Hiding behind the "entertainment" claim

Interesting blog piece but yet again an overtly (and obvious) personal one under the guise as being simply a fictional, "entertainment" blog piece. And the obvious effort to twist the story a bit under the guise as a "fictional story." Strange, huh?  I've addressed this before in a similar vein. Others have addressed it as well recognizing such writings as personal in nature simply because of the nature of targeting individuals under the guise as an "entertainment venue."  

Deafread is an aggregator site and not explicitly for "entertainment purposes" as people should already know. The owners developed DeafRead as a way to allow everyone a voice, including mine, for those who sign up.

One central reason for developing DeafRead is that Jared and I wanted to empower the deaf community; we wanted to allow everyone a voice, a place where people could speak out. 

I am one of those voices. They make a key point in Deafread about the purpose of its aggregator, note the bold.

An aggregator simply gathers posts; it does not mean we support or reject the content within each post. We don't censor blogs based on the bloggers' opinions. We publish everything as long as it is deaf-related and satisfies the guidelines. 

So, this "Deaf Anthology" blog appears to satisfy Deafread's guidelines. And that's fine. At least have the cojones to admit that what was written was essentially personal in nature instead of hiding behind a disclaimer that blogs written were simply fictional in nature or for "entertainment venue". Deaf Anthology, if you have an actual, real, bonafide complaint, then take it up with Deafread.

UPDATE: Again, if you have a real, bonafide complaint, take it up with Deafread instead of relying on fictional blogs. Secondly, understand that Deafread never made any promise of taking anyone to some "promise land" but rather an aggregator site to give voice to all sides. Plus, they even put up a disclaimer.

"DeafRead does not endorse any of the blogs by the mere act of publishing."

 Learn to agree to disagree.

Vinton Cerf accepted award from AGBell !

Vinton Cerf as some of you may know is the "Father of the Internet." He is also deaf. But here is probably a little known fact among those in the Deaf community. Vinton Cerf was awarded the Alexander Graham Bell Medal for his contribution on the internet. AGBell recognized Vinton Cerf's extra-ordinary contribution in helping build the first ever internet. The real surprise is that this medal award took place 13 years ago. Maybe it's time that the Deaf community demand that Vinton Cerf return his AGBell medal back to AGBell? And if Vinton Cerf refuses to return his medal back to AGBell then perhaps the Deaf community ought to stage a boycott against using the internet as a show of solidiarity hoping that Vinton Cerf will cave into their demands?

Yeah, I bet you wouldn't.

(correction: changed "Vincent" to "Vinton" which is his correct first name).