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

[Mike Freeman]

One question which hasn't been dealt with here is whether we'd be 
effective if we protested to Humanware or attempted a boycott.

Do you *really* think that blind persons would stop buying VR Streams 
over philosophical concerns? Fanatics would but I fear me greatly that 
it would end up a huge bust and would cause us more problems than we 
would solve.

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: T. Joseph Carter
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  Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:44 AM
  Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home 
Edition,here we go again


  Ryan,

  I'm not in any position to do that--I am not part of the national 
office
  and I do not have any knowledge of what's happening there.  I am just 
as
  much in the dark as you are about what, if anything, is being done 
about
  this.  I know what should be done, and that it should be done more or 
less
  without fanfare (as happened with the temporary suspension of 
webbraille a
  year or two ago..)

  Personally, I don't think we ever should compromise our philosophy for
  some quick cash.  I'd rather go it alone, even if we have to work hard 
to
  keep the Jernigan Institute up and running or scale back a bit. 
Without
  our philosophy, we really have no reason to exist because that is at 
the
  core of everything we do otherwise.  That's my take on it, at least.

  Joseph


  On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 06:38:44PM -0700, RyanO wrote:
  > Joe, you know I love ya buddy, but with all due respect, you haven't 
really
  > answered the philosophical concerns at the core of this debate. In 
fact,
  > your arguments seem to bolster the money side of the equation. I 
didn't see
  > the show last night and I'm glad I didn't, but the conundrum is 
still a
  > valid one and I have yet to see anyone take a stab at answering it 
publicly
  > on this list. When is it acceptable for us to bench our 
philosophical
  > interests in favor of the dollar, and when should we do the 
opposite?
  >
  >
  > RyanO
  >
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One question which hasn't been dealt with here is whether we'd be effective if we protested to Humanware or attempted a boycott.
 
Do you *really* think that blind persons would stop buying VR Streams over philosophical concerns? Fanatics would but I fear me greatly that it would end up a huge bust and would cause us more problems than we would solve.
 
Mike
 
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Re: [nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] HumanWare, Extreme Makeover Home Edition,here we go again
Ryan,
I'm not in any position to do that--I am not part of the national office
and I do not have any knowledge of what's happening there.  I am just as
much in the dark as you are about what, if anything, is being done about
this.  I know what should be done, and that it should be done more or less
without fanfare (as happened with the temporary suspension of webbraille a
year or two ago..)
Personally, I don't think we ever should compromise our philosophy for
some quick cash.  I'd rather go it alone, even if we have to work hard to
keep the Jernigan Institute up and running or scale back a bit.  Without
our philosophy, we really have no reason to exist because that is at the
core of everything we do otherwise.  That's my take on it, at least.
Joseph
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 06:38:44PM -0700, RyanO wrote:
> Joe, you know I love ya buddy, but with all due respect, you haven't really
> answered the philosophical concerns at the core of this debate. In fact,
> your arguments seem to bolster the money side of the equation. I didn't see
> the show last night and I'm glad I didn't, but the conundrum is still a
> valid one and I have yet to see anyone take a stab at answering it publicly
> on this list. When is it acceptable for us to bench our philosophical
> interests in favor of the dollar, and when should we do the opposite?
>
>
> RyanO
>
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