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From: Beth.Hatch-Alleyne@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Beth Hatch-Alleyne)
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Subject: Re: Exit Row Survey
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Date: 28 Jun 91 16:05:31 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Margo; and everyone who has been reading this thread....I apologize
for offending anyone by using the terms "better, or inferior",
however they were in the message, so I figured I'd respond to those
terms.  Never meant to offend anyone, sorry.  You might also say
that our senses are convenient for doing things, and that blindness
is an inconvenience.  Yes, it is a pain in the butt sometimes, but
it is still an inconvenience, at least for me, anyway.  I'm not sure
if this is the place for this, but my father and I have always
argued about whether to sue the doctor who delivered me because I
can't see.  I got too much oxygen as a baby.  I was born in a small
hospital without the equipment to watch out for this.  I remember my
father telling me, "Beth, I want to sue, or I want you to sue, for
money from the doctor and the hospital for all the things you
couldn't or can't do."  I saw where this was going, and I was
insulted that he was talking about what I couldn't do, rather than
what I can do.  It was not a very positive statement, but I know he
didn't mean it to sound negative.  I didn't want their to be a media
circus around me, because the last time a woman sued for the same
reason there was.  I am perfectly happy with my life.  There isn't
anything in my life I haven't tried because I'm blind, and I would
rather earn money to live on than be set for life in a courts.
Anyway, I'm sure there are many who would disagree with me on this
and would have taken the money, but I have to live with my
decission.  I'm telling you this because my father views things
differently than I do in that my life would have been better and
fuller, if I could see, and I don't agree with that, Beth.

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