Tennessee Fights To Discriminate Against the Disabled
I don't usually post in Politics but this one is a great example of how screwed up some states priority's are.
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This is the kind of thing that sets this country back to the dark ages. States rights were used as an excuse to keep black people from voting and now it is being used to keep people with disabilities from being able to do the things you and I take for granted. |
Damn...that really pissed me off!
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... it really should be compulsory for all public facilities to have disabled access, i think (or, where this is impossible, due to heritage or other reasons, a simple extendable ramp that may allow a wheelchair to bypass any steps).
regarding the article, i found this part pretty funny though: "They said that all the evidence collected by Congress showing that states have discriminated against people with disabilities was only the stories or anecdotes of the people with disabilities themselves and therefore without validity. " heh, someone should send into congress a snapshot of the steps outside a Tennessee courthouse. |
wtf?
I would have expected a more enlightened response, even from Tennessee. That's ridiculous. |
Ok, that's just messed up.
I think the ADA and it's supporters are sometimes draconian and way out of line, but all public buildings should be 100% accessable. |
WTF...is this not 2003?!? <b>All</b> public buildings need to be accesible...<b>PERIOD</b>...end of subject...no questions asked.
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Wow. I don't even know what to say to a statement like that. |
Ludidrous and unconscionable. In a country as wealthy and supposedly advanced as ours, we should be ashamed that all facilities are not accessible to the disabled. However, it should be a given that public facilities, that many of the disabled help to pay for, should be accessible.
I am curious if there is anyone out there who, in their heart of hearts, thinks that restricting access is a good thing. I don't buy the answer that there is not enough money, a steady progress towards refitting old buildings should be simple to organize and a well planned out fundraising drive centered on major businesses and philanthropic groups could help defray the costs. I am continually stunned by the lack of vision so many people possess. |
meh...i now add several more names to my "gee, that's stupid" list.
I have no farking clue how they could call the ADA unconstitutional, but still keep the Civil Rights Act of 1965. And i've loove to see them try that. |
There they go again -- those wacky Supremes: Protecting the rights of States to discriminate under the banner of "States Rights." We love this in the South. It's why we now vote Republican. The Garrett case was a 5 to 4 decision brought to us by the same justices who stopped the Florida recount and put Dubya in the White House: Rehnquist, Thomas, Scalia, Kennedy and O'Conner. According to them, State discrimination against the disabled was forbidden only if Congress could show that "irrational" discrimination was taking place and, in the 5 justices' view, "a half dozen" cases of discrimination was insufficient proof of a need to enforce the law (the ADA) against the States. The 4 dissenting justices , however, pointed out that a congressional task force had shown hundreds of examples of State discrimination against the disabled in areas such as employment, access to public buildings, public transportation and on and on. Who was telling the truth and using the truth to reach an honest and just decision: The 5 justices who took note of only a "half dozen" instances of State discrimination against the disabled or the 4 justices who say there were hundreds of cases of such discrimination found by the congressional task force? Well, the findings of a congressional task force are part of the public record, but the dissenters listed the findings by State as a footnote to the Garrett opinion -- TAKE THAT, you frikkin' Nazis! In reality, of course, nothing can embarrass the right wing faction of the Supreme Court . They have a legacy to leave and if they must tell lies to reach the ends they seek -- well, so be it. The case is: University of Alabama v. Garrett, 121 S. Ct. 955 (2001) <<<<<<<<<<//Rant over.
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that pisses me off like mad, i am disabled, though i'm not in a wheelchair, but discrimination like that is tough, i've been there. i'm sorry, but having to crawl up stairs, that's not exactly an "oops" situation. it's fucking inhumane. Next, they'll be saying that it's should just shoot all of us disabled folk, if it'll save a couple bucks.
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*TaLon gets hit by car and becomes paralyzed*
Of course you wouldn't change your tune at all if that happened, because, in your mind, you would know that you are no longer equal to all those "real people" out there, who do just fine with out all those stupid ramps and things. Survival of the fittest? Fine; you get pnemonia=fuck off, get over it. No doctor for you. You get strep throat=fuck off, get over it. You get stabbed in the neck? Fuck off; no doctor for you. Your mom gets hit by a car/shot in the head/looses a limb=fuck off, get over it. A question for one of the "fit"(TaLon): How in the hell is making a public place accessible to a handicapped person any inconvenience to you? How does a ramp impede on your way of life? |
Seriously... add a fucking ramp. Its not that difficult. Its not that expensive. It costs more to do all this bullshit than to add a ramp. Worried it'll ruin the "look" of the building?.. add 2.. there.. symmetrical.. problem solved.
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It's funny because it is so god damn stupid.
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as for you TaLoN, if you are partially serious then you should pay attention to what is said. if the gov is so fucked to have inaccesible courthouse i say then, until fixed, how would they react if all laws broke simply not apply to those unable to enter. the best thing to do will never happen. i suggest every single person who votes against fixing the building have their legs removed. then they won't be important. we can spend thousands on furniture. if you can't afford to make/buy a ramp then you should quit what you're doing and get a job at mcdonalds. government saying they shouldn't spend money to do so is nothing short of a rediculous lie. every single person who support these sick fucks, i hope god blessess you with serious injury or death. you asked for it. |
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build the ramp!.... Man I walk, and I still like the ramp to the stairs :)
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