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.