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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Diskman, etc. considered harmful
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 03:03:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 12 03:03:53 1985
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> >If anyone can explain why people use portable tape or CD players with
> >headphones when skiing or bicycling, I would be interested in your
> >explanation...I cannot for the life of me understand why
> >anyone would endanger life & limb by blocking out most possibility of
> >audible warnings...
> ~=:-)   Let's be grateful that such prejudice probably won't be 
>         revealed to the "endangered" skiing and bicycling deaf 
>         through net.audio.

Let them read and judge.  I have much greater confidence in a deaf person
who will undoubtedly compensate to overcome a handicap of being unable to
hear than I have confidence in a person who can hear but makes an effort
to be unable to do so.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...If you get confused just listen to the music play...