[blindlaw] Text of a pending complaint

[Mark BurningHawk]

Thanks for that; I don't see an opportunity for change or a way in which to 
convinced the station personnel involved to tone it way down and take my 
word for it when I say I'm fine.  It's, as I said in another post, "he said, 
she said."  The agent and the cop will corroborate each other.  I have no 
witnesses to their rudeness to me, and I will be seen as just another blind 
man with a chip on his arm.  I see no way, other than raising public outcry, 
to press my point.  However, since my personal honor has been insulted, I 
cannot let this just drop.  Is there an effective way for me to convince 
someone that this did indeed happen as I say, without witnesses to back up 
my story?  I do not know of a way to keep from being dismissed out of hand.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Text of a pending complaint


> Angie,
>
> First year student or not, your observation makes me feel a little better. 
> Mark, if you are still reading, you don't seem to
> understand that most of us are agreeing with your feelings of frustration 
> and we've been there.  All we are trying to do is
> to figure out where the most likely opportunity for change is.
>
> On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:23:40 -0400, Angie Matney wrote:
>
>>Steve asked:
>
>>>Couldn't a hotel claim that a blind person must accept a given room, on 
>>>the first floor for example, for safety reasons
> countering our right to refuse?  Has that ever
>>>been tested?
>
>>It probably has happened somewhere. That is similar to the airline 
>>personnel refusing to tell me which way to go
> because I might hurt myself if I walked 30 feet on my own. (grin) I don't 
> know of cases about this, but it is interesting.
> Having said that, the case I referred
>>to was much more clear-cut. The person had a liver condition that was 
>>going to be exacerbated by the chemicals
> where he wanted to work. I think a hotel would have a hard time proving in 
> court that they *had* to give a blind person
> a room on the first floor for
>>safety reasons. All of that is about a conjectured risk, whereas this case 
>>involved a much higher probability of danger.
>
>>Just my first-year law student opinion, not worth much at all. (grin)
>
>>Angie
>
>
>
>
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