Open Letter: How the FOSS Community May Help Disabled Users

[Mike McCarty]

M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 14:05:32 PM -0500, Mike McCarty
> (Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net) wrote:
> 
> 
>>My reply was not intended to encourage you to post even more, it was
>>intended to discourage you from continuing. Apparently it failed to
>>achieve that goal. Perhaps the tone of this message will be more
>>pointed and better discourage you.
> 
> 
> OK, what about this:
> 
> do you really feel the need to publically behave so disfunctionally

I didn't feel the need to post anything except in response to
your annoying message.

> and spitting on other people efforts without bothering to explain why
> or what you find wrong with them?

I didn't spit on anyone.

> Do you feel it decent or satisfying?

I find you promoting your social agenda indecent.

> May I discourage you from continuing on such a road, unless your goal
> *is* to embarass yourself?

You may encourage or discourage anything you like, I suppose.

> I am doing for free something which I believe is a good thing. The
> least you could do is to follow public insults with (at least) public
> explanation. If I *am* doing something wrong, please let me know.

(A) This is not the proper forum for pursuing social agenda.

(B) It is annoying to most handicapped people that non-handicapped
people think they need to help them get organized or accomplish things.
It's generally considered to be a patronizing attitude.

(C) I've encountered enough of this in my years with my girlfriend
that I find it pretty annoying, too.

(D) It's unnecessary to bring in political issues even on such a topic,
so why mention place names in the USA?

How would you feel if I offered to start an agenda for FOSS developers
to help support the Italians better?

Mike
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