Not always, no, but I do see it as a chance to educate the person or people who are descriminating against me for whatever reason. If they choose not to learn how to deal with me or anything new about blind people in general, it's their loss, and I simply try my best to refuse to be hurt by their stupidity. By being hurt by their idiocy, I'm giving them the power to hurt me and continue to use that power to hurt others. People who see that their words and or deeds have no power to hurt those whom they are intending to hurt mostly tend to stop doing what they're doing. Of course, they then switch to trying something else, but that particular bit of discussion is best left for another time, I think. :-)