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From: Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Stu Turk)
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Subject: Re: Now Silenttalk Is Here!
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Date: 5 Jan 90 19:32:23 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 LW> Speaking of "ole Al Bell", I am not very fond of him.  Do you know 
 LW> that he was the Deaf community's enemy?  When I was in oral school of 
 LW>  [....]
 LW> up to be.  One of the things I learned about him which changed my 
 LW> opinion of him is that he tried to have the law passed...to forbid the 
 LW> intermarriage between the deaf people. I can go on and on with more 
   =
   Did the book say _why_ he thought intermarrage between deaf people should  
be forbidden?
   Remember, there are types of deafnesses that are inherated and back in  
Bell's time, there was little information available on birth control to  
prevent more children from being born deaf.  
Stu

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