Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!90!Gary.Petraccaro From: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Petraccaro) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Pending Expulsion from NFB Message-ID: <17642@bunker.UUCP> Date: 5 Feb 91 20:00:29 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/90 - Post Road Inn, Greensburg PA Lines: 33 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 13523 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] David, I think that there is also the question of the spirit of the activity. We've heard the phrase "appearance of a conflict of interest" fairly often of late especially in conjunction with governmental activities. Well, it seems that the NFB couldn't care less about appearances as long as it can bring in the cash. I remember a portion of a movie called. 8 MEN OUT. It dealt with the 1919 Black Sox scandal. In that movie Charlie Commisky, "Black Sox" owner, had a certain conversation with one of his pitchers, Eddie Seacott (not sure about spelling). That pitcher wanted to know about the status of a $10000 bonus his contract called for should he have won 30 games. Here's what happens. Commisky asks a subordinate how many games the pitcher won. He's told "29". He turns to the pitcher and says, "29 isn't 30, now, is it?" The pitcher says that orders came down to sit him down for two weeks in August. He says that he could certainly have won two more games during that amount of time. You can guess what Commisky said. The good of the team, blah-blah-blah, the letter of the contract, blah-blah-blah, and, though he didn't say it, you could almost hear him say "Prove it", blah-blah-blah. If the NFB perports to be concerned about the handicapped, shouldn't it take more than merely the usual precautions not to jeopardize any handicapped individuals well-being? Shouldn't it at least make an attempt to rise above the like of Charlie Commisky, and, of course, his modernday counterparts like Charlie Finly? -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!129!90!Gary.Petraccaro Internet: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org