From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Apr 11 08:48:17 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3BEmHjb013301; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:48:17 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3BEmF25008429 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:48:16 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3BCG4FI019969 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:16:04 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3BCG4mY019968 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:16:04 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3AMLXFI018067 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:21:33 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3B0rV0C006182 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:53:31 -0600 X-Envelope-From: omchodoy@gmail.com Mon Apr 10 18:53:30 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3B0rUjb006173 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:53:30 -0600 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.194]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3B0rRpp001855 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:53:27 -0600 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id m7so1087393nzf for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:53:27 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=pcbBfcG0YoyYg3QlOZFJz86dUuYNRXZg5Dj8loepa/2LyHc+MagW73wVoZbqlBOpsHrxqG6v8tw4/D5Mcz0yu0lZKytDH3S6/aH5JJhJYWG/6B0te9ZjFG5g6aZS8TtZCNW9BfM1b/haAFjwudk544pdijQkodKh6EUHkOVlFWE= Received: by 10.65.72.13 with SMTP id z13mr1742354qbk; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:53:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.251.11 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:53:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:53:26 -0700 From: Colleen To: Sharon Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] LOOK-UP PLEASE Cc: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <20060410224437.75549.qmail@web60922.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <44398FE0.7000301@charter.net> <20060410224437.75549.qmail@web60922.mail.yahoo.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k3B0rUjb006173 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com People's experiences vary, even with the same abilities or disabilities. Just because one person finds it easier to read upper case letters doesn't mean everyone with the same condition will, and vice versa. Nothing in Mr. Berryman's post was inconsiderate or rude. He worded his post very eloquently and politely. On 4/10/06, Sharon wrote: > There is nothing in the OP's message that implies he is visually impaired, just as there is nothing in the respondant's that was posted to chastise. Don't make assumptions. > > Sharon > > John Berryman wrote: I've taught people who are legally blind to use computers. Using all > capital letters is common among the blind, elderly, those with vision > problems, and it's "not intended to be rude". People with vision > problems also tend to send the same messages as the lack the confidence > that those of us with good vision have. Please consider how you would > like to be treated if you had a disability before you chastise others. > > The goal here should be to help each other when we can. We all have > flaws and make mistakes, myself included. Someday God willing all of us > will be old and perhaps our vision will not be as good as it is today. > Being considerate shows class! > > John in WI > > > -- Colleen www.omchodoy.blogspot.com www.onlyingenealogy.blogspot.com