Come now- there are simply things that CANNOT be legislated into Liberal Political Correctness. A man cannot bear a child, for example.

makes me think of “where would it gestate? in a box?”

The idiots do seem to be out in force over the Target lawsuit. Must be very frustrating for the people who actually have intelligent, carefully constructed arguments in Targets favour. Their lawyers, for example.

It’s really worth reading Joe Clark’s item about the Target lawsuit for clarifications, especially the bulleted list near the bottom.

I don’t know if what those commenters wrote is the result of stupidity, ignorance, selfishness, or arrogance — probably a combination — but they remind me of the ten-year-olds in that they have a ways to go. Fortunately, on the web, their comments are recorded. They can look back at them someday, hopefully with a different stance, and maybe apologize for what they said back when.

I despise lawsuits as a rule, but this whole Target matter could/should be a positive turning point. It should be anyway. Karl, nice article. Feel free to use anything I’ve written, if appropriate, to help you present the plain-speak advantages you’re looking for.

Comments like ones you cite always say much more about the author than whatever they attempt to infer about the topic. When the commercial, technological and social arguments are lost inaccessible apologists will invariably turn to the old “why do drive-thru ATM’s bother having braille on the keypad” chestnut.

Interestingly for me as an unwilling but successful litigator, the Target first defence of the ADA being inapplicable to their web site is so weak the fact that it even required a determination by the court speaks volumes about the lack of specificity in the Law. That is a much more important issue and if that determination is upheld when the case is finally decided it could move our agenda for positive accessible change forward significantly.