From: shawn keen 
Subject: re: Re: MR. MAGOO CONCERNS
negative and full of hate.
yeh we can all see that your a true nfb member.
getting tickeed cause someone dairs to dissagree with you.
no wunder the nfb has lost  so much crreditability.
At 05:58 PM 7/7/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>Apparently some people just don't get it.  I am concerned that my daughter 
>and her play mates will see the film, or even promos for it, and draw 
>conclusions about me and visually impaired people because of how Mr. Magoo 
>acts in the film.  I have endured taunts like "he's like Magoo", when I was 
a 
>child in a public school classroom.  what about those blind children 
>struggling for exceptance by their clasmates.  
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>I ran into a man in the elevator at convention who told me he was ridiculed 
>by a neighbor in his town, and called a "Mr. Magoo", with all the bitterness 
>and venum of someone who didn't like him and was afraid of him because of 
his 
>blindness.  
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>I don't believe we can stop disney from putting out this film, but the 
>publicity we get from this may get people thinking about the issue.
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>For those who think we don't have the "power" to help people with getting 
>jobs, and all the other things we do, I would say, youmissed a great 
>convention last week--full of positibe reports of progress based on NFB's 
>efforts.  Sory you are so negative and full of hate. Your efforts would be 
>better spent helping all of us.
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Shawn Keen
orange@texas.net
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