[nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, here we go again

[Sekhon, Harmeet]

Agreed.  Lets not deceive ourselves about how things like this work in
any organization that receives major corporate funding.  We're not
immune in the NFB from the politics of money.

Harmeet 

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Edition,here we go again

Ryan, thank you for your refreshing and forthright point of view.

Sherri
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From: "RyanO" <ryano218 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:54 PM
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Edition,here we go again


Actually, Peter, the NFB was very selective in it's criticism of the
Extreme
Home Makeover project last time we brought a resolution on the matter.
We
criticized the show, but ignored Freedom Scientific's contributions to
the
program. I got up during the debate of the resolution and said that we
needed to address the fact that FS (a major player in the blindness
movement
with whom we work closely) wasn't taken to task for their involvement. I
was
admonished by Dr. Maurer that we weren't going to address issues not
dealt
with in the resolution.

Meanwhile, one must ask, why does a home need special adaptation for the
blind in the first place? Even if Humanware only donates their own
products,
which are completely valid in their own right, they are still lending
themselves to an effort that does more harm to the blind than good. The
very
concept runs contrary to our philosophy, yet we seem to look the other
way
when companies from whom we take donations get involved. It's a very
thin
and dangerous line we are now walking between watchdog organization and
money machine.

RyanO

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