Hi,
A question for yall:
Has anyone made the news paper aware of the interesting string of comments
made here over the last few days?
My thought is that, They may want to write a follow up article based on
this string. If such a circumstance would come into fruition, my hope would
be, that all sides of the "blindness community,
" would have a equal voice in the public arena of news print; such as it is
here in this fine list.
I have not personally contacted the news paper.
At last, it may be interesting to take these "virtual comments," back out
into the world of "hard copy," whence it came.
OK I will leave you now, and go back to my pitiful and mysterious "world"
of the blind! LOL! LOL! or something like that I guess.
Just kidding around folks!
Rick
At 04:53 PM 7/15/2003 -0400, Dan Rossi wrote:
>I have to agree with Amy here. Although my first reaction to hearing of
>the shirts was revulsion, I believe the guy who is making them is 73 years
>old and lost his sight only about ten years ago.
>
>I'm sure that there are some out there who could completely adapt under
>those circumstances, but being 63 and having to just start learning to
>function as a blind person would be an incredibly daunting task.
>
>Dan
>
>On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Amy Berger wrote:
>
> > I had to throw in my two cents. It is very easy to be offended at the idea
> > of wearing something that states "I am blind and need help" or whatever it
> > says. I am not sure about the numbers but I do know that within the blind
> > community there are all different types of people, just as there are within
> > the normal population. I would not choose to wear one but I do realize
> > that there are blind individuals who may be comforted by wearing such
> > clothing. Lets not be too smug about the concept. I hope the guy who is
> > making them is earning a living at it. I am so used to people looking at
> > me and my guide dog and all they see is a blind person, that instead of
> > being pissed off I turn it into an opportunity to let them see me as an
> > capable individual , understanding that there may be some of us who do not
> > operate in that capacity. Even though we are blind, we are all
> > individuals and I would hate for us to forget that.
> > Amy
> > and if we start At 03:38 PM 7/15/2003 -0400, Diana C. wrote:
> > >I would be more than willing to print up some more t-shirts like the one I
> > >am currently wearing. It states, "I've fallen and I can't get up!"
> > >
> > >The joke is a little old, but anything for the cause. I will even
> throw in a
> > >good exchange rate for my friendly neighbours south of the border. Every
> > >t-shirt guaranteed to arrive SARS FREE!
> > >
> > >Diana from SARSville (Toronto, Ontario)
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Bud Kennedy" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 2:03 PM
> > >Subject: Re: From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette July 15, 2003
> > >
> > >
> > > > Tom,
> > > >
> > > > I agree with you wholeheartedly. The only reason that I think the guy
> > > > that has "please help me I'm blind" on his underwear was mentioned
> first
> > > > in the article, is that he is local. As a Pittsburgh resident, I'm
> > > > hoping that, because of this article, every time I'm standing on a down
> > > > town street corner minding my own business and thinking impure
> thoughts,
> > > > I'm not accosted by thousands of Pittsburghers running up to me saying
> > > > "let me buy you one of them/there new shirts." I know that we can't
> > > > expect everybody who writes an article for a newspaper to be intimately
> > > > familiar with the subject on which they are writing. However, I do
> > > > expect them to get factual information straight. For example,
> > > > Bookshare.org was incorrectly reported as Bookshare.com.
> > > >
> > > > Bud Kennedy
> > > >
> > > > [log in to unmask]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Tom Fowle [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:37 PM
> > > > To: Bud Kennedy
> > > > Cc: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette July 15, 2003
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Now there is a fine example of bad journalism wirtten by somebody with
> > > > no
> > > > experience at all with the field in which she is supposed to be
> > > > reporting.
> > > >
> > > > Or am I biased by being rather nausiated by having talking signs and
> > > > other usefull products side by side with "I'm blind help me" caps and T
> > > > shirts.
> > > >
> > > > Some stuff gets better, ans some most definitely does not.
> > > >
> > > > Personal opinion only,
> > > > Tom Fowle
> > > >
> > > >
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>Blue skies.
>Dan Rossi
>Carnegie Mellon University.
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