[nabs-l] Question for Tyler

[David Andrews]

Tyler:  I think Shawn has given you a good pragmatic look at our 
philosophy.  It isn't necessarily easy to boil it down into a couple 
words, as it relates to how we see ourselves as blind persons, how we 
interact with society, and how we approach life.

Remember that with any organization, we are composed of 
individuals.  Some individuals are more knowledgeable than others, 
some are more civil, etc.  It is easy to take the actions of an 
individual and generalize them to the whole organization -- but not 
necessarily accurate to do so.

Dave

At 12:38 AM 7/18/2012, you wrote:
>Joshua,
>First, I want to start off by mentioning that I asked a question, 
>and you replied by misspelling the name of your all-star 
>philosopher, then went on with some claim that I'm the only ACB 
>member on list, and I should explain to you "federationists" why 
>something got voted off by the ACB. I really am curious about the 
>philosophy, for a few different reasons. A lot of the people I've 
>asked this question of (including you, and incidentally, I did not 
>get a message off list about your views), just give me some evasive 
>answer and go on to attack another organization.
>
>It's reasons like this that I tend to avoid a lot of the NFB, and 
>not only just the NFB. People get stuck to their philosophy and 
>spend half their time bashing other organizations. I honestly have 
>no clue why it got voted out. I like the idea of fair wages 
>personally, but you're going to have to find someone else to ask. As 
>I've stated, I am the ACBS webmaster, but I don't tend to follow 
>everything that happens within the organization.
>
>I personally believe that if that is the response to questions like 
>that, I don't want to be a "confederationist." It seems like you'd 
>be better off explaining what you believe, rather than being an 
>elitist ass. Just my two cents, anyway. Good luck in getting your 
>question answered.
>On 7/17/2012 11:08 PM, Joshua Lester wrote:
>>Since you're the lone ACB member on this list, please explain to us
>>Federationists why the ACB voted "Do Not Pass," on the Fair Wages
>>resolution.
>>Thanks, Joshua