A Cure

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BecLak said:
I believe the argument against oralism is relevant to the topic. Oralism is mostly projected as a 'cure' for deafness because it portrays the deaf person to be as 'normal' as possible to the hearing world. We are saying that it is not a 'cure' (no man-made contraption could ever be a cure, only an assistive device but not a cure.) Also, having the access to sign language means there is no need for a 'cure'. So all that has been discussed and debated here has indeed been relevant to the topic of the thread.
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No one has argued that oralism (don't do it, Bott :) ) is a cure for deafness. There's no need for you to waste your efforts beating up your own strawman.
 
BecLak said:
I believe the argument against oralism is relevant to the topic. Oralism is mostly projected as a 'cure' for deafness because it portrays the deaf person to be as 'normal' as possible to the hearing world. We are saying that it is not a 'cure' (no man-made contraption could ever be a cure, only an assistive device but not a cure.) Also, having the access to sign language means there is no need for a 'cure'. So all that has been discussed and debated here has indeed been relevant to the topic of the thread.
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You are the first person that I have ever heard say that. My humble opinion for what it's worth is the topic relates to a cure for deafness. If a malformed cochlea was the cause of deafness and they came up with a way to transplant or clone a cochlea which caused hearing to be restored, that would be an example of what I would intrepret as a cure. We can twist and spin things any way we want to. It doesn't mean that is the intent and for that I would defer to the OP rather than specualte and draw a uninformed conclusion. My personal opinion is that this thread is not about language or communication choices but I could be wrong.
 
Heh..... There's that split again... I guess it'll always be there because of people thinking others have "agendas"

Well, too bad that agenda is actually bettering the other person's life. Such a horrible thing.
 
posts from hell said:
Heh..... There's that split again... I guess it'll always be there because of people thinking others have "agendas"

Well, too bad that agenda is actually bettering the other person's life. Such a horrible thing.
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You have missed the point. Everyone has an agenda. It doesn't mean they are in context.
 
posts from hell said:
*shrugs* It's funny you say this... While trying to bring down credibility of these who are of the majority. So, whats your agenda?
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Objectivity. Show me where I have ever attempted to bring down the credibility of anyone.
 
posts from hell said:
*shrugs* It's funny you say this... While trying to bring down credibility of these who are of the majority. So, whats your agenda?
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Of the majority regarding what? I'm trying to figure out if I'm in the majority or minority and whether or not Rockdrummer's gunning for me.
 
Beowulf said:
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No offense, but some might see your post #463 as one.
Technically speaking, of course.
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How so. Please be specific. If providing another viewpoint or disagreeing with someone can be viewed as "bringing down their credibility" then there are many people that are guilty of it. For the record I don't agree that presenting another viewpoint or disagreeing with someone brings down their credibility.
 
rockdrummer said:
How so. Please be specific. If providing another viewpoint or disagreeing with someone can be viewed as "bringing down their credibility" then there are many people that are guilty of it. For the record I don't agree that presenting another viewpoint or disagreeing with someone brings down their credibility.
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You edited your post, so forget it. :lol:
 
There need to be a cure for all the bickering going on here.
 
Banjo said:
There need to be a cure for all the bickering going on here.
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Agree!! For some people if you don't see it their way then you are just wrong. It's my way or the highway with some of you. It really gets old.
 
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