In a message Barbara Freeman  typed to All  
 BF> 	You say that the entire leadership of the NFB is both corrupt and
 BF> all powerfull.  You also imply that we are not a membership run
 BF> organization but that all of us who do not hold high office are fools 
ho
 BF> don't know we are being lead around by the nose.  Then you wonder why
 BF> people get a little miffed at you.  I did not say that at all; you did.  
People have a right to their own oppinion, and if I choose to disagree with 
the national leadership on something that is my right in a free society.  
 BF> 	If this is the case then why is it that some resolutions backed by
 BF> the leadership did not pass this year?  
That is a very rare exception to the rule.
BF> I have never been in the room when
 BF> you got up on the floor and nominated someone else for leadership and I
 BF> have been going to conventions since 1983.  
I have nominated people for office before.  You know and I know that a 
nomination unless it is supported by the nominating committee will not pass 
and I have been attending conventions since 1975.  
 BF> 	Who is leadership anyway?  The national president the local
 BF> president.  You don't like the fact that people don't all aggree with 
ou
 BF> so you strike out in a way that hurts our reputation in the blind
 BF> community.  
 BF> 	When you send a message on the internet you are publishing to the
 BF> world.  
I am well aware of that.  I didn't strike out at anyone just because I made 
my position known.  If it doesn't want another civil war, the national 
leadership should learn that there are differing views within our 
organization and not to strike out at people just because they happen to 
disagree with certain national positions.  I just think we should have more 
of an input at our conventions.  I don't spend hundreds of dollars of my own 
money just to sit in the audience and say "I," to everything the national 
wants.  I think people have a right to express their views without being told 
to shut up and stop complaining if they don't like something.  
Harvey 
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