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From: Laurie.Wilson@p0.f5.n119.z1.fidonet.org (Laurie Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Now Silenttalk Is Here!
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Date: 5 Jan 90 19:32:11 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 > treat to be in at the beginning of a conference.  Especially
 > one like
 > SilentTalk that has such a great potential.
 >
Amen.
 
 > before.  You know, ole Al Bell was really trying to help
 > hearing impaired
 > people when he invented his infernal instrument.  Wonder
 > if he ever
Speaking of "ole Al Bell", I am not very fond of him.  Do you know 
that he was the Deaf community's enemy?  When I was in oral school 
of the deaf, we used to praise him for his work and his being part 
of the founding of the oralism.  Over the recent years, I read several 
history books about him. Found out that he wasn't what he was cracked 
up to be.  One of the things I learned about him which changed my 
opinion of him is that he tried to have the law passed...to forbid 
the intermarriage between the deaf people. I can go on and on with 
more details about his actions which hurt the deaf poeple for over 
a century, but that will take a book.  So, I suggest if you haven't 
done so, read a book called '/When the Mind Hears' by Harlan Lane. 
it really opened and shocked my senses!!
 
Thanks for explaining what backbone means. I get it now.
 
Smile, Laurie

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