[stylist] question

[helene ryles]

There are people who want to be blind. Why should it be such a
terrible thing anyway. I mean there are men who want to be women,
Women who want to be men, People with ginger hair who want black hair
etc etc...

If blindness is but a characteristic it shouldn't matter if someone
feels they don't want to see any more. They either have sensory
integration problems and can't cope with having all 5 senses, or they
have mental health issues, or maybe just BIID (body intergration
disorder). It usually just involves people who want their limbs
removed because they feel it doesn't belong to them, but it also can
involve sight or hearing too.

Helene

On 25/03/2009, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
> No.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Lordi" <timber_wolf899 at yahoo.com>
> To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 8:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] question
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>
>
> does anyone want to be blind?
>
>
> --- On Tue, 3/24/09, Angela fowler <fowlers at syix.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Angela fowler <fowlers at syix.com>
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] question
>> To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 7:39 PM
>> Only that it seems to me discussing the different kinds of
>> wannabees, or
>> whatever the word is, and trying to coin phrases for what
>> simply is
>> ignorance or discrimination is a waste of time. Discussing
>> whether blindness
>> or deafness or what have you is a part of our identity,
>> however, is sound
>> philosophical discussion.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:29 PM
>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] question
>>
>> there is something wrong with this discussion.   I'm
>> not quite sure what it
>> is.   Are you?
>> Lori
>> In a message dated 3/24/09 3:54:00 PM,
>> dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> >
>> > It's simple. A black wannabie is a white or asian
>> person who wants to
>> > be black. A legless wannabie is a person who has
>> legs but doesn't
>> > want them. A blind wannbie is a sighted person who can
>> see but who
>> > wants to be blind.
>> >
>>
>>
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