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Originally posted by the_marq
I am all for common sense pocon1, I agree with your statment.
The trouble is; common sense is VERY subjective. What's common sense to you and me might be outrageous to someone else. Consider professional golf, you have to be able to walk to play on the PGA right? No so anymore, a golfer sued the PGA last year and got the right to play with a cart.
Like I said earlier, I don't want to screw over the handicapped, my issue is that most of the time as soon as a group (handicapped, minority etc..) cries "unfair!" those outside of the group fall all over themselves to accommodate without considering what they are doing. Once exceptions start being made it's a very slipperly slope.
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I agree with you regarding the PGA. If you can't fulfill the requirements of the program due to your disability, then that's unfortunate but sometimes life is unfortunate. However, I highly doubt that any of the other students are required to teach their pets english, so why should the handicapped have to jump through special hoops just to attend? The purpose of the program was to teach the MAN how to speak english. No one truly cared if the DOG could understand it - they were just being complete horse's asses.