Disabled? It's not all about you. Sorry
Those wacky California judges are at it again...
Like any evolving technology, accessing the Internet has hardly been a smooth ride for the blind. Some sites can be difficult to navigate, particularly if they contain relatively few text links and rely more on graphics and other visual elements that screen-reading software such as Jaws can't interpret.
That's why the NFB, an organization that represents blind people, is suing Target Corp., saying that its Web site is inaccessible to blind Internet users.
Last month a federal judge in California allowed the NFB's case to proceed, rejecting Target's argument that its Web site wasn't subject to the Americans With Disabilities Act, a 1990 law that requires retailers and other public places to make accommodations for people with disabilities. Target argued that the law only covered physical spaces.
ENOUGH! Look, I'm sorry about your diability. (except for stupidity, those people need to leave the planet) I know it makes things difficult, but here's an idea-ADAPT! People with disabilities did it for centuries and we admired them for their courage and perserverance. No one owes anybody anything. Just try before suing. That's what disabled people did before lawyers , legislative judges and political correctness. Everybody is a victim anymore, or in some protected class. If everyone else has to deal with it, you should too. Anything else is the mark of indolenent self-absorbtion.
Like any evolving technology, accessing the Internet has hardly been a smooth ride for the blind. Some sites can be difficult to navigate, particularly if they contain relatively few text links and rely more on graphics and other visual elements that screen-reading software such as Jaws can't interpret.
That's why the NFB, an organization that represents blind people, is suing Target Corp., saying that its Web site is inaccessible to blind Internet users.
Last month a federal judge in California allowed the NFB's case to proceed, rejecting Target's argument that its Web site wasn't subject to the Americans With Disabilities Act, a 1990 law that requires retailers and other public places to make accommodations for people with disabilities. Target argued that the law only covered physical spaces.
ENOUGH! Look, I'm sorry about your diability. (except for stupidity, those people need to leave the planet) I know it makes things difficult, but here's an idea-ADAPT! People with disabilities did it for centuries and we admired them for their courage and perserverance. No one owes anybody anything. Just try before suing. That's what disabled people did before lawyers , legislative judges and political correctness. Everybody is a victim anymore, or in some protected class. If everyone else has to deal with it, you should too. Anything else is the mark of indolenent self-absorbtion.
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