I've always love your post and the only reason I said it that way is
because I am amongst friends. If it would have been a AFB convention
then it would have been omitted. I just got back from a Blind and Low
Vision demonstration where yours truly demonstrated the Mac and it's
uses while confronting the myths that were out there about us and the
screen reader and rest assure that I didn't curse, but I did kick some
a$$ if I may say so myself. Come on people lighten up, we are not
talking to the AFB we are talking to friends. The thing that gets me
is that no one actually post to the AFB list and tell them how wrong
they are. You get on me for one simple word and over look all my good.
Again point well laid out and well taken. I am very happy to announce
that we will soon have three or more Mac list members, I will have
three people to train and I think one of them curses. Please be kind
to her.
On May 21, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
Oh, and actually Shaun, one thing you said, regarding people not
noting how Mac users cuss is false. <smile> In all honesty, that
was one of the first things that jumped out at me; -the seeming
prevalence of the lack of intelligence of blind / VI Mac users.
I.E. Mac users as a whole tend to have the reputation of being a
bit more intelligent than the usual Windows user, (whether true or
not) <smile> however, my first exp with some of the VI users I'd
heard from, really went quite the other way, -leaving the above
stereotype quite in reverse in my own experience.
Now, obviously, there are some extremely intelligent people here,
and the above is afterall, only a stereotype, however, remember that
the world tends to have a nasty lil habit of judging people on such.
<smile> I'm sure you catch my meaning.
Thanks for reading and have an awesome day!…
Rock!
Cara :)
On May 21, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Cara Quinn wrote:
I can tell you right now, that if I read two notes by two different
people, on just about anything, and one is full of cussing,and one
is written intelligently; whether I agree or disagree with the
intelligent person, I'm certainly going to have a bit more respect
for them. <smile>
Now, anyone who knows me, knows that I certainly have the skill to
interject the perfect / creative / well-placed curse from time to
time when necessary, ( and I do make it a good one! :) ) -and
trust me, it's an art form, <smile> however, when you've got
quite a lot of people very able to express themselves very well,
who happen to be in the majority, and a small group of folks
cussin' their lil brains out 'cause they're upset and they're not
getting the attention that they think the product they use
deserves, *sniff* (no matter how true it may be) it just doesn't
make for great press! <smile>
Know what I mean?… There are certain times when eloquence and
elegance really make the day.
Smiles,
Cara :)
On May 21, 2008, at 6:55 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Those are crap statements. We take shots at Microsoft all the time
and call them all sorts of names without a second thought. Nobody
says use mature language when the're at a football game or a
NASCAR event. Please get off the high horse and take a stand for
what you believe. this is not a presidential election and Windows
or Mac is not the Holy Bible for Christ sake. A curse word will
not hurt Apple in the least. The people writing the blog aren't
sitting around saying Uh, those Mac users have such fowl mouths.
It is clear that they don't even read this list, because if they
did they would see that the Mac can do whatever is needed
including run Windows better than a Windows machine. If you don't
stand for something, then you'll fall for anything. I admit that
maybe the word could have been butt instead of a^^ but really
guys, this doesn't hurt anyones opinion of Apple unless they are
Nuns or something.
On May 21, 2008, at 8:16 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
While passion is all well and good, we do need to be certain we
are using
mature language to express ourselves.
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