Deaf Idol?

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Jonaldo

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Some strange ideas for competitions out there. I'm not sure if I'm being a little harsh but it all just seems a little bizarre for me that they get deaf people to go on stage and perform in sign language to various songs and whoever danced best while signing in the most creative way to the music wins. Now I realise not everyone is totally deaf and many can hear/feel the beat through vibations and stuff but I still find it difficult to fathom how a crowd of deaf people would know exactly how well the performers are doing to the song and how the performers know each cue for verse/chorus etc..

I am not belittling any kind of handicapped people here as I used to have regular contact with my nextdoor neighbours little cousin who was blind and yet who loved playing console games thanks to a very loving and enthusiastic dad who would cheer him on and yell where things are which was great to watch and also very bizarre :)

This isn't a "ROFLOMGLOLOL" post but more of a "hm odd,how and why?" post.

http://www.deafidol.com/
 
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Tom

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Well for a start you should be calling them 'visually impaired' or 'partially deaf'

Or you could think like I do, FUCK THAT, and call it what it is. Deafness.
 
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Jonaldo

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d'oh! I forgot the linkage :rolleyes:

First post duely edited.
 
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(Shovel)

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Originally posted by Tom
Well for a start you should be calling them 'visually impaired' or 'partially deaf'

Or you could think like I do, FUCK THAT, and call it what it is. Deafness.
Click to expand...

Calm Tom, there's no politically correct people here to hurt you... :D
 
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CAC

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well i unfortunatly woke up in the middle of the night,so i put bbc1 on to go back to sleep to


seehear was airing at the time (a program for deaf people)the thing i found most odd about the program was the argument they had involving 2 deaf people and 2 hearing people (excluding translators)
 
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Jonaldo

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Personally I find the terms Primary and Secondary offensive and extremely distressing.
 
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Cloowwwnnn

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Put the smilies down and nobody will get hurt :mad:
 
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