I let them stumble until I can't hold back the laughter anymore.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: accessible radio


>I think the only people afraid of the blind word are those who attempt to 
>be
> what they think is more correct, or less offensive, or somehow less
> insulting.
> It's hilarious listening to people stumble around and try to find the 
> right
> term...usually I just say I'm blind, and I know it, and you know it, so 
> it's
> ok if you call it what it is lol.
> particular organizations like to think it's just a newcence, but it's more
> than that...however it is what it is and we just deal with the limitations
> it forces upon us.  Limitations as compared to how our sighted 
> counterparts
> are able to function is all.
> Not mental or psychological or necesarily really physical in nature as we
> all know.
> I can drive just fine, but not like a sighted person can drive...and the
> fact is that it's all sighted people out there driving, so I must accept 
> the
> limitation that I cannot operate the vehicle in the same fashion as they 
> do,
> therefore I am not going to attempt it.
>
> Anyway, yep, it sucks, but it's there and needs to be dealt with in the 
> best
> way possible by each individual.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 10:50 AM
> Subject: Re: accessible radio
>
>
>> Butch, that's true, but it still brings home the point.  blindness sucks,
>> but its not a death sentence; which is what most newly blinded people
>> think
>> it is.  I am purposely using the B word here, because their is a movement
>> to
>> avoid the word.  Forbidden words gain emence power just by being
>> forbidden.
>> Its a word and if you use it on a tax form, it can be used in
>> conversation.