[stylist] question

[Angela fowler]

I don't want to be blind, because I already am. I don't want to be sighted,
because it would mean adjusting to a whole new life style as I said before.
Sometimes I really do wish I had the ability to look over a distance and
spot... Say... A friend, or the location of a building. Sometimes its
frustrating as hell, but I sure as hell don't obsess over it. There's too
much that I can and should do for me to worry about what I can't do. 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of helene ryles
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:15 PM
To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] question

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
>
>
>
> 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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