From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.61]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16QSGK-0008O2-00 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:00:21 -0500 Received: from 208-59-175-193.c3-0.slvr-ubr2.lnh-slvr.md.cable.rcn.com ([208.59.175.193] helo=computer.ACB.org) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #10) id 16QSGM-0002k2-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:00:22 -0500 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020115070629.024ad6c0@198.144.194.210> X-Sender: ccrawford@198.144.194.210 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 07:07:08 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Charles Crawford Subject: Re: anti-word In-Reply-To: <20020114142734.E414@uic.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020114120521.024e4910@198.144.194.210> <20020113111458.J335@uic.edu> <20020113122447.E526@uic.edu> <5.1.0.14.2.20020114120521.024e4910@198.144.194.210> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, we are getting into the esoteric considerations of common sense. Probably time to move on to another subject. -- charlie. At 02:27 PM 01/14/2002 -0600, you wrote: >On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 12:15:20PM -0500, Charles Crawford wrote: >but what > > about our rights as blind folks to access? Are they conditioned upon > > having to use what the employer for example uses? Well, the truth is that > > they aare. >Is this fair? No. Can it possibly be changed? Maybe, but only by the blind >masses. > > > An employer has the right to utilize any software they want and > > as long as we too can use it, then we have to learn it. >A sighted person can read braille with their eyes too, maybe better then >some of us with our hands. So, why aren't they all learning it if they can >use it too and thus make our lives easier to some degree? >Greg > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup