[stylist] question

Thu Mar 26 12:41:36 UTC 2009

I tend to agree, Barb.  As it is, I could go off on a tangent about how that passage impacted me since I discovered it not long after losing the majority of my vision back in 1992.  It was a very positive, very spiritual impact that passage had on me.  If you're curious enough, you or anyone else, write me privately and ask.  It's not for this list...and I don't want to stretch the rules here. *SMILE*

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:35
Subject: Re: [stylist] question

>I think it's a thought that comes straight from the great deceiver himself. 
> I may be wrong about other religious works, but I know there is nowhere in 
> the Bible where this is said to be so.  Look at the case of the blind man in 
> the book of John.  Even Jesus' disciples asked who sinned, his parents or he 
> and Jesus said neither.  Sorry about discussing religion here but the notion 
> has been around a long time.
> Barbara
> 
> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
> 
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> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron at optonline.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:32 AM
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>> Some have brought out the concept that others might look at someone who is 
>> handicapped as getting their just due for some sin.  I don't understand 
>> where this comes from.  I wasn't raised with this concept.  For whatever 
>> reason a person is born a certain way, has to endure certain illnesses or 
>> live in an unsatisfactory situation.  Howebver, blaming an impairment is 
>> not repayment for a sin.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "James Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:18 AM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] question
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>>
>>> right on david!
>>> to "visually impaired" I have always replied "I am not, I have no vision 
>>> to impair me."
>>> jc
>>>
>>> Jim Canaday M.A.
>>> Lawrence, KS
>>>
>>> At 08:19 AM 3/24/2009, you wrote:
>>>>I have to admit I've done some thinking on this matter.   Being 
>>>>blind--rather
>>>>than sighted--means managing life a tad differently.   One may take the 
>>>>train
>>>>instead of driving, and read braille instead of print, but one is still
>>>>traveling, still reading.   Reading a thermostat may involve hearing 
>>>>(presuming we
>>>>are not talking about deaf blind), but one still gets the information. 
>>>>It's
>>>>silly to pretend to be something one isn't.   Part of the problem is that
>>>>society has long held the thought that it is shameful to be blind (or 
>>>>disabled?),
>>>>stemming from the idea that blindness is a punishment for someone's sin.
>>>>Absurd as this is, it still persists.   That's why NFB says, there's no 
>>>>shame in
>>>>being blind.   It's just a physical characteristic.   One might as well 
>>>>be
>>>>ashamed of being tall, or short, or blue eyed.
>>>>
>>>>Political correctness can be a bit of a problem, though.   NFB prefers 
>>>>the
>>>>word "Blind," because that's the situation.   Sight impaired seems to be 
>>>>the
>>>>latest, or person who is blind, rather than blind person.   I fail to see 
>>>>the
>>>>difference between the last two.   And as David would say, he isn't sight
>>>>impaired.   He has no sight to be impaired.
>>>>Lori
>>>>
>>>>In a message dated 3/24/09 5:08:47 AM, johnlee at clarktouch.com writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Talking like a white is certainly a choice, since anyone who speaks 
>>>> > can
>>>> > choose to talk like that.  It is within easy control.  However, one 
>>>> > cannot
>>>> > control blindness except the choice to become more blind, if you 
>>>> > happen to
>>>> > be a blind wannabe.  Being blind but wanting to be sighted and trying 
>>>> > to be
>>>> > sighted is a failure to cope with what is beyond one's control.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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