Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
Originally Posted by 02SE
Originally Posted by Alfred_B
Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
What am I missing? The principle reason cited in the article for tear down is it's structurally unsound. Even if there wasn't a disabled person on the planet the structure has to come down.
It's a good excuse to bash the ADA by people without disabilities.
OR, it's an example of a policy that was well-intended, but too often has unforeseen and ridiculous consequences. Some (most) people with disabilities still have common sense., and aren't going around imposing their limitations on others. Before you get all offended, I have family members who are disabled.
We were in Yosemite not too long ago. I'm wondering how long it will be before some lunatic gets Half Dome closed to climbing, because there is no wheelchair accessible ramp up the face?
Too often?..how did you arrive at this conclusion? Can you cite your research...no disabled person(s) is trying to get Half Dome closed or imposing "their limitations" upon you. Wa wa wa.........my life as an able bodied person is so tough if only these disabled people weren't running around ruining everything for me.
I wasn't going to disclose this (because it's nobody's business) but 3yrs ago I almost died of CHF. I had heart failure but didn't recognize the symptoms and it caused a blood clot to form and lodge itself in my lungs (a pulmonary embolism). For the next 6 months I was in and out of the hospital, it was very touch and go... and very hard for me having two young teen children seeing their father like this. Fast forward I'm still here.. thankfully. But I'm not the same. My ability to do activities has been greatly reduced. Living with heart failure (low pumping ability) and reduced lung capacity due to the blood clot that starved a large portion of my lower right long is no picnic, especially for someone like myself who once played semi pro rugby and has walked the Great Wall of China in my youth. I now depend on the assistance of my 2 kids to do things that i took for granted. I depend on being able to park close to a stores entrance in a spot designated for the handicap so I can grocery shop on my own.. again, something I used to take for granted as an able bodied person. I could go on and on about how because of the ADA i can maintain some semblance of a normal life and not be a total burden to everyone around me. This (the ADA) has made it so I can have some quality of life for however long I'm still on this planet.. could be 1 more month, 2 more years or 10..who knows. But I'm grateful (and my kids are too) that I can still do many of the things I used to do and that is due in some part to the ADA. Is it a perfect law, no it's not. But like I said..no law pleases all the people all of the time.
So go ahead and keep blaming those darn cripples and the ADA for your stupid tower coming down, it just makes you all sound whiney and selfish.
Whiney and selfish? Your sob story is the definition. Is this where I post my sob story too? I think I'll refrain.
Originally Posted by Mad_Hatter
if the focus of the thread and ensuing discussion was about people using the ADA to exact some agenda for personal enrichment, than I could go there with you on that because I do believe that is a problem,
I'm glad you can see my point.
