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                                        BACK in CITIZEN JOURNALIST's WORLD

                                       by Citizen Journalist with Richard DePersio

 

CJ: "I thought that I was too old to take up the guitar (39 like Jack Benny). I might

reconsider!

 

RD muses about CJ (and comes up with his own interpretation of Hopper

painting): 1) Shakespeare: "All the world's a stage and All the men and women merely

players." 2) Hawthorn: "No one can wear one face to himself and another to the

multitude without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true."

No; CJ is not a cross-dresser. Imagine male figures.

 

Citizen 'Crippled Communicator' Journalist: A cripple born without upper limbs was

forbidden from going on a ride at SeaWorld where at least one hand on safety bar is

required. Cripple is suing under the American Disabilities Act of 1990. SeaWorld

formulates his rules predicated on input from manufactures and safety experts. Rules

aren't frivolous but designed to protect their customers and to avoid liability law

suits.

I was hospitalized with a fractured rib in 1990. It was smoking in the lounge and

sipping brandy brought to me, upon my orders, by a younger chap. Upon leaving

lounge a nurse said: "I must have been seeing things; nobody would drink booze in

a hospital. Anyway, you must be so happy that ADA passed." I replied: "No; I

opposed it." Her face dropped. I set her straight:
I predict that it will be abused by the mental and/or physical cripples and that they

will mess-up the able-bodied world.  (I am aware of dozens of ridiculous and unreasonable

law suits levered against businesses of all sizes which cost the business money,

results in higher prices for all {worse when they win or business chooses to settle out

of court} and business might have used money to a hire a worker, perhaps, a semi-

broken person!

We live in capitalist society where free market forces should operate. What should

have happened? Fed and state govs should have recommended that businesses

accommodate these people. Perhaps, a local gov might offer a tax incentive. Let's

say that I own a small business - say, a restaurant - I should have options in a free

society. I might accommodate and secure their business. I might decide that Joe's

restaurant across the street is accommodating. There aren't that many of them in the

neighborhood - no reason that that have to have access to all restaurants in the area.

I might use my money to hire more workers; I might hire a semi-disabled.

(Remember: I'm a deist who favors school prayer. Unorthodox ideas predicated on sound

judgement).