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From: Lee.Mounger@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Lee Mounger)
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Subject: NFB
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Date: 22 Jan 91 21:52:38 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

After thinking about it and reading all the messages concerning the N
FB, I have a couple of thoughts to share.  For one thing, I have noticed
the discussion between Nfb members and ex-members and non-members
becoming more heated over the past weeks.  Whether we are pro-Nfb or
not, I think it might help everyone to remember that really reasonable
dialog and debate using a series of short messages over a period of days
or weeks is almost impossible.   For example, I believe that if David
Andrews, Grant Downey, Jeff Salzberg and myself were to sit down at a
table for several hours, armed with our four disstinct viewpoints and
all being intelligent and reasonable people, after using thousands of
words over a short period of time, we would all leave with a better
understanding of each other's reasons for feeling the way we do.
However, the Nfb debate on this echo only seems to serve the purpose of
giving angry people the opportunity to vent their anger.  Although this
is probably good therapy, it doesn't make for good debate.  I suspect
that there are too many good people involved on both sides of the Nfb
controversy so I think I'll just stay out of that particular thread from
now on.  It would be stupid of me to form oppinions of people I've never
met because of their beliefs on one given subject.  I belive Jamal was
treated shabbily by the national leadership of the Nfb and, as of now, I
have no desire to join, but that's only my viewpoint and its certainly
subject to change, although probably not from anything I'll read on
blinktalk.  Later.

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