Posted on 11/28/2006 1:35:36 PM PST by SmithL
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Yeah yeah yeah. I think I was at around post 40 or so when I responded. Sure, I could read the entire thread of 200+ posts before my 'contribution', but by then someone else would have definitely beat me to the punch.
The truouble with FR is >50% of the members are into to upper 10% of wittiness or so.
I used to have the latin for an old Roman epithet that went something like: "Curse those who express my bright ideas before I do!"
LMAO!!!! God, I love you! I wanna have your baby!
Awesome. You expressed it better than I ever could. My response is usually somewhere along the lines of how conservatives pride themselves with possessing compassion that doesn't have to be legislated. Comforting in words, but means nothing without actions.
Yeah..........."Stripes"........had to go all the way back to the early 80s for a response, didn't you? Bless your heart.
That might be useful. The stripper - er I mean artistic danceer - would immediately know whether her performance needed improvement.
Well, as one who could benefit from a much better eyesight, I'd say that the suit has a point and that the judge does not seem to deserve the obloqui. For those still sighted, like me, money bills color coding would be of great help. For the completely blind, having raised printing on the bills [not that much of a change- let the words "twenty dollars" be embossed on the bill strongly enough] would help, too. After all, taking advantage of the blind is more reprehensible than defrauding those who could at least see the swindle. So, if it can be done at reasonable cost, why not do it?
You're certainly correct about color coding - I lived in Japan long enough to benefit greatly from that aspect of their currency. Given the wear most paper currency gets, though, I'm not sure embossing would be entirely practical. Little notches, maybe? It's the sort of thing that ought to be worked out in a market research laboratory, not in a court of law. IMHO.
Nothing to offer on the topic?
Oh, and I also happen to agree with you concerning the general topic. I'm not much of a one for activist judges, but this is a problem that ought to have been solved by now. IMHO.
Oh, so its serious discussion you wanted? Hard to tell from the tone of this thread. Sure, I can go the distance with you.
My father was disabled, using a wheelchair during a time when it was very difficult to find handicapped accessible parking spaces. Not all businesses had them, or not enough of them, or the public just generally disregarded the signs. Social awareness was very low, and it was just as frustrating to us to have to park so far away from entrances, because that was where we had to find enough space to get him out of the vehicle and into his chair.
Now my daughter is disabled. While she doesn't use a chair, she labors walking short distances (of course, some people on here believe its good for her to expend the energy. Let them massage her aching back and hips at the end of a long day of expending energy just getting thru a normal day, and then preach to me about what good this is doing her. Let them listen to her cry out in her sleep from muscle spasms and leg cramps). We don't have a placard for her, as she doesn't want one, and we believe that's her choice and her right. But there were times when I would have wanted one, like when she was using a chair after major surgery on her leg. Or when my arms were full of packages, and I had to figure out how to carry them, assist her, and get into my vehicle without getting mugged.
But many citizens like her decide that they'd like to have the right to cut their walk so they can deal with just a little less pain and discomfort at the end of the day. Or carry packages a shorter distance. What does it cost you to leave that parking space available for them, except to walk a little extra distance? What's wrong with YOU expending a little extra energy? That's just basic human decency and compassion.
I have read several good arguments in this thread as to why changing the currency would be a bad idea, and they are good and valid points, and I'm prepared to re-think my opinion on adaptive currency. But you didn't mention policy or cost. You mentioned what it costs YOU on a PERSONAL LEVEL to have to pass up an empty HA parking space and park farther away. And I'm telling you that personally, compassion costs you nothing.
Conservatives, and most FReepers, believe strongly that compassion should be a personal choice and not legislated by the government. I agree. But the parking spaces are there, and its against the law for you to park there with a card or plate, and this policy will not go away. So be thankful that you CAN make the walk and expend the energy that people like my daughter cannot. My guess is that you're like most people, and you circle the lot looking for spaces that are just as close as the HA ones.
Best wishes.
Our currency has changed its format and appearance many times over 300 years.
I've done it too; it's no big deal. I keep all my same-sized American money in order by denomination, and this is really just the same thing.
"I've resented handicapped parkers ever since, particularly the people with no visible handicap that walk perfectly well."
Thank you for not screaming at my mother when she went for chemotherapy.
Because they make them in one format and do not know if they will be used as walk-up or drive-through machines.
"Good, convenient spots were available, but I had to waste time walking farther to other ones. Duh!"
Oh, my God, your life is SO hard. How do you manage? I always figure I can use the walk, and I'm glad that I can. I'm going to have to try your attitude. :)
"Some handicapped would benefit from a little walk, a little struggle. Maybe they would learn some pride in achievement."
Perhaps you could help them even more, by delivering a sharp kick as you walk by them. :)
I don't care about parking further out. What gets me is when the ONLY open spaces are the handicapped ones. And guess what...9 of the 11 handicapped spots are open. I've nothing against the concept at all, but I think regulations and what have you mandate about 4 times as many handicapped spots as a business is EVER going to see used.
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