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Re: Bush is eroding the Rights of the Disabled

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From: Mark Probert
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 21:12
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TO DP:

I have encountered the species of vermin that LL is a member of. They are a
waste of time and a form of troll, since they post strictly to enflame. The
best tactic is to await their entry in the realm of disability, and then
watch them whine.

"Deaf Power" <deaf@power.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 20:37:32 -0800, "Lex Luther"
> <givemeabreak@superman.com> wrote:
>
> >    The rights of the disabled are being eroded by a handful of criminals
> >and their attorneys who have managed to use the ADA as a device to extort
> >money from honest businesses.
>
> It's the judge who decide if business violates ADA.
>
> >    The ADA has also meant billions of dollars being spent on buildings
and
> >modifications which are of use only to a tiny minority of society.
Remember
> >that the ADA was passed with the promise that it would provide greater
> >access to the disabled.  While this goal has been accomplished to a great
> >extent, the great majority of the money devoted to these purposes has
gone
> >to the bureaucracy and their cronies who benefit from the required
> >improvements.
> >    While the ADA is very valuable to those who really need it, it is a
dead
> >issue because of the abuses of a few greedy people.  It represents
> >corruption and excess.  The ADA is going away and you aren't going to win
> >this one.  It isn't Bush's fault so look to your own.
>
> Are you in favor of abolishing ADA and giving businesses free leeway
> to discrimination practices? Are you in favor of businesses who
> practice discrimination?
>
> "Tiny" minority? How tiny is tiny? It's the disabled who benefit from
> the required improvements.
>
> What if *you* became disabled due to accident or disease? What if you
> became deaf instantly the next morning for no reason? Without ADA,
> you'll be denied rights to equal accessibility and you'll be blaming
> yourself for saying this here.
>
> Furthermore, has Bush done anything to help the disabled? Nope. Has he
> reinstated Clinton's executive order to order Fed govt to hire 100k
> disabled? Nope.
>
> http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2004/11/22996.php
>
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