MF> At the risk of rekindling a flame war, I must observe that much  
 MF> has been written in this echo and others concerning the efficacy  
 MF> of use of a guide dog as a travel tool by the blind.  Some dog  
 MF> users wax eloquent indescribing the human-dog bond and what this  
 MF> brings to the travel experience.  If use of a dog is a dignified  
 MF> travel method, why is not use of a sighted guide -- a human being  
 MF> -- equally dignified and worthy of respect (at least if the guide  
 MF> is willing)?  It strikes me as disingenuous, to say the least,  
 MF> that a dog user would use the term "dog guide" as a term of  
 MF> disparagement in *any* context.  If a dog guide should be accorded  
 MF> respect, it seems to me a human being performing similar services  
 MF> should be accorded at least equal respect. 
 
I wouldn't touch that one with a ten foot cane!!!
David Andrews
... ll Bugs? What bugs? *MY* code doesn't have any bugs. ll
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