[Dtb-talk] ACB and NFB?

[David Andrews]

This is off topic for this list, which is concerned with digital talking books.

Dave

At 05:00 AM 11/23/2007, you wrote:
>     Good morning,
>I write this email in hopes to get answers and not make anyone mad with me.
>As a younger blind person in my 20s, taking steps to enter the rehab field
>to work with and help other Blind people.
>I have to ask why should I care about the NFB or ACB?
>I have been lerking on these lists for a while now, and I am on some NFB
>lists, as I have time with my job and other pursuits I read both the Braille
>Monitor, and the Braille Forum.
>I am trying to become better informed about both groups in hopes that I will
>join one of them.
>The thing I keep coming back to is this, for all the good that is happening
>in both groups, there is so much fighting and accusing.
>It seems that as Blind people we are at war.
>I am getting the feeling that both groups in there own way are allowing
>politics to get in the way of the greater good, witch I thought was to
>improve the lives of the Blind, and give tomorrow's Blind a brighter future.
>As someone who is not currently a member of iether group I must say this is
>serving to scare me away.
>So here is my question witch I would love to be answered with out bashing
>anyone, why should I care?
>Why should I give my money and time to either group?
>What good can I accomplish by choosing to join the ACB or the NFB?
>Think about it, you might just get a new member out of this email.
>Sincerely,
>Corey M. Cook
>
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