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From: Paula.Mack@f210.n273.z1.fidonet.org (Paula Mack)
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Subject: Re: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Date: 17 Jul 90 19:30:46 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 TG> A blind person I know tried to take a charter bus this past 
 TG> week and was told by the driver that the company rules did not 
 TG> permit her to ride with a dog guide.  Most of the people who 
 TG> were on this bus stated that they did not want to sit with her 
 TG> because of the dog.  Then about twenty minutes later they did 
 TG> find someone who would sit with her but by that time she was 
 TG> very upset and decided not to take the trip. 

 TG> Okay, here is the problem, should she have stayed on the bus 
 TG> for the 27 hours with people who did not want her or should she 
 TG> have saidd alright and stayed home?
     
 TG> The punch line is that this was a group of blind people.

     Tom, my reaction to this is well--shock!  How could a bunch of
blinks turn around and do to another blink what we say we don't like
done to us?  It's hard to believe.  Are you sure there weren't some
other circumstances involved?  If this is really true, then the world is
even sicker than I thought.

                                        Paula

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