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From: Ann.Parsons@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Parsons)
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Subject: Re: Expulsion from NFB now a fact
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Date: 3 Jan 91 03:19:34 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Jamal,

Well, I don't want to get myself involved in a long discussion about NFB, but 
you see, my friend, they are victims of the system they are trying so hard to 
change. I get, or should I say got, reports on the finances of the local 
Association for the blind in print. I guess they figured that I was not only 
blind but stupid and didn't care where they spent their money. I keep getting 
print catalogs from American Foundation for the Blind. I sent them a nasty 
letter asking why they thought they had to do that since I was a valued 
customer. Now, if a good friend of mine who only knows braille grade one can 
take several hours out of her day to send me the braille newsletter of an 
organization of sighted people to which I belong, then I think that NFB, AFB, 
APH et al ought to wake up and start sending its members materials in the 
media they can read best.

Soap box mode ended. I have never been a groupy, but the fact that your 
cohorts at NFB sent you a print letter of expulsion says that they probablly 
thought that because you were expelled you were no longer blind. Hey, maybe I 
should join and get myself kicked out. Wyw! That'd be one for rippleys, eh?

See you on-line.

Ann P.

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