Somebody gotta roll up their sleeves
I think Joe and Rob raise some interesting points in the blogs they wrote in response to my blog about Deafies not being political any more (and Rob, personally I don't think Deafies have ever been a particularly political group, in the same way as most of the rest of the world hasn't).
I was also not surprised to find out from them that a conference is quietly being organised by the Government suits, for the Deaf Organisation suits, to talk about how marvellous the Government is, etc. As we all know, BSL recognition was very much a people's campaign, until there was any mention of money, and then all the suits got interested in claiming their 'shares' of the cash. Interestingly, at that point, the people lost interest!
So the BSL Ball has kind of stopped rolling on the way to full legal rights and protection. But the world keeps going round and round anyway. The shit is still here... it always will be, until the people get back off their backside again. I will help you guys out if you want to organise something, I promise. Take my word for it! But I can't promise I won't be cynical all the way...
Right, now I am off to make some soup!