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 "C> From: "George Cassell" 
 "C> Subject: ACB Postings
 "C> If I may, I'd like to chime in on the topic of ACB info being posted
 "C> to this and/or any list pertaining to the blind and visually impaired.
 "C> The reason why I subscribe to this list is to LEARN.  I learn from
 "C> everyone who posts anything to this list, whether it pertains to NFB or
 "C> not.   
 "C> Knowledge is not selective.  Closed-mindedness is.  The source of the
 "C> material is not important or relevant.  The CONTENT is.
 "C> ACB, whether you agree with what it has to say or not, does it's best
 "C> to do what it can to benefit the blind community, just as the NFB does.
George:
You say the ACB does what it can to benefit the blind.  I am not sure this is 
always the case.
First, you must realize that the ACB split off from the NFB in the early 
1960's.  There reason for being was to oppose the NFB.  If you take away that 
opposition, there is little left.
In this state, the ACB opposes virtually everything the NFB proposes, despite 
its merits.
In another state, recently, that being Missouri, the agency for the blind 
sometimes handed out NFB literature.  It did this because the materials had 
something to say.  The ACB of Missouri opposed this and eventually pressured 
the Missouri agency to stop handing out anything.  They, the ACB had nothing 
of their own, but didn't want blind people to get material that might help 
them, simply because it was from the NFB.  So, does the ACB always help the 
blind.
 "C> This list is available to all of us to post, within established
 "C> guidelines, information that may be of interest and benefit to us all. 
 "C> I don't recall seeing anything in the guidelines that specifically and
 "C> selectively prohibited information provided by the ACB from being
 "C> posted here.   
 
This list is for NFB members and our friends to discuss things of mutual 
interest.  
I personally know many ACB members, and like quite a few of them.  
Nevertheless, the ACB is not our friend by any stretch of the imagination.
David Andrews, Moderator
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