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From: Jeff.Salzberg@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jeff Salzberg)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Pathfinder Tiles
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Date: 17 Jun 91 20:29:18 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 BH> Perceiving is
 BH> believing, and if the public feels path finder tiles are needed
 BH> so blind people can travel independently, we will not be looked
 BH> upon as compitent and productive workers.

 That is true, except you are basing your position on a false
 assumption.  The fact that the gentleman to whom you referred was a
 persistent and misinformed jerk does not mean that all - or most...or
 even many - sighted employers are.

 To get a job, one first must be alive and healthy.  The pathfinder
 tiles will help keep blinks so.  If you don't believe me, ask Sara
 Atatimur.

 BH> I hope this makes the NFB position a bit clearer.

 The NFB's position on this matter is (and always has been) perfectly
 clear; it's their LOGIC that's askew.

... "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." - H. G. Wells

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