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From: Diana.Dawne@f432.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Diana Dawne)
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Subject: Re: blind politics
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Date: 17 Jun 91 20:24:43 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 The public does seem to have an interesting view of handicapped persons
 being robbed or otherwise bothered don't they?  I have had strangers
 write checks for me and handle money such as giving me change for years
 and never had a problem until one day when the "waitress" in a coffee
 shop-store type place took a twenty dollar bill to get me change.
 Unfortunately, one of the regular employees saw the woman leaving in a
 hurry and they were very upset that such a terrible thing had been done
 to a blind person because you see, the "waitress" was just a person off
 the street.  I recall being annoyed but remarking that well, crime
 knows no barriers and it is just as disgusting to do it to me as to
 anyone else.
 * EZ 1.30 *

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