international law: Outrage Over Sign Language Interpreter At Madiba Memorial

link:  http://news.yahoo.com/outrage-over-sign-language-interpreter-madiba-memorial-082056835.html

since the memorial for nelson mandela was televised, there was a sign language interpreter there to sign the speeches for the deaf community.  the problem was that the person who they hired did not actually sign the ceremony in any known language.  it appears that he simply made up his own gestures.

i watched a portion of the video, and had i not known he was making stuff up, i would have at least thought he was like perfecting his hand skills for a rap music video, but knowing that he did make it up was just too much.  i mean, at what point did he say to himself, i'm going to do this even thought i don't know what i'm doing.  or, i'm going to do this and even though i know what i should be doing, i'm going to screw it up and see who notices.  i'd love to hear his side of the story. 

besides being a huge disrespect to the deaf, what a terrible place to do such a thing.  i don't know what i think should be done to him, or who has any authority to do anything to him, but something should be done. 

abby keele
12.11.2013