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Sorcha ([info]sorchar) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-08-30 15:10:00
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Entry tags:business

ADA Wank, with a side of Mac Vs. PC and Liberal Vs. Conservative!
So, two California women are suing Apple for alleged accessibility violations in its SF retail store. The comments on the article are, needless to say, wanky, with some complaining about the liberal activist agenda, allegations that the women are just out to make a quick buck, and the occasional disabled person chiming in on both sides of the issue.

Also, WTF is a "standing wheelchair?"


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Tl;dr
[info]warrioreowyn
2007-08-31 03:39 am UTC (link)
I think it's ridiculous, myself. The solution to every problem in the world is not to sue people, and their claim - "emotional and physical losses" - has no basis. What physical losses? Did they lose money or personal possessions? No. Were they physically harmed in some way by difficulties with access? No. And "emotional losses" is, I would venture to say, frivolous in the vast majority of lawsuits, and what you sue for when you realize you really don't have a case on anything else - or when you want to tack on a bit of extra money.

Stuff's out of your reach? Ask someone to get it for you. Can't get into the theater for instructional workshops? Get an employee to show you how to use something. If the barriers are insurmountably serious, talk or write to management. The culture of lawsuit-as-first-resort is just silly.

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]brown_betty
2007-08-31 03:49 am UTC (link)
I don't know you, do I? Are you a self-absorbed ass? You kinda seem like a self-absorbed ass.

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]lcsbanana
2007-08-31 03:54 am UTC (link)
alas, not absorbed enough... *gets the paper towels*

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]wankprophet
2007-08-31 05:31 am UTC (link)
I'm a self-absorbed ass and having the time of everybody elses' lives. I'd say you should try it, but it doesn't benefit me, so who cares?

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Re: Tl;dr
iwanttobeasleep
2007-08-31 03:56 am UTC (link)
Oh joy! I hated the comment formatting in the link, thank you for bringing the wank here so I can watch it in lovely LJ style. *grabs popcorn for the inevitable pile on*

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]sorchar
2007-08-31 04:03 am UTC (link)
Annnnd, I'm fixin' to turn off comment notification.

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Re: Tl;dr - [info]puipui, 2007-08-31 05:25 am UTC
Re: Tl;dr
[info]cmdr_zoom
2007-08-31 05:27 am UTC (link)
"Brought the wank here"? Looks to me like it's been here from the very first comment.

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Re: Tl;dr - iwanttobeasleep, 2007-08-31 05:30 am UTC
Re: Tl;dr - [info]cmdr_zoom, 2007-08-31 05:40 am UTC
Re: Tl;dr - iwanttobeasleep, 2007-08-31 05:42 am UTC
Re: Tl;dr
[info]hallidae
2007-08-31 04:28 am UTC (link)
You probably could have just said "If you're not like me, you're a lazy moneygrubbing ho." Then you wouldn't have had to add the TL and we all would have known what an ass you are anyway.

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]smo
2007-08-31 04:57 am UTC (link)
Oh, I think we get the picture either way.

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Internets lawyer is lawyering.
[info]altoidsaddict
2007-08-31 05:05 am UTC (link)
"I have read the depositions in this case. Let me show you them. The depositions."

Fixed.

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Re: Internets lawyer is lawyering.
[info]smo
2007-08-31 05:31 am UTC (link)
Someone please macro this.

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Re: Internets lawyer is lawyering. - [info]cleolinda, 2007-08-31 06:17 am UTC
Re: Internets lawyer is lawyering. - [info]smo, 2007-08-31 06:20 am UTC
Re: Internets lawyer is lawyering. - [info]cleolinda, 2007-08-31 06:32 am UTC
Re: Internets lawyer is lawyering. - [info]smo, 2007-08-31 06:33 am UTC
Re: Internets lawyer is lawyering.
[info]cleolinda
2007-08-31 06:16 am UTC (link)

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Re: Internets lawyer is lawyering. - [info]puipui, 2007-08-31 06:39 am UTC
Re: Internets lawyer is lawyering. - [info]brennalarose, 2007-09-01 03:45 am UTC
Re: Internets lawyer is lawyering. - [info]mistressrenet, 2007-09-01 04:54 am UTC
Re: Tl;dr
[info]tez
2007-08-31 05:27 am UTC (link)
On behalf of my father...

YOU FAIL.

Have a stamp.

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]wankprophet
2007-08-31 05:41 am UTC (link)
That was simply magnificent in a Roy Horn gets all snitty at the wrong damned tiger sort of way.

*rp, sigh*

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]phosfate
2007-08-31 02:21 pm UTC (link)
Wow. That's a whole lotta ignorant you got there.

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]nymeria
2007-08-31 03:47 pm UTC (link)
Aww, man! You really have to stop sharing your thoughts on yaoi like this. You're making kitty sad.

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]vigilanterodent
2007-08-31 03:53 pm UTC (link)
It must be nice to use your psychic powers to find out details of a case before they're released to the public, Captain Assumption.

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iconiconyay - [info]sizer, 2007-08-31 04:21 pm UTC
Re: iconiconyay - [info]vigilanterodent, 2007-08-31 04:40 pm UTC
Re: Tl;dr
[info]tehrin
2007-08-31 04:24 pm UTC (link)
Excuse me? Do you ever reread what you type before you hit the "Post Comment" button?

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in b4 sep
[info]ecchaniz0r
2007-08-31 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Shut up, whore.

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]funwithrage
2007-09-01 12:34 am UTC (link)
God dammit.

I like both warriors and Eowyn. Why can't you be named, I don't know, LimaBean or GiantSlug or something I *already* dislike?

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]brennalarose
2007-09-01 03:53 am UTC (link)
Honey, do you need a hug? A cup of tea? A cluebat to the butt to get your brain where it belongs?

Try navigating a crowded store and getting busy AND idle people to pay attention to you and help you when you're at least two feet below eye level. Management often doesn't see such letters from the public in a large company like Apple, due to the sheer volume of communication coming across the desk. If nothing else, though admittedly it seems a bit extreme at first blush, it got someone's attention I'm sure and changes may be made.

I'm sorry if I come across as snarky, but I've been there and I can't help but see it from their angle.

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]chikane
2007-09-01 08:57 pm UTC (link)
Why the tl, dr?

Why not be done with it in one sentence?

Like so:

I don't give a fuck about other people being inconvenienced heavily by other people breaking the law, it's totally fine because I am not being inconvenienced.

Easier and faster.

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Re: Tl;dr - [info]warrioreowyn, 2007-09-01 11:32 pm UTC
Re: Tl;dr - [info]mrbimble, 2007-09-05 05:26 pm UTC
Re: Tl;dr
[info]jerel
2007-09-01 10:04 pm UTC (link)
The culture of lawsuit-as-first-resort is just silly.

But it seems like we as a culture only respond when there is something to lose. Businesses respond to lawsuits because then the fact that they might lose profits/business/PR points becomes real. One person saying "I'm not coming to your store anymore"? No biggie. When the media reports Company XYZ is being sued, a whole bunch of people hear the story and might say "I don't think I'll patronize that place anymore."

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]felinephoenix
2007-09-03 06:11 am UTC (link)
Can you repeat that? I just heard "blah blah blah I have no idea what's like to have be disabled oh please pay attention to ME".

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Re: Tl;dr
[info]sharps
2007-09-06 06:01 am UTC (link)
Great! I'll just find you, chop your legs off, and see how you cope! Have fun with stairs!

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