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From: Bill.Koppelmann@f810.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Koppelmann)
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Subject: Re: Exit Row Survey
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Date: 28 Jun 91 14:49:16 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 BH> making mountains out of moal hills.  That's what they may have
 BH> said about Rosa Parks, when she decided that she wasn't going
 BH> to ride in the back of the bus.  I feel that any compitent
 BH> blind person is as compitent as any sighted person when we use
 BH> our skills of blindness.

Beth,
As I said just yesterday, I feel that just saying that a blind person
can't handle an airplane emergency is a cop-out in my opinion.  As far
as I know, blind folks are as verbal as anyone else, and if they know
that they don't want to sit in an exit row they can always say so when
they put in their order.  Not that that's always followed, but hey, I
don't think that someone inebriated will do any better at opening the
door than an incompetant blind person, do you?

                        Boulder Bill

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