Dear List, First of all, Rhonda, I apologize for the use of your name in the below response to my message, I know you weren't involved in this little battle of words and I hope you won't take it too personally. Now, CharlesAndSharonCampbell, and anyone else who is wondering about my statement earlier. When I said that if there were more blind people, specialized equipment would cost less, I wrote nothing less than the hard, cold truth. This holds true for all aspects of economy, if more people are buying something, the price goes down. I know I have no right to assume anything about anyone on this list. If, in fact, CharlesAndSharonCampbell bought their own BrailleNote, that is a wonderful thing! I wish more than I can say that all blind people were able to buy the equipment and services of their choice, with their own hard-earned money. Reality has proved otherwise, up and down the line. I can say this from personal experience; I was born totally blind and have always had to struggle to find money to buy the "special" equipment that I needed. Most of us do, we are generally overworked and underpaid, or even poorrer due to receiving government entitlements. Another hard truth is that many of us would have no where to turn for assistance in purchasing expensive equipment if it weren't for their state agencies. We can put them down all we want, and those of us who buy our own equipment can feel superior to those of us who can't do this if we so choose, but the fact is that well over half the equipment sold by "blindness vendors and companies" is paid for by either state or federal government. I know this is a drag, but again, it's reality. I am very sorry for the bitterness my previous message brought out, I had no intention of causing this reaction. Now, to get back on topic. Has anyone tried to delete an Email folder and not been able to do so? Sarah -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of charles and sharon campbell Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:09 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: re: [Braillenote] changing places
Hi list, Did you know that the price of compact flash cards is the cheap part of all this? Big deal! How many of these cards are used for cameras? If you think this news makes us jump up and down, it doesn't! The next part of this gripe is this: Rhonda, what makes you think we want more blind people because we want lower prices? What does one have to do with the other? You must be one of those sighted teachers with no compassion, afraid that the blind disease will touch you. Either that, or the State buys any equipment you want. Which is it? Maybe you're one of these fortunate few the State will do anything for. Speaking of the State, is the reason for the high prices because State Agencies will put out the bucks? How about some honesty today. ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
