Comments on: Through MY Eyes: A Not-So-Brief Critique of “Through Deaf Eyes”

By: Dyniece

Dyniece — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:47:02 +0000

That would mean people with HA’s are cyborgs too, (since HA’s are electronic devices.)

I believe Michael Chorost said in his book, REBUILT “When you become a cyborg, you are no less human than you were before.”

As a CI recipient, I don’t find being called a cyborg offensive. Its simple fact *smile*

By: A Deaf Pundit

A Deaf Pundit — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:42:24 +0000

The phrase ’street cred’ just cracks me up. It gives me this image of a gangsta you would see on one of MTV’s rap videos.

Hmm. Maybe someone should shoot a gangsta deaf video. I can just picture it. Erik and Ridor wearing white tank tops, in a bouncing low-rider and rapping to the camera, ‘I’m deaf of deaf! I sign ASL and I hate CI cyborgs! Got that?! Yeah! D-E-A-F for life!’

*smirks*

By: The One and Only Ridor

The One and Only Ridor — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:26:00 +0000

That depends on others’ perceptions — I have yet to get a pager of my own.

But humanity can live without technology — just ask folks AFTER the Nuclear wars. ;-)

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By: The One and Only Ridor

The One and Only Ridor — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:24:31 +0000

Nah: I meant to say that I was the only one that compared the Deaf people with CIs with borgs a long time ago … it is a weekend, I’m off from work — no need to be dense like you. And no, you said we all eventually will be cyborgs but I disagreed. Not all of us will.

You wanted to cast us into a place where we have to accept that our deafness is nothing but a flaw to deal with. That is the main issue, you view it as a flaw, I don’t.

And back to the rock? Speak for yourself, hiding behind the monitor with fake names whereas I always maintain my own blogsite from day one without hiding myself at all. I think if one has to say “go back to the rock”, one must refer to hirself.

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By: The One and Only Ridor

The One and Only Ridor — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:04:38 +0000

Good thing that you’re not from Virginia Beach — that’d be embarrassing to call myself a native Virginian — but wait a minute, I hate Virginia anyway!

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By: Virginia L. Beach

Virginia L. Beach — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:46:58 +0000

Actually, Ridor…

ALL of us can be considered cyborgs - you and I included.

Most cyborgologists agree that as our lives become increasingly connected to techology, our everyday functioning is in fact aided by and perhaps to a certain extent dependent upon that device.

Think about how we as Deaf individuals have grown increasingly reliant on such devices as pagers, videophones, webcams, and yes - computers.

Yours is but one view, one definition…and it is relatively narrow in its focus. Cyborgology goes much further than the Borgs of Star Trek…or the cochlear implant users of the deaf community.

By: The One and Only Ridor

The One and Only Ridor — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:43:35 +0000

Noelle, but it is true.

According to dictionary:

Cyborg is: a person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical or electronic device.

Erick IS right on the target — Deaf people with CIs are INDEED cyborg — why do you think I coined it in the first place?!

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By: Virginia L. Beach

Virginia L. Beach — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:22:21 +0000

If establishing your “street cred” in the state of Indiana involves insulting others and making offensive comments, then I’m embarrassed to call myself a native Hoosier.

By: nah

nah — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:56:11 +0000

Nah, Erick’s just trying to establish his street cred here in Indiana. He recently moved here after finding his ‘deafhood’ through the birth of his deaf son, and now he feels compelled to be ‘pure’ deaf, whatever that means…

By: A Deaf Pundit

A Deaf Pundit — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:33:42 +0000

I vote for the personal propoganda.