On 22 Jan 2005 22:35:06 GMT, Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

>Yes, and in the deaf community there is a differene between Deaf and deaf.

There are degrees of deafness and of blindness. The terms are understood
by a lot of people as absolute. I know someone who's "deaf" but can hear
just a little, and I've known "blind" people who can still detect, but not
identify objects.

'Tis a complex world in which we live.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_