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Paradox 
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 Topic: Blind or Deaf?
Posted: April 03 2007 at 16:36 |
The tough one.
Obviously both senses are pretty useful. I'm not sure I've made up my own mind yet, but perhaps I would choose deafness. But then again...
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The Miracle
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 16:46 |
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Blind.
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Padraic
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 16:57 |
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Deaf. I could still be fairly productive and care for my family (most likely could still do my job, since most of it is at the computer).
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kazansky
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 16:58 |
to quote Warcraft 3:
'I'm blind, not deaf!'
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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Peter
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 17:08 |
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Been there, done that poll.
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Witchwoodhermit
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 17:09 |
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Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan
ringed by ants and musing over man.
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Frasse
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 17:10 |
 Peter Rideout wrote:
Been there, done that poll. |
seconed
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Paradox
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 17:14 |
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Well I'm sorry! I don't recall coming across it at any point. Feel free to delete it at any time.
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Peter
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 17:46 |
Paradox wrote:
Well I'm sorry! I don't recall coming across it at any point. Feel free to delete it at any time. |
Not a problem -- popular concept.
The original:
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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darkmatter
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 18:05 |
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Blind, because then I could at least still listen to music!
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cookieacquired
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 21:52 |
I'd say blind cause then there'd be no racism 
and my only king would be the man with one eye
but blind would be cooler i think
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Unix
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 21:57 |
darkmatter wrote:
Blind, because then I could at least still listen to music!
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Same with me, although I would go one step farther and say because then I could still listen to anything.
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Mikerinos
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 22:10 |
It would be really hard to pick out an album if you're blind... unless you can get braille vinyl or something.
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Chris H
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 22:20 |
Bluesaga wrote:
It would be really hard to pick out an album if you're blind... unless you can get braille vinyl or something. |
But then again you wouldnt be able to hear it if you were deaf 
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: April 04 2007 at 01:13 |
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If I had to lose one of those senses it would be my hearing.It would suck to not be able to hear music but I could not imagine being blind,I don't think I could adjust to that at all.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: April 04 2007 at 01:19 |
Not be able to see would be horrible, as would it be not being able to hear.
I choose Deaf.
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magnus
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Posted: April 04 2007 at 10:13 |
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Blind. It would suck not being able to read tabulatures, but at the same time, it would suck even more not hearing myself when I play the guitar :P
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The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes
Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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Peter
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Posted: April 04 2007 at 12:35 |
Yeah, as I said in the last poll, I'd choose deafness over blindness.
I'd hate to lose my independent mobility, the beauty of nature, the sight of my loved ones, and books (more important to me, overall, than music).
Plus, people talking in class wouldn't bug me any more! 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: April 04 2007 at 13:37 |
Bluesaga wrote:
It would be really hard to pick out an album if you're blind... unless you can get braille vinyl or something. |
I have a friend who is blind. He has braille labels on his CD boxes to enable him to identify them. It is remarkable watching him use the PC, he is quicker on it than I am.
Edited by Easy Livin - April 04 2007 at 13:37
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Peter
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Posted: April 04 2007 at 13:56 |
Easy Livin wrote:
I have a friend who is blind. He has braille labels on his CD boxes to enable him to identify them. It is remarkable watching him use the PC, he is quicker on it than I am. |
Make no wonder he's your friend -- he's never seen your photo! 
Judging by the near-incomprehensible quality of some of the writing we see here, I think we have more than a few blind members (minus the Braille keyboards) as well, Bob. 
The deaf are well-represented here too, apparently -- have you seen some of those lists of favourite artists?
 Is that "hearing impaired," or just "taste impaired?"
Edited by Peter Rideout - April 04 2007 at 14:00
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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