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Thursday, March 24, 2005


Blind Man & Guide Dog Refused Bus Service: Right or Wrong?

The Fung Wah Bus Company of Boston has come under fire today, after it was disclosed that a blind man, accompanied by his certified seeing-eye canine companion, or guide dog, was refused service on the company's Boston to New York run. Although he informed the driver that federal law allowed for guide dogs to accompany their owners on public transportation, the driver refused to allow him to board, and left. The man was forced to complete his travel by Amtrack, at a cost 10 times that of a Fung Wah ticket.

OK, with all that said, was Fung Wah wrong? I mean I understand federal law, and the rights of the handicapped, and all that, but what about concern for public safety, good manners and etiquette?

A bus full of Chinese people on a long trip, and only one dog? Aside from the danger of squabbling and fighting, was it not inconsiderate to bring a snack only for himself, with nothing to share with the others?*

[The statements and opinions expressed by me herein do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of me, and I take no responsibility for the opinions or thoughts expressed by such person herein and above. Merely an attempt at spontaneous humor, using moth-eaten stereotypes that many many people continue to hold true, or in the alternative, are aware of and thus may be able to find that little release of a smile brought on by a quip that pokes fun at, not the blind man, Chinese or Asian people at large, but actually at the stereotype itself and the ironic juxtaposition of occurrences. If you have been offended, then I am sorry; you are probably a humorless private in the PC Army. If all you thought was "What's so funny about that?," you are probably, at best, ignorant, at worst a bigot. Good day, May God bless those who believe, and leave the rest of them alone.]

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