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

[john schwery]

I have known many people on that list for years and many are liberals.

earlier, TaraPrakash, wrote:
>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:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>American Airlines just shot themselves in the foot with this incident!
>>>~~~
>>>Blind Man Asked To Give Up Cane On AA Flight
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>PITTSBURGH (KDKA)
>>>
>>>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!"
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>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.
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John
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