Why do we need disabled people?...(2Arty)

Sunday January 25 1998 18:44, Andrew Savichev wrote to All:

AS> In the sense that they don’t drink beer (vodka/cognac) with us? ;)
AS> But seriously, world experience shows that among disabled people with
AS> diseases of the musculoskeletal system, there are many people of genius. Yes, you don’t need to look far for
AS> examples: science fiction writer Alexander Belyaev and
AS> .... don’t spit... Nikolai Ostrovsky, who is Pavka Korchagin. The truth is, of course, one can argue that they were not like that from birth. Well
AS> that’s right, in those days there were no computers or networks! And how many more Belyaevs and Ostrovskys were simply lost to society as a result of this, God knows! :( I won’t say here that the network is a window into the world
AS> of people and into the Spectrum universe - and so everything is clear. And about their
AS> purchasing power... so it is sometimes not lower than that of
AS> normal
AS> teenagers, also excuse the cynicism! True, they
AS> of course will not go to the market for floppy disks, but according to SNB principles, they sell software for networks - they can!
AS> Or are we afraid of competition? ... just kidding :)
AS> In general, it’s not a matter of cynicism. In the West, such people (who have received education through networks
AS> and communicate with peers and other healthy people
AS> become full memberssociety and bring considerable benefit to it
AS> ). I think there is also practicality in my proposal: the more
AS> intelligence that works for the Spectrum, the better for the Spectrum! And what is your
AS> opinion, as a prominent Spectrum figure, on this matter?

That's the point. The meaning is hidden in the last phrases. They need a full-fledged computer for full communication. I don't argue, maybe there are a lot of brilliant people,
but again - the Spectrum has already become the car of a certain circle of people. It is almost impossible for a person who feels like a black sheep to join in without the support of others, even the same
people!
Because. This is a teenager's car - a person "inferior" (sorry) may again
hurtly hit! It’s probably not worth explaining why?!?
Therefore, the only way out for him is the Internet on a more powerful machine, because
Spectrum cannot provide this.

Understand, speccy has passed the incubation stage of general usership. Everyone here knows each other more or less. The demands are (behind the scenes) very high. It is very difficult to stay on the market (read “scene”). No one is going to drag anyone down, that’s just the way the world works - competition.

I personally don’t mind if different people deal with the Spectrum, but there’s no point in pushing it. You shouldn’t think that this computer can be turned into a “boarding school” with
greenhouse conditions - this is, first of all, realworld...

That's what I wanted to say, but in response (not from AS) I heard, to put it mildly, not a flattering
feedback...

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