From: shawn keen 
Subject: Re: Mister Magoo And The NFB 1 of 2
i am sure if anyone had aposed it, they would have been cast out of the nfb.
 
At 04:57 PM 7/26/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>Phil,
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>        I won't address your openion of the Mr. Magoo issue; it's your
>openion and you'reentitled to it.  I also won't address your assertion that
>it is an issue of political correctness, even though I don't agree; it goes
>beyond that.  What I will address, however is your speculation that all 3000
>delegates could not have agreed upon the resolution.  I believe the number
>was actually closer to 3300, and while there may have been a few  dissenting
>votes (perhaps a dozen or so if my ears were counting accurately), no one
>chose to express that openion when President Maurer invited discussion prior
>to the vote.  The subsequent vote was overwhelmingly in support of the
>resolution.  Furthermore, I don't believe any but the nievely optimistic
>believe we will affect Disney's decision to produce the movie, but at least
>we have drawn public attention to the potential harm to public perceptions,
>which will cause people who will ultimately see the movie to pause and
>reflect before accepting the negative images presented  as accurate.
>
>                                        David
>At 05:08 PM 7/23/97 -0500, you wrote:
>...I'm not running the NFB but if I were, I would not have
>>>gone national with the resolution but would have quietly, behind
>>>the scenes, written the concerns to Disney.  Will a private, or
>>>public, out cry by 3,000 blind delegates, representing a
>>>membership of 50,000, have any effect on what Disney does?  Not in
>>>a pigs eye.  Money is what counts.  Just ask Mike tyson.  I also
>>>find it extremely difficult to bring myself to believe that all
>>>3,000 delegates, that's what was reported on the local news here,
>>>voted 100 percent for this resolution.  Man, not even the Southern
>>>Baptist all agreed on their gay rights position concerning Disney.
>>>If the nfb got all 3,000 delegates to agree on this one, they
>>>indeed have achieved blind solidarity....
>David W. Bundy, MSW
>President, South Carolina Association of Blind Students
>National Federation of the Blind 
>Independint Representative, Destiny Telecomm International
>Telephone: (803) 252-2667
>E-Mail: 	 bundy@netside.com	S-Mail: 2306 Sumter St., Columbia. SC 29201
>http://www.netside.com/~bundy
>SCABS Homepage: http://www.netside.com/~bundy/scabs
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Shawn Keen
orange@texas.net	
www.eden.com/~orange
"love isn't blind, but the braille sure is fun."
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