Guys just displaying understandable anger over loss of access. Barry
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brandon Hicks Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:45 PM To: talk2 Subject: Re: The Talk2 List Fw: [access] WFA User Protest Agreed. This message speaks of childish tantrums. Even the Freedom Scientific petition didn't get much over a thousand signatures, if even that. This one's not going to get much more. I thought about it until I got to about the third line of the message. Brandon Stephen Clower wrote: > So... he wants more signatures, but the only way he feels he can get > them is to insult everybody? I won't sign now simply because of the > author's attitude, despite his good intentions. > > Steve > > On 3/1/2010 2:12 PM, Onj wrote: >> I haven't seen a message on this list for months. Why not let the >> content of this message speak for itself? >> >> From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> >> on Monday, March 01, 2010 6:02 PM >> >>> A quick note to all of you who have, and those who as of yet have >>> not signed >>> the WFA user protest site. >>> >>> Before I start my message the link right here and now is >>> www.talknav.com/protest >>> >>> Firstly, a note to all of you who have signed, thank you, but I have >>> to at >>> this stage say that it is way too few who have made this effort. We are >>> nearing 700, yet for Vodafone to take this seriously we need thousands. >>> >>> To date we've not even got close to even the number of users of the >>> application signing, let alone additional support. >>> >>> Can I especially ask those of you who either work with or for the >>> organizations that supposedly represent us as blind folk, yes you >>> lot, those >>> of you at the RNIB, CNIB, AFB, NFB, etc, etc, you lot really have >>> made me >>> rather upset and irritated. >>> >>> To date I've posted two messages via each of your web-sites >>> informing you >>> all of our protest, has any one of you got back to me to ask for more >>> detail, have you mass mailed your members, have you lobbied in our >>> favour, >>> have you, no sir. Is this an outrage, is this a complete lack of >>> competence >>> when it comes to supporting those who you claim to represent? This >>> individual thinks so. So if you represent, or have a contact at your >>> local >>> blind organization please forward this message, we, or certainly I, >>> am very, >>> very disappointed in you all. >>> >>> As for those private individuals who have not yet signed, even if >>> you do not >>> own Access or a Symbian phone, your name should be on this list, the >>> list >>> says something about who we are and what we stand for as blind >>> folks, it >>> says that we will not lay down and be ignored whilst our tools to >>> freedom >>> and mobility are stolen from us. It says we have a voice and we are >>> prepared >>> to use it when necessary. >>> >>> This protest is about more than just Wayfinder Access, it is a >>> symbol, now >>> please, I urge you all, we need this link spreading, we need it >>> sharing, >>> Face Book pages, Twitter, those of you who produce pod casts, >>> mailing lists >>> etc, etc, if you believe in your freedom to mobility and your rights to >>> accessible products then make your mark. >>> >>> More than this, those you know need to say that they too are in >>> support of >>> our cause, so get your address book and forward this link, >>> personalize it >>> with a few lines of message, get the word out there. >>> >>> The protest site has a league table on it at the bottom of the public >>> signatures page, it's dynamic and countries move about on the list. >>> To date >>> we've only had a tiny portion of blind people around the world sign up. >>> Spread the word folks. >>> >>> www.talknav.com/protest >>> >>> This issue rests squarely in your hands, make a difference today... >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> Neil Barnfather. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Access mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://wfusers.com/mailman/listinfo/access >>> >>> Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: >>> eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ >>> and >>> Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ >> >> >> >> >> Did you miss a message? 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