Blind or deaf?

Reba said:
God also gave man abilities to think, to reason, and to adapt their environment. Bees and bats don't have those same abilities.
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Yes he gave man to think,Use his imagination to improve our world. Gene Rodenberry was my favorite producer and director. He had a vision of the future. almost 50% of the ideas are here today came from star trek. Like if it wasnt for Gene Rodenberry we wouldnt have microwave ovens to cook food in less than a minute.We wouldnt have computers that could talk. We wouldnt have a video phone.We wouldnt have automatic sliding doors.But we still dont have a transporter room,We still dont have highly advanced medical equipment like Dr Mc Coy had. We cant even build better fuel alternatives.We cant build a space craft that can go warp speed. So somethings man has done a good job on others he needs to prove work on advanced medical equipment so people can hear again,See again,Walk again and even talk again if theyre mute. He needs to create better fuel systems for our cars on the roads so we dont have to rely on $2.00 a gallon of gas at gas stations.Needs to improve the life of an age on cars make them last long as 20 years or more. And NASA Has to stop using that shuttle its getting us NOWHERE!! Like build a space craft holds 50 men. And can leave earth can reach mars in 72 hours. So since 35years star trek has ended man still needs lot more improvement to our world.
 
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While I agree with you on Star Trek, you do know its a fictional show, right?
 
DreamDeaf said:
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While I agree with you on Star Trek, you do know its a fictional show, right?
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LOL! :lol:
 
DreamDeaf said:
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While I agree with you on Star Trek, you do know its a fictional show, right?
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You almost made me spit my drink on computer.
 
Yes i know its a fictional show. But what im getting at man can improve the quitlty of life a lot more better. Whever happend to the idea advancing hi speed rails to make trains go faster? What ever happend to the idea building underground tunnels for high speed trains so we dont interfere with traffic on roads? And this stem cell thing and hair cell regeneration inplants is running very slow. Its been 10 years the hair cell regenerate process. They should be people people who want to hear again in the operating rooms by now. And i do understand the risks. I wanna be the first in line for hair cell regeneration. And i just dont know how to make contact to the top scientist that i wanna be the first one.
 
And by the way, Helen Keller said that if given the choice, she would be just blind.
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I'm not denying she said something like that, but I think you have to consider the time she made the statement. Back then they thought that Sign was primative, and maybe she bought into that, sort of the way some raised oral kids buy into the "Sign is so limiting" mentality. Maybe if she'd been born later, she would have thought the opposite. I know a lot of db folks who say that if they had a choice, they would much rather have the abilty to SEE! Also, perhaps Anne Sullivan's biases as a 'terp played a role in that statement. Anne was blind, and would have thought that being deaf was the most horrible thing ever....It's strange how different people percieve things. I know many of the kids I grew up with didn't think twice about the fact that I am hoh, and that's been pretty much true in college as well!
 
Helen Keller said:

"The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important, than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus--the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir and keeps us in the intellectual company of man."

To a commonly posed question, Keller in her advancing years replied that she had concluded "after a lifetime in silence and darkness that to be deaf is a greater affliction than to be blind...Hearing is the soul of knowledge and information of a high order. To be cut off from hearing is to be isolated indeed."

She supposedly also said:

"Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people."
http://library.gallaudet.edu/dr/faq-helen-keller.html
 
ravensteve1961 said:
Yes i know its a fictional show. But what im getting at man can improve the quitlty of life a lot more better. Whever happend to the idea advancing hi speed rails to make trains go faster? What ever happend to the idea building underground tunnels for high speed trains so we dont interfere with traffic on roads? And this stem cell thing and hair cell regeneration inplants is running very slow. Its been 10 years the hair cell regenerate process. They should be people people who want to hear again in the operating rooms by now. And i do understand the risks. I wanna be the first in line for hair cell regeneration. And i just dont know how to make contact to the top scientist that i wanna be the first one.
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Where have "advances" in science really made our lives better? Thirty years ago women spent a lot of time in cleaning up their houses, and with these "inventions" such as vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, etc., women still spend as much time as before in cleaning up. A generation ago when they had to supposedly "rough it," people had a lot more free time to enjoy with their families and neighbors, making get-togethers and social functions, etc.
It seems that the more technologically advanced we get, the less time we as a society have together and become slaves to that technology.
A long time ago, when men were hunters, they would spend about 20 hours a week for hunting and supplying their tribes' needs, and the rest of the time would be spent in playing and interacting with their families and neighbors. Yup, 20 hours.
More or less.
And where are we now? We do not have enough hours in our lives any more to keep up with anything. We dream of instanteous results, of light speed results.
But let me tell you something. IF light speed is now possible, a flight year one way and then back would mean more than 100 years in Earth time. Hardly feasible, is it? What kind of life is that?
 
Beowulf said:
Where have "advances" in science really made our lives better? Thirty years ago women spent a lot of time in cleaning up their houses, and with these "inventions" such as vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, etc., women still spend as much time as before in cleaning up. A generation ago when they had to supposedly "rough it," people had a lot more free time to enjoy with their families and neighbors, making get-togethers and social functions, etc.
It seems that the more technologically advanced we get, the less time we as a society have together and become slaves to that technology.
A long time ago, when men were hunters, they would spend about 20 hours a week for hunting and supplying their tribes' needs, and the rest of the time would be spent in playing and interacting with their families and neighbors. Yup, 20 hours.
More or less.
And where are we now? We do not have enough hours in our lives any more to keep up with anything. We dream of instanteous results, of light speed results.
But let me tell you something. IF light speed is now possible, a flight year one way and then back would mean more than 100 years in Earth time. Hardly feasible, is it? What kind of life is that?
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You nailed it beautifully.
 
I would much rather be deaf. Deafness is no big deal—it even has its advantages sometimes. For example, whenever my wife can’t take my bullshit anymore, she turns off her CI and says "LA LA LA LA LA—I can’t heaaar you". :lol: Blindness, on the other hand, is a big deal. I’d rather be paraplegic than blind.
 
Well being blind is somewhat better,Cause you dont have to look at the garbage in our world today.
 
ravensteve1961 said:
Well being blind is somewhat better,Cause you dont have to look at the garbage in our world today.
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Well, I guess I have to give you that one. If I were blind I wouldn’t have to clean the house anymore. :mrgreen:
 
I chose to be Deaf than Blind.
Blind are very limitions for everyone which....
1. Can't Drive
2. Can't See in Person as Make love in bed
3. Can't see Foods which never see before in Resturant
4. Can't see TV to get many shows
5. Can't read normal book but use Brillile (sp) book
6. Can't see in House if you want to buy
7. Can't see Decorate on the Wall which you want to put on
8. Can't see Children grow up like actives, schoolplay, etc
9. Can't get High Risk Job like Cop, Army, or whatever
10. Make feel so limitions without get Hurt or Killed.
I am so depend on my Visuals everyday to see everything and everywhere.

Deaf can do this but some of limits like high risk jobs, or can't hear on phone or tv.
That s why i chose Deaf
Mommyof3
 
Magatsu said:
Deaf.

Deny the ability to see the colors? I couldn't. Deny the ability to watch the movies? I couldn't. Deny the ability to see my lover's face or her heart-melting smile? I couldn't. Deny the ability to see the sunrise and sunset? I couldn't. In my opinion, hearing ability is overstatement. With deafness, I don't need or have to depend on anyone, things or animals. While being blind, you have to. You have to use the cane, dogs or specialist(s) or people to help you.
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DITTO! DEAF is better than blind my opinion
 
Imagine never seeing magnificient art ......

Degas
Monet
Klimt
Manet
Bonnard
Van Gogh
Cassett
Michelangelo
and many other brilliant artists

I cannot live without visual art. Music is auditory art but that is unfamiliar to me.

Bottom line: Visual and auditory senses both are equal in inspiring humans so either way, we will be inspired whether we are deaf or blind.

What sense we lack, we always make up for that in our other senses so it doesnt matter what I lack as long as I know that I will be forever compensated in other senses.
 
Of course I'd rather be deaf than blind and I'm tickled pink to be HoH but, damn, RSteve, U make me wanna be blind with that stupid pissing Republican symbol in your signature and I am a Republican fer cryin' out loud! :laugh2:
 
Oh gosh, I really HATE the hearing people label me as "Hearing Impaired". My ears are not broke !! I am profoundly DEAF !!

Oralism/hard of hearing people prefer "hearing impaired". I disagree with them because they can't hear 100% accurately terms. Therefore, they are DEAF. I am sick of this debate with hearing people society as they do not realize how much Deaf people prefer to be DEAF instead of hearing impaired.

"Hearing-Impaired"

A term much preferred by hearing people, largely because they view it as politically correct. In the mainstream society, to baldly state one's disability (e.g., deaf, blind, etc.) is somewhat rude and impolite. To their way of thinking, it is far better to soften the harsh reality by using the word "impaired" along with "visual", "hearing", and so on. "hearing-impaired" is a well-meaning word that is much-resented by deaf and hard of hearing people.

Deaf and hard of hearing people feel that the words "deaf" and "hard of hearing" are not negative in any way at all. Indeed, the deaf and hard of hearing community views "hearing-impaired" as negative, because the label focuses on what they can't do. With this label, a standard has been set: the "hearing" standard. To be anything other than "hearing" is not acceptable to the mainstream society, and deaf and hard of hearing people have failed to meet the "standard". To be fair, this is probably what hearing people did not intend to convey to deaf and hard of hearing people every time they use "hearing impaired" as a label. Deaf and hard of hearing people believe that there is nothing wrong with them, and that their culture, language, and community are just as fulfilling as the ones experienced by the mainstream society.
 
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