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Old 10-25-2006, 01:37 PM
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I think this is a crock. The reason being is that I have a hearing loss, there are times that I can't hear news clips or youtube videos and thought has never crossed my mind to sue.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061024/...ness_of_life_5
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Old 10-25-2006, 02:33 PM
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Lady, I too have a hearing loss. Even though I wear hearing aids in both ears there is a four word phrase that I simply can never hear. Maybe the sound waves cancel each other out or something. That phrase is
"Take out the trash" as uttered by my wife
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Old 10-25-2006, 02:37 PM
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I just read the story. This is the dumbest thing I have ever witnessed. Not enough links in a website so its discriminates? What if I were a Democrat and unable to read? Would Target then need a website that was both link filled and done up in pictographs?

How far are we willing to go to destroy American industry?
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sueing is the american way. Think of the cost of maing the internet blind accesable. Is it even possible?
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Old 10-25-2006, 03:33 PM
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Who are Americans going to sue next, God, for not being able to see or hear the world around them??
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Old 10-25-2006, 03:36 PM
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Who are Americans going to sue next, God, for not being able to see or hear the world around them??
I guess since you lost your hearing. You have naturaly compensated by become
the women in your avatar. GROWL!!!!!
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Old 10-25-2006, 05:16 PM
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Gix.. read my siggie...if Spitty is a litagator I'm a Brasilan model!
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Old 10-25-2006, 10:28 PM
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I think this is a crock. The reason being is that I have a hearing loss, there are times that I can't hear news clips or youtube videos and thought has never crossed my mind to sue.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061024/...ness_of_life_5
Yeah... guess what YOU CAN TURN THE TV UP!!!! Or turn on closed captions... what a dope.
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Old 10-25-2006, 10:32 PM
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sueing is the american way. Think of the cost of maing the internet blind accesable. Is it even possible?
Apple has a set up that allows blind users to function their computers.... Figures since it's the offspring of hippie liberal. It can be done... and there is a little bill for the handicapped in American to receive equal accessablity. Being handicapped in the most horrible thing you could ever imagine and I asure you it's not a case about money it's about allowing access for others so they can feel more... like everyone else.
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Old 10-25-2006, 10:50 PM
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Yeah... guess what YOU CAN TURN THE TV UP!!!! Or turn on closed captions... what a dope.
What makes her a dope? She was not complaining to anyone about her hearing problem. She was not saying that she was deserving of any special treatment. Then you come in with telling her to turn up the TV or look at the closed captions.

You then post about how being handicapped is horrible, which depending on the handicap, I would agree. Do you see the inconsistency in that you criticize someone who isn't complaining about a deficiency. Are only some handicaps or deficiencies legitimate in your eyes? Only an asshole would make the statement you made in response to that.
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