[nfb-talk] Losing DVS

[John G. Heim]

Steve said:
> It is really not clear at all if anything that anybody did has an effect 
> on digital TV.  To a large degree, the problem is a technical one, and as 
> I have said, is one for
> which a solution is being worked on.  Had all of us been united behind 
> video descriptions, it is more likely that something would have been 
> implemented sooner.
> However, I think a very good case can be made that had the proponents of 
> mandating descriptions worked with us on developing an approach that we 
> could all
> have agreed on, that we would have had a more united front.  Had we taken 
> the approach that we prioritize the conveying of information written on 
> the screen such
> as emergency information and other text, something that is not subject to 
> interpretation, thereby laying a solid groundwork that really could not be 
> challenged by the
> entertainment industry, we would have had an infrastructure in place.  I 
> think a very good case can be made that persons fixated on mandating 
> descriptions are as
> responsible as anyone for the current lack of a digital TV solution. 
> Having a united front has to involve two sides moving together not one 
> side being expected to
> drop all of its concerns.

Wow! I can't believe you even said that. The NFB has done nothing but to try 
to impose it's adjenda on all blind people.  Where was this spirit of 
cooperation when the ACB was suing the Treasury Department over accessible 
money?

The whole point doesn't make sense anyway.  Just because the NFB wasn't 
getting what it wanted, it helped overturn the regulations requiring DVS. 
I don't care if some other entity (I presume it was the ACB) stepped on the 
NFB's toes. I don't particularly care if I got caught in the middle of a 
fight between the NFB and the ACB. All I know is that the NFB took a swing 
at someone and hit me. It doesn't make me feel any better to know that I was 
not the intended target.

Besides, as far as I know, the ACB hasn't done anything to make it less 
likely that I'd have DVS. Have they?

> Finally, you have said in the past that you tend to argue using 
> confrontation.  I don't remember the

I don't know what you're talking about. I don't think I ever said anything 
of the sort.

I'm sick and tired of people questioning my motivation on this list. First 
of all, my motivation is not relevant. Secondly my only motivation is that 
the NFB keeps doing things that are counterr to my best interests.