Imagine this next scenario.
You have a troupe of musicians nearby in a park playing some beautiful music that wafts through the warm summer air while a deaf beggar sitting on the ground with a sign that says,
"I'm deaf. Please help me."Pretty typical signage, wouldn't you say?
But suppose a music conductor walks by and sees the situation and the pitiful amount of money so far collected in the deaf man's collection can. He gesture's to the deaf man telling him that he has a better idea for his sign hoping it'll net more coins for the deaf beggar.
And sure enough, coins and bills began dropping into the deaf beggar's can like summer raindrops.
How different would this situation be from that of the blind man?
17 comments:
Deaf people need to think about the attitude they have towards the world at large (including the 'system'), the results will surprise them.
Attitude is everything.
It is not what you say, but how you say it. You provided great examples of this.
Great marketing technique.
However, it really irks me when people use their disability to garner more sympathy from others.
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What beautiful music! But they can't sign it :(
I understand the context behind how words can persuade a change of heart or attitude. Marketing is a very persuasive tool but it can also create the wrong impression.
If ppl really mean to help, it would be far more beneficial and proactive to help a person gain an independent life and employment rather than give alms, which is a temporary fix.
Otherwise, the blind beggar returns to the street, the unemployed deaf continue to take disability checks, and the cycle repeats. No amount of marketing geared towards increasing alms is gonna resolve that.
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
Ann_C
What if he lives out in the desert with no streams or lakes nearby?
Heh.
Mike,
You a bible-thumper who takes every quote literally?
Lol.
Feed him prickly pear cactus, etc. and teach him to harvest it, etc.
Ever eaten pickled prickly pear cactus? Not bad.
Ann_C
Nope, never did. Does it have a sharp taste to it?
*rim shot*
Cactus got your tongue?
*wink*
Ann_C
Oooh...a witty comeback!
Lemme think....
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Can't think of one!
Nailed ya.
Ann_C
Meanie! Just wait, sandy claws will put prickly pears in your stocking.
Oh, goodie, more cacti to add to my cactus collection along with Christmas cactus that blooms at Christmas time, parodias, melocactus, aloes, and hens.
Wanna succulent?
;)
Ann_C
Oh, yeah?
http://cactiguide.com/synonyms/
lol
Ya know, I have always wondered sometimes why I don't see things the way some people do. You know? Like, that video message - I saw the message behind the video. I did not obsess with the blind man, nor did I obsess with the story about the imaginable deaf man in a park. I paid more attention to the message behind the story.
I truly believe that by understanding the message, it all comes from certain attitudes we have about life itself.
Of course, no one wants certain group to be pitied.
Peddlers are a big part of deaf culture. Do they ask for sympathy? Pity? no. Most don't sit with a can, they actually get creative and purchase trinkets to go with this ABC pamphlets. They NEED money to live. To each their own.
Two summers ago, I was in Austin, TX. I met a Peddler at the Bat area. This Peddler, myself and a friend chatted. He claims he only does it at the Bat area. Don't matter to me, he's working his butt off making money his way. I actually purchased the Bat flair and told him to keep the ABC card. ;o)
Anonymous:
I politely disagree with you. This dude can sign music just fine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOEdqV5iRcY
Jess,
You're missing my point here.
The above comment was mine.
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