Re: FreedomScientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against Serotek Corporation

  • From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 15:47:33 -0700

Hi Bruce,

Not sure where the concept that I may be attempting to prevent or squelch 
anyone's criticism is coming from, when, in fact, the exact opposite is 
true.  If I couldn't take the heat, I sure wouldn't have started this 
petition.


Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Evangelist
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: FreedomScientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against Serotek 
Corporation


But I strongly suggest that there is public expression of same, which is
why I have called you on it. Even the domain name, saveserotek.org, is
very leading. the grounds for my accusation are sound, and since you are
putting forth these leading petitions and so forth publicly, they are open
to public criticism from those of us who believe they should be publicly
criticized. You claim to be an accessibility evangelist. Then be prepared
for the same type of scrutiny any other evangelist needs to be prepared
for as through life they evangelize along.

Bruce

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On Mon, 21 May 2007, Darrell Shandrow wrote:

> Hello Bruce,
>
> We do not censor comments on our petition.  Sorry.  That would not be
> appropriate.  People who sign the petition are free to say anything they
> like, so long as it does not contain any abusive language or otherwise
> anything that a reasonable person would not consider "family safe".
>
> As we are sentient human beings, we have opinions, some of which we have
> publicly posted from time to time.  We have encouraged everyone to do 
> their
> research and, only if they agree with the petition, then sign it.  The
> petition statement also does not express any opinion other than that the
> authors believe Freedom Scientific should stop the lawsuit.  Period.  End 
> of
> story.
>
> On a more personal note, Bruce, I feel it is unfair for you or anyone else
> to attach impure motives to this effort when there is no such intent or
> public demonstration of same.
>
>
> Darrell Shandrow - Accessibility Evangelist
> Visit http://www.SaveSerotek.org and ask Freedom Scientific to stop suing!
> Information should be accessible to us without need of translation by
> another person.
> Blind Access Journal blog and podcast: http://www.blindaccessjournal.com
> Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:30 PM
> Subject: Re: FreedomScientific, Inc. Asked to Cease Lawsuit Against 
> Serotek
> Corporation
>
>
> Except that many implications are being made, and you are allowing them to
> be made unchecked. It is clear, just from looking through the signatures
> so far, that people are under the impression that Freedom Scientific is
> trying to shut down Serotek. Neither you nor Jeff has done anything to
> dispel this misconception because, I submit, it fuels anger and makes
> people more likely to support your petition. This, I also submit, is very
> irresponsible of you, and is already enough to discredit the petition,
> which I will never sign. Freedom Scientific maintains, and I see no reason
> to doubt them, that they have looked for an out-of-court agreement for
> years, and that Serotek has refused to cooperate. All Freedom wants is for
> Serotek to change the name of the product, they do not wish the product to
> be eliminated. By not making this clear and not only allowing but
> encouraging the misconception (don't try to tell me that saveserotek.org
> isn't misleading in this respect) you and Jeff discredit both yourselves
> and any other Access-technology enterprises you claim to represent, even
> if you try to distance your blogs and your petition from those other
> endeavors.
>
> Bruce
>
>
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