[blindlaw] Pimp My Cane

[Steve P. Deeley]

I think you are getting carried away with this point.  If you are carrying a 
cane for navigation and mobility, don't you think that individuals will put 
it together that you are blind.  In tern, the individual may be a little 
more careful around a blind traveler , especially if the person is driving a 
car.  And, if you are walking in a crowd and accidently bump someone, they 
will see the cane and know you meant no harm.  That may save you from 
getting punched.

Steve

Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark BurningHawk" <stone_troll at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Pimp My Cane


> Funny; I thought the cane was a mobility tool, not an advertisement of
> blindness.  Why not just wear a sandwich sign saying, "BLind; need
> your tacit cooperation in preserving the illusion of my independence
> while shielding me from the real world with your handicap," around
> your neck. then people can lead you around by the hand and spoon-feed
> you reality as long as you wear the sign.  The "you," here is
> generalized, I am not insulting just one person with this rant, but
> all people who don't use the cane as it was meant, but instead to
> promote the helplessness of blind people.
>
> Mark BurningHawk
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> Namaste!
>
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