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Since I'm going to die anyway, Ritually disembowel myself like a Samurai, because I always wondered how they could to that to themselves, and what it would be like... one final experience and discovery so I could die satisfied. And yeah, I am that morbid.

Definitely, which is an obstacle. It can be done, however, because I feel that basic, governing logic is the same everywhere. Writing was not around forever, things used to be purely oral, (and there may have been a time when it was not even more than simple 'grunting'), then drawn in...

My total profound deafness is not completely accounted for... I have a collagen deficiency, (SEDC, it's a COL2A1 mutation). Hearing and vision impairment can happen in this, due to the lack of collagen effecting eyes and ears, I was 'unlucky' and ended up with detached retinas early on and...

Thanks... :D I'd like to point out also, that some people get disillusioned. Even me, the other day I wrote a big 'vent' about how I was dissatisfied with the way society is going, and at the end I said I some times wish we extinct ourselves. That was purely out of distress, and I can...

Yeah. I guess my real question all along is... Why aren't people working even harder and faster on it? It's actually a bit amazing for me how I just went full circle and condensed all this down to one question... heh. Anyway, sorry to be a bother.

That's the thing, you helped me see another point. I don't watch television, generally, but I can somehow imagine that there are no advertisements for Deaf products on it. Want to know what to do? Make an ASL story, or collection of ASL poetry. Record it on DVD, with interpretation or...

This helped, right there. How can we be understood? First, look at how other people understand. Study the linguistics of other languages. Just like there is a separate logic to ASL (being a visual language) there is a logic to a spoken and written language. Appeal to their logic. Put...

Yes, it is quite different, I am not denying that. It is very traditional, and very deep, and as pointed out, a lot of things simply aren't said in English words, quite the same way, and many things are figerspelled, etc. And yes, it will be more valid, given time. I guess it is hard for...

I'm sorry. It is not just prejudice. This right here is a good example. I do know a little ASL (not a lot) and can read so called "ASL English" passably. And yes, I can figure out the discrepancies, based on real world logic which applies to everyone whether they want it to or not. It is not...

No. It doesn't. That's where you went wrong. The discrepancy I am looking at is the fact that it is not well documented, or well taught. (from what I can see, anyway) Why do you think these threads keep popping up on "how do you sign this?" "well, this is how I do it". Which is fine and...

DAMIT!@ Why WHY WHY Do I have to spell things out in some other way? I'm sorry, but I can't do that. If you had read (and comprehended) the things I wrote and quoted up to now... you would see that I am fighting FOR ASL AS A SEPARATE, LEGITIMATE LANGUAGE WHICH NEEDS TO BE TAKEN JUST AS...

Again, numbers are not my point, though your comment about 20,000 signs was helpful to my cause. Where are they? And I am not making it more complicated than necessary. In fact, nothing I quoted was in the least 'complicated', not even a little bit complicated. Languages are not an island...

Yeah... I guess I hadn't considered that. (unusual for me because I tend to look for money as a cause a lot of times, hah!) Very good point...

Yes, you can control it, I post after you, you are then above me, therefore the dare I write applies to you. I will be nice and dare you to do nothing unusual. :D Of course, I am now open to a dare from whoever posts next. Edit: I see what you meant, now (I think?). I guess in the "too many...

Probably have no business in here, but... 5. Just based on intuition. :D

I just read this and had to laugh!! Haha! Such humor... :laugh2:

ASLGAL, and Chase, very frustrating events for both of you, and I can just picture them happening. The question I have is, what can be done about this? The letters someone mentioned are a great idea. Any other ideas?

You need to Because Or else Unless Haha. Just kidding around. I love the ducks though!

Excuse my above post. There is too much variable data to extrapolate. If we can prove, through some sort of cultural/sociological probability theory, that humans will prematurely destroy the earth (they destroy it before it can be destroyed by natural causes, a finite time line), then based on...

Heh, yeah. Actually, I used to be into Qigong a bit. I don't really know why I stopped hobbies and relaxing things... I guess I just became obsessed with figuring things out and didn't think I had the time for 'fun' stuff. If it weren't for my BF and friends making me do things...