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From: William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Agreeing to disagree!
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Date: 5 Feb 91 20:23:36 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

David,
     In order to practice what I preach, I won't quote your whole
message to me, but basically speaking, you again avoided the major point
I was trying to make in my original to you.
     You say again that you don't consider a single vending machine in
the same building as a blind vending stand operator enough of an
influence on that operator's income to be worth fighting about, and then
further go on to say that there are laws worth fighting about, and ones
that don't warrant such attention.  Well, as an outsider who has watched
this thread intently for quite a while now, in fact, much before Jamal's
dismissal, I think I can form at least some sort of opinion on NFB
tactics, and for sure, I would guess that if the shoe were on the other
foot, the NFB would scream BLOODY MURDER!  In fact, the one thing I have
sort of admired about the NFB perspective on issues is that they can
take something that seems trivial to most people and make
it a key goal of the Federation for changing!  Yeah, yeah, I know you
can justify making the airline thing a primary issue because it "affects
the way sighted people view us", but again, this is simply the NFB
telling us what sighted people will think of us, and may have nothing to
do with reality, so I don't accept that line of argument as valid.  In
the hard, cold world of reality, whether or not a blind person can sit
in the emergency seat of an airplane doesn't affect his or her daily
life one bit, yet a vending machine that dispences one candy bar to a
person who would otherwise buy it from a blind vending stand operator
does affect his or her daily life, even if it is but two bits worth!

 DA> support the you and I both. Finally, you of course will never
 DA> find an organization you will agree with 100 percent, unless
 DA> you control it absolutely.

Yes David, that is basically what I said in my message to you, and true,
I don't think one should have to agree with an organization 100% before
joining it, but David, it is my humble opinion that the NFb is, indeed,
100% controlled, and by either an individual or a couple of individuals!
I am pretty sure that has been the claim of the disgruntled ousted
members, and by several others here, and frankly, I just havn't seen
anything to the contrary posted!
     We're sort of going full circle here David, and yes, even I am
getting a little bored with it now, but all the evidence presented has
shown an organization that, if not totally controlled by an individual,
it sure as heck is controlled by a very select, and privileged few!
     I am glad that you and other NFB members see your despot as an
enlightened one, but I simply don't!
                                                        Willie

... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh!

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