By your logic, should black people lighten their skin to have better social/professional/etc. opportunities too?
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess my issue is that deaf people who don't lip-read can only > communicate with each other or people who happened to learn sign > language out of interest or in order to communicate with deaf people > in their lives. Do deaf people really think lipreading is such a bad > thing? I wonder if most deaf people don't honestly wish they could > hear. I don't think any blind people don't wish they could see. Yes > of course in a concert you can hear the vibrations, etc., you can see > people clapping, you learn ways around it. But don't you think you > have more professional, social, etc. opportunities if you can hear > what is going on around you? I realize there are two different but > related issues, lipreading and cochlear implants or other devices > to "cure" deafness. I don't think I'm being harsh, just realistic. > You are welcome to disagree, but that is how I feel. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Daria Akers" > > <daria.akers@> wrote: > > > > > > Fully enjoy? Humm.... they don't enjoy them like you do but that > > doesn't > > > mean that they enjoy them less. I would insert the article from > the > > Post a > > > few months ago about the deaf interpreters at the Billy Joel > > concert. Great > > > article. > > > Besides people who are differently-abled sometimes do things that > > we never > > > even thought about..... This video is a perfect example: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBv79LKfMt4 > > > I've personally never thought about trying to learn to echo > locate > > because I > > > don't have to but sure would be cool. > > > Ok that had nothing to do with what we were talking about but > it's > > soooo > > > COOL. > > > Daria > > > > > > On 10/12/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > gay vs. deaf is apples and oranges--I'm not talking about > > acceptance > > > > vs. discrimination like is the issue with the gay community, I'm > > > > talking about being able to to fully participate in society. > Gay > > > > people can fully participate in society, except for getting > > married. > > > > They can fully enjoy concerts, movies, plays, waves crashing, > rain > > > > against the window, etc. It's not an issue of "getting away > with" > > > > being a hearing person, it's an issue of being able to fully > > > > participate in/enjoy all life has to offer. IMO. > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
