Some. Best not to paint sighted people with the same brush any more than
we ourselves want to be painted with the same brush. Fact is, there are
good and bad sighted people, good and bad blind people. But this is very
much off-topic so this will be my last post on the subject.
bruce
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Otto Zamora wrote:
Hello,
Agreed, the adults are the ones that just do not seem to get it.
Otto
-----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Toews Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:56 AM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: appearance (was Re: e: Re: Saving Settings when Changing Batteries
But it's the sighted children that are the most accepting when you take the time to talk to them on their own level.
Bruce
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On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Sandy Licht wrote:
It does indeed get old, and blindness is particularly hard to explain to young sighted children.
At 07:39 AM 2/12/2006, you wrote:You're right, of course. It is human nature to be curious. However, I think it goes deeper than that. I think that if you have sight, it is hard to comprehend how someone who doesn't can live any kind of life. This is not intended as a criticism, it is simply that vision is to the rest of the world the most important sense. I like the opportunities I get to educate, but I must admit, sometimes it just gets old and I don't want to have to do it. My own failing, I must admit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 1:41 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: appearance (was Re: e: Re: Saving Settings when Changing Batteries
That kind of behavior is human nature. If we VIPS encounter something or someone that is different, aren't we just as curious?
At 01:35 PM 2/11/2006, you wrote:I prefer to look at that as a chance to educate, rather than to be put off by it. I don't always do that, but that's what I prefer. <GRIN>
Bruce
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On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, Walt Smith wrote:
Maybe not "bad guys," but I know from experience that at the very least, they're often excessively curious, sometimes perversely so.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 5:10 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: appearance (was Re: e: Re: Saving Settings when Changing Batteries
That's a human trait. You've been able to twist everything, so far, so that sighted people come out as being the bad guys, when they're not.
Bruce
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Sandy Licht Phone: 409-898-8218 Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A 11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in earnest, you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says the LORD...
