[Nfbf-l] Fwd: Ban American Airlines!!

[TaraPrakash]

Aside, how do you define liberals? Those who ask for full context?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john schwery" <jschwery at embarqmail.com>
To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 7:52 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Fwd: Ban American Airlines!!


I sent this to the blind-x list and the liberals
on that list snubbed noses at it, saying in
effect, maybe, we don't have the full story.

text of forwarded message follows:
>Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:11:42 -0400
>
>How stupid is this?
>
>text of forwarded message follows:
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>
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>>American Airlines just shot themselves in the foot with this incident!
>>~~~
>>Blind Man Asked To Give Up Cane On AA Flight
>>
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>>
>>PITTSBURGH (KDKA)
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>>A blind man was told if he tried to use his cane he'd be removed from a 
>>flight and arrested and now he's asking for an apology.
>>
>>Bill Diamond is legally blind and sees nothing from his left eye and 
>>shadows from his right eye. He lost his sight 15 years ago due to 
>>diabetes.
>>
>>He's a Navy veteran and spent 13 years in the service. It was on a recent 
>>trip to a special veterans school in Chicago to learn how to use a talking 
>>computer where he ran into real trouble on an American Airlines flight.
>>
>>"American Airlines just wants customers who can see - it's not going to be 
>>a burden to them," he said. "Anybody with a disability is going to be a 
>>burden to American Airlines."
>>
>>Diamond caught his flight to Chicago out of Pittsburgh. He was brought to 
>>the plane in a wheelchair. He got on board using his cane and was told he 
>>had to give it up even though it was folded up.
>>
>>"I says, 'I need my cane.'
>>
>>"She goes, 'Sir, if you refuse to give up your cane, I will have no 
>>alternative but to call security,'" Diamond recalled.
>>
>>Faced with possible arrest, Diamond gave up the cane, sat on a nearly 
>>two-hour flight unable to get up and move around even though he needed to 
>>use the bathroom.
>>
>>"The stewardess acted like, 'Oh no, not another disabled person on my 
>>flight,'" he said.
>>
>>On his way back from Chicago, Diamond flew United. They had no problem 
>>with his cane. He used it to get to the men's room. He says it gave him 
>>his dignity back and his freedom.
>>
>>"That's my independence, that's my mode of travel, that's how I learned to 
>>travel being visually impaired," Diamond said. "They're taking something 
>>from me that I've learned to use."
>>
>>KDKA's Marty Griffin spoke with American Airlines Monday. They said they 
>>were investigating the matter and offered no further comment.
>>
>>Griffin could find no evidence indicating the use of a folding cane on a 
>>flight is determined to be against the policy of any airline.
>>
>>(© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
>>
>> From Our Neck Of The World, our current weather is:  Silver Springs, 
>> Florida Partly Cloudy, 60°F Wind:Calm
>>Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
>>Anna
>text of forwarded message ends:
>
>John
>Currently in Ocala, Florida Mostly Clear, 62°F Wind:Calm
>"Wink, I'll do the rest!"
>Created by Weather Signature v1.31 . http://www.weathersig.com
text of forwarded message ends:

John
Currently in Ocala, Florida Clear, 51°F Wind:Calm
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in
their shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot.
Created by Weather Signature v1.31 . http://www.weathersig.com
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