[nfb-talk] Guide Bots

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Fri May 31 22:18:48 UTC 2013


I'm getting rather tired of this whole thread. 

Mike Freeman


On May 31, 2013, at 15:09, Anjelina <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow! That's quite harsh to call a group of people stupid. Even if they don't understand what you think they should. 
> 
> Sent from Anjelina's iPhone
> 
> On May 31, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Joshua Lester <JLester8462 at pccua.edu> wrote:
> 
>> That's the term I use for the stupid ones that no matter how many times you correct them, they just don't get it!
>> Good grief!
>> There is a difference between ignorant, and stupid.
>> The ignorant ones actually want to know, but the stupid ones just don't care.
>> Blessings, Joshua
>> ________________________________________
>> From: nfb-talk [nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Sheila Leigland [sleigland at bresnan.net]
>> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 2:11 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Guide Bots
>> 
>> hi I agree completely on this one. Part of showing respect is not using
>> terms that can e insulting to others.
>> On 5/31/2013 12:18 PM, Eddie Salcido wrote:
>>> I know this message is late, but I'd like to address something that Joshua
>>> said.  He called sighted people sighties.  How is that different from people
>>> calling us blinks or blindies?  How can we expect to have a mature dialogue
>>> with people when we use such terms?
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joshua
>>> Lester
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 1:02 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Guide Bots
>>> 
>>> Brian!
>>> It's not that I have all kinds of problems, but it's that the ignorance is
>>> getting old!
>>> We need to do more as blind individuals to educate the sighties about us, so
>>> we don't have to deal with the ignorance for much longer.
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: nfb-talk [nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Bryan Schulz




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