Posted on 11/28/2006 1:35:36 PM PST by SmithL
Edited on 11/28/2006 3:20:53 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Perhaps you could disagree in a more agreeable manner? To imply that I would abuse the handicapped indicates you may have the sort of mindset that you accuse me of.
My mom had a "handicap" that was not obvious to others, she had the "handicap" plates. People were sometimes rude to her. I understand handicapped. My gripe is not directed toward handicapped PEOPLE.
My mom often parked further from the entrances so she could WALK and get the EXCERCIZE that would help her HEART!! Yes. Some handicapped people could use a little walk! My POINT about handicapped parking spots is that there are too many of them, they are never fully utilized.
Often pregnant women, even the elderly who do not have a "handicap" have to park out in NEVERLAND because store owners are so PC they must have 25% of parking set aside for use by blue sticker people.
"Perhaps you could disagree in a more agreeable manner?"
I could; I was merely following the tone that was originally established by your post. In any case, I think we've exhausted this topic.
DITTO!
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits" - Albert Einstein
A Golden saying.
Do you have any idea the amount of people that have a wide range of vision problems that this would help? People with glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, etc. If your sight is perfect today, count your lucky stars. As a 38 year old woman, who was recently diagnosed with glaucoma, I too was in your place a year ago. Today, I am looking at possible blindness (or at the very least very decreased vision. Glaucoma generally doesn't hit people until they are elderly. Aren't I lucky to go against the norm. But because of the age of onset, vs my life expectancy, I do see that possibility. I am not looking for sympathy, because, truth be told, I don't have a disability. Today medications will control my sight loss, but the visual field loss that I have already experienced won't be regained. I may never go blind, medications may control it, but the thought of not being able to tell the difference between a $1.00 and a $100.00 bill doesn't sound appealing to me. And if it is something that could be gradually done, without a huge financial hit to the economy, then it should be done. If it means a small hole strategically placed, that won't cause a recalibration to all existing machines, what's the big deal?
that is not an ass pimple but blind identification placed upon you while you were sleeping off a night of rabble- rowsing...
it reads,"if administering cpr, open other end."
teeman
You are correct - -CONGRESS MAKES LAWS.
The ADA does not say that bills should be readable by the blind, therefore this judge is legislating from the bench.
I am getting pretty sick and tired of these unaccountable judges making laws (yes - that is what he is actually doing) and imposing his will on the entire country.
ONE SINGLE JUDGE has done this. Pretty scary.
I know full well. I also know that if my mother were that ill, I would be driving her where she needed to go and pushing her in a wheel chair in and out of the building. And before she died, I did. A priveleged parking place was not be needed.
The few feet saved in a parking lot is almost always far exceeded by distances within the building itself. If someone can walk within the building, they don't need the special parking place, and if they require a wheel chair, it's perfectly easy to roll it a few feet farther, particularly those electrically powered.
About a decade ago during the total PC ism during the Clintoons, we used a drive through ATM at a bank in Coastal Oregon. It was a special one for big pickups and SUV's.
While waiting for my money at the ATM sitting in the driver's seat, of my big OJ Simpson Bronco, I noticed that there were Braille markings on the keys and the top of the user face of the ATM.
I told my wife, and she said to ring the inside of the bank with a special marked Braille button after we got our cash and to use my usual sarcasm re the Braille on the truck drive through ATM.
I did and asked them how many blind drivers appreciated the Braille on the drive through ATM. The gal asked me to repeat my comment, and I did and heard it repeated on a speaker. We could hear laughing inside and "Finally, someone with enough guts to comment and laugh at this
There are people with conditions that involve situations other than what you have laid out in your posts. I'm not sure why it's difficult to understand how without such spaces--which in some people's experience are rarely full, but in others' often are--travel to & from various places of business would be impossible.
Funniest line of the day.
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