[Sportsandrec] Research Not Survey

[David Andrews]

I asked you folks to keep your messages on topic and you all are 
completely ignoring me.  Please get back to the business at hand or I 
will have to take more drastic action.

David Andrews, List Owner

At 06:42 PM 8/11/2012, you wrote:
>Hi, Justin,
>
>It's not THAT important. Why should we speak of the stick in 
>reverent, terms when it's a part of us that ought to be a given?
>
>I just don't like the pretentious sound of it.
>Initiated folk don't call it a wheelchair, although others do 
>prefering instead to call it what it is, a chair. It's the same for 
>us, doncha think?don't Original Message----- From: JUSTIN LOUCHART
>>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 11:06 AM
>>To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
>>Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Research Not Survey
>>
>>Good morning, Jody,
>>
>>A stick is actually grammatically and fundamentally correct, seeing as
>>it serves no other function. A stick is not a definitional preface
>>based upon matter or material thereof. Our cultural disposition to
>>meet the word stick with negativity is only that, a cultural
>>disposition.
>>In every language I speak the word for the long cane is comparable to
>>an English word for stick, as in German, schtuk. I would be dismayed
>>to find this singular cultural disposition causing a glitch between
>>multiple parties of the blindness contingent. We deal with enough
>>negativity as humans in the first place, dealing with extra relative
>>merely to our dialectical diction seems... unnecessary.
>>
>>Similarly, I'm totally on board with helping to explore historically
>>significant paradigm shifts. Bring on the Louis and Clark!
>>
>>Justin
>>
>>On 8/11/12, jody at thewhitehats.com <jody at thewhitehats.com> wrote:
>>>Hi Justin,
>>>
>>>Yes, and a sighted guide will forget to remind you of curbs and obstacles
>>>but the guide dog does not forget.  Hahahaha
>>>
>>>Especially spouses.
>>>
>>>JODY
>>>
>>>
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