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From: Pat.Goltz@f3.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Pat Goltz)
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Subject: Re: Musings of a demented mind
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Date: 1 Feb 90 18:14:53 GMT
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The ridicule of others is not a reason not to teach a person a useful 
skill. Therefore, I don't buy your argument that one should not teach a 
deaf person to speak because his voice produces strange sounds. Let's 
educate his hearers, instead. The best way to do that is for those of us 
who don't believe in ridiculing our fellow humans to subject them to 
social sanctions for such behavior!
  If a deaf person is being trained to speak, he will undoubtely sound 
very strange at first, but if he has a knowledgeable person to teach him, 
and he is diligent, he can overcome this, I think. I am just mouthing off 
here, because I really don't know.
  But my basic premise remains. If we believe that we should NOT teach 
deaf people to speak, we can use the SAME argument to claim that we 
should not teach ANY handicapped person to do anything that is difficult 
for him because he will be ridiculed for trying.
  Pat

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