Some Stuff On Tuesday.
25 Oct 2011 19:28![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patentdragonITEM! The laptop seems to be on the way out. It is flatly refusing to start up properly at all, after several weeks of occasional faulty reboots, and I have no idea whether it's worth trying to get it sorted.
ITEM! A woman, deaf for her whole life, received a revolutionary new implant to correct her hearing, and all her to hear not only her own voice, but those of her children for the first time. How long will it be before some "deaf rights organisation" declares this an attack on her human rights, and her "deaf culture"? Some people are comfortable with being deaf, and that's okay - but it doesn't give them the right to tell others that they can't seek restorative treatment... and it absolutely doesn't give them the right to force babies to be born without hearing, just to fit in with their "culture"...
ITEM! I'd really like to get the latest comic order in, but I'm wrestling with a potential purchase. There's something I would very much like to own, but can't I possibly justify the expense...?
ITEM! A woman, deaf for her whole life, received a revolutionary new implant to correct her hearing, and all her to hear not only her own voice, but those of her children for the first time. How long will it be before some "deaf rights organisation" declares this an attack on her human rights, and her "deaf culture"? Some people are comfortable with being deaf, and that's okay - but it doesn't give them the right to tell others that they can't seek restorative treatment... and it absolutely doesn't give them the right to force babies to be born without hearing, just to fit in with their "culture"...
ITEM! I'd really like to get the latest comic order in, but I'm wrestling with a potential purchase. There's something I would very much like to own, but can't I possibly justify the expense...?
