blind to common sense

I've just listened to a debate on radio and have been left flabbergasted.

Essentially Radio 2 had a deaf couple on who were arguing they should have the right to choose a deaf child. Now their argument was, that they didn't accept deafness was a disability, and that they wanted their child to be part of their community.

I haven't heard of anything so selfish in quite a long time. When it was pointed out that if they actively chose to have a deaf child, that child may well miss out on hearing music and so on, their response was that the child could go to a deaf group and have conversations, and the caller, a hearing person, would feel left out in that situation.

I think that fact that a hearing person could learn sign language, but a deaf person could not LEARN to hear was completely lost on them.

Now if I had a deaf child, I would want to the best I could for them, but if I was deaf, I can only imagine I would want any child to be born with ALL their senses, and not try to limit their opportunities or experiences, just so they could be part of my "community" (their word not mine).

This couple may have been deaf - but they were also blind to arguments of common sense.

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