[nfbwatlk] FW: NFB stand on Blind Child Area signs?

[Mike Freeman]

Debby:

There seems to be no fair and rational way to discuss this subject. Hence, I was gently trying to say that (1) both cane and dog users have legitimate gripes about the other and (2) it would be advisable to drop the topic in view of its tendency to produce more heat than light.

Mike

On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:04, debby phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mike, I do not think I was advocating irresponsible use of any mobility tool.  I just think I was pointing out that there seem to be some double standards.  I said that when our dogs mess up, we need to correct them.  I don't believe I said that it should be okay for me to run into another blind person and let it go.  What I said is that people need to give each other a little slack.  So let me try and say this differently.  Dogs don't always perform perfectly.  When they don't, it's our responsibility as dog users to correct them.  And certainly if somebody smacks in to me using their cane, I'd appreciate an apology but I'm going to scream at them because they ran me down.
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> I was also trying to share a little from a dog user's perspective, and from the perspective of the dogs.  They aren't robots, and because they're dogs they view the world differently than we do.  For one thing, (and this I didn't know) but dogs' sense of smell is their best (and worst thing) next comes their hearing, and least of all, vision.  And sometimes their sense were smelling overwhelms all their other good sense, and in that case, a correction is in order.  So reread my email Mike, before you jump all over me for advocating irresponsible use of cane or dog.  Frankly, I think that people who are dog users ought to keep up our cane skills, (which most don't).  I intend to after leaving CCB.  Most of us live our lives and then suddenly our dogs get sick and/or have to retire and then there's this whole major adjustment while we wait for a class date.  Not a good comparison, but it reminds me of people who drive with automatic gear shifts and then have to drive using a stick for some reason.  Or they never drive using a stick shift, and then have to.    Debby
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