Bucket of Crabs

Is Censorship Acceptable?
Bucket of Crabs I have a dilemma here: lose a writer or lose an aggregator. Before I go ahead and make a formal decision, I think I should hash out details of my dilemma and show my readers exactly how I feel about this situation. As you all may know already, DeafRead.com (one of BOC's aggregators) made an announcement [...]
Tue, Jun 03 2008 hide this blog

Copyrights, What are YOUR Rights?
Bucket of Crabs (Note from author: This is my interpretation and understanding of the current copyright laws of United States of America, not to be substituted with actual legal advice. If you are seeking legal counsel regarding these subject, my advice to you is to seek an attorney. As for international laws and foreign laws, my advice is [...]
Language Tech Legal Tue, May 27 2008 hide this blog

NCSD: The Truth
Bucket of Crabs The Legality of the Protest. Quite an uproar from my previous entry–still, no evidence; so, I decided to do my “homework.” Unlike some of the bloggers out there–and conjuring one of the major demands of the original DPN protests: Transparency. Everything I present here is what I have–feel free to add your evidence at any time. It [...]
Media Education Legal Thu, Feb 28 2008 hide this blog

Stupid = Deaf people??
Bucket of Crabs We, as the Deaf community, need to stop sanctioning protests. Seriously, sitting at my desk, I'm shaking my head in amazement because I have yet to hear about a protest at a High School. Yes! A high school, especially a state-owned high school. From a report by MishkaZena, North Carolina School for the Deaf suspended 5 staff [...]
Audism Education Legal Wed, Feb 27 2008 hide this blog

Update: Kenya
Bucket of Crabs BOC featured an important read about a Deaf Peace Corps volunteer leaving Kenya (full article, here) last week. While reading the New York Time's op-ed, there was a sensational article I felt worth mentioning (and, I thought, having an update on the state of affairs in Kenya was due). An excerpt: “Until he was circumcised with [...]
Culture Thu, Feb 21 2008 hide this blog

Deafread and the Deaf community
Bucket of Crabs Hey crabbers–I know I've mentioned earlier that this groupblog would not be deaf-centric, but, since I've had this conversation with a few of my friends and we all pretty much agree on this: Deafread is becoming...for the lack of better word, boring.  I can't say I blame the DeafRead editors because they're not responsible for the [.....
Tech Culture Fri, Feb 15 2008 hide this blog

the workplace and why i quit
Bucket of Crabs When I moved to this large metropolitan area, and started working at a Deaf Human Services Agency (DHSA – to protect the innocent), you know the type that does everything from mental health services, to residential services, to job placement services, sure it was not perfect by any standards, sure it had a lot of [...]
Culture Thu, Feb 14 2008 hide this blog