blind or disabled person you are a hero...that seems a tad much!
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<div> Nickie!</div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a title="kvnprl@twc.com" href="mailto:kvnprl@twc.com">
Kevin Pearl</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:07 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="nfbk@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:nfbk@nfbnet.org">NFB of Kentucky Internet Mailing List</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nfbk] What are your thoughts?</div>
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<div>Hi Melanie, </div>
<div>I had the same reaction as you. </div>
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<div>Kev</div>
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On Sep 21, 2013, at 8:20 AM, "Melanie Peskoe" <<a href="mailto:mpeskoe@twc.com" title="mailto:mpeskoe@twc.com
Ctrl+Click to follow link">mpeskoe@twc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello NFBK family,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I listened to an article this morning titled “Warren Buffet Calls to Thank DQ Employee for Helping Blind Man”. Here is the link
<a href="http://umanoapp.com/clip/523c9ad17c61a4bef0d94b92">http://umanoapp.com/clip/523c9ad17c61a4bef0d94b92</a> if you’d like to listen to it as well – it’s only about 2 minutes long. Essentially, the article praises a store manager for giving a blind guy
$20 of his own money after the guy dropped a $20 bill and the person who found it would not return it. I have very mixed feelings about this article and I’d like to hear what you all think. On one hand the store manager did a good deed that should be appreciated
– he gave out of his own pocket to help someone. But that’s where my good feelings about this situation end. Here are my problems with the situation. First, would this guy have given his own money to anyone else who dropped their money ‘and’ would he have
gotten the same notoriety and praise for doing so? Why is the fact that he gave to a blind guy so noteworthy? Because the general public still sees blindness as something to pity. That’s all I will say about it for now, because I’d like to hear what you guys
have to say. Do you agree with me or do you have a differing opinion to offer? I’m eager to see what conversation follows.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Melanie</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Cambria','serif'; color:#595959">--</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Bradley Hand ITC'; color:#403152">Melanie Peskoe</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Bradley Hand ITC'; color:#403152">Affordable
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Bradley Hand ITC'; color:red">Avon</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Bradley Hand ITC'; color:#403152"> products with direct national shipping!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Bradley Hand ITC'; color:#403152"><a href="http://www.beautywithmel.com">www.beautywithmel.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">Vehicle Donations Take the Blind Further
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">Donate your car to benefit the National Federation of the Blind today!<i></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">For more information, please visit: http://</span><a href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">www.carshelpingtheblind.org</span></a>
<span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">or call 1-855-659-9314</span></p>
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