Handicapped Lawsuit

Becca wrote:
> Sept. 24, 2004, 11:36PM
>
> Cruising uncharted waters
> A sail through paradise didn't turn out how one handicapped passenger
> planned, and now the Supreme Court will decide who's liable
> By L.M. SIXEL
> Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
>
>
> When Douglas Spector booked a handicapped-designated room on Norwegian
> Cruise Line, he was expecting a pleasant vacation with his wife, Ana.
>
> Instead, Spector, who uses a scooter because he can't walk, discovered
> he couldn't use the ship's public toilets, eat in the acclaimed top-deck
> restaurant or swim in the pool because they weren't accessible to
> someone who couldn't walk up steps.
>
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Next thing ya know, handicapped people will sue because thay aren't
allowed to participate in the 1,500 meter relay in the Olympics.

Becca
Thanks for posting this most informative item

SUNNY

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You really are not familiar with the copyright law, are you? Esp. the
'fairuse' section.

"Anonymous" <nobody@paranoici.org> wrote in message
news:769102602a047d93c2276334e5e7de53@paranoici.or g...
> Becca <becca@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>
>>Sept. 24, 2004, 11:36PM
>>
>>Cruising uncharted waters
>>A sail through paradise didn't turn out how one handicapped passenger
>>planned, and now the Supreme Court will decide who's liable
>>By L.M. SIXEL
>>Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
>
> ~~~~~
>
> So, you knew that this material is copyrighted, because you included
> it in your post, but you posted it anyway? Nice to see you respect
> other peoples' work (NOT!)
>

We're going by way of Seattle. Just making a stop in Victoria, BC.

You said:

<< Note that to get to Alaska, you
have to go by way of Vancouver not Seattle (the US unions created that
fiasco thru their buddies in Congress).>>

...There's one good thing about your Alaska cruise, Lindsay...Victoria
is a heck of a lot nicer place to visit than Vancouver. ...Jon

Well said, Earl.... We have an individual like that where I live. ...He
drives around in a van with huge stickers all over it that say things
like: "Keep 10 feet back-- wheel chair on board". ...Oxygen on board
etc. He's got flashing lights on the roof. He "expects" everyone to get
out of his way, and let him go to the head of the line. ...He spends ten
minutes at his van, loading and off loading his tax payer paid electric
scooter via his tax payer paid crane. ...But...If he's in a hurry,
he'll hop right out of his vehicle, and race into the store without the
slightest hint of a disability. ...Jon

On 25 Sep 2004 16:20:10 -0500, Earl <neptune@wt.net> wrote:

>As a Houstonian who has had some contact with the handicaped
>community I think it is important to add one other tidbit.

It seems to me that several orders of magnitude more people
travel on airplanes than cruise ships, and that often air travel
is a near necessity, while cruise travel is a holiday luxury.

Wouldn't it be more of a benefit to compel handicapped
accessible rest rooms in airplanes?

--
- Lee

>A sail through paradise didn't turn out how one handicapped passenger
>> planned, and now the Supreme Court will decide who's liable

Sorry, I see a major problem in this whole posting. I assume by the name of the
cruise line, it is not flying under United States Registration. That being so,
the Supreme Court has not authority.

Second, I don't think cruise ships are mentioned in the ADA (Americans With
Disabilities Act). In fact, I do not think the feds get involved at all with
this type of matter, it's left up to the state,
"Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20

Jon,

I don't know where you get your "information".

My wife travels with an electric scooter, which was NOT paid for by
taxpayers. I don't believe there is ANY government in Canada that has a
plan that pays for that. We even have to pay, personally, for our
"handicap" placard for our car.

Believe me, the inconvenience of having to carry, and unload, a handicap
device is NOT a pleasure that people that require these things would do if
it was not necessary.

Just thank God, if you believe in such a being, that you are not in that
category, and have some consideration for those less fortunate than you.

Tobie>>>>on an Island in the Pacific

<Johnny1000@> wrote in message
news:12299-4155E5E6-8@storefull-3256.bay....
> Well said, Earl.... We have an individual like that where I live. ...He
> drives around in a van with huge stickers all over it that say things
> like: "Keep 10 feet back-- wheel chair on board". ...Oxygen on board
> etc. He's got flashing lights on the roof. He "expects" everyone to get
> out of his way, and let him go to the head of the line. ...He spends ten
> minutes at his van, loading and off loading his tax payer paid electric
> scooter via his tax payer paid crane. ...But...If he's in a hurry,
> he'll hop right out of his vehicle, and race into the store without the
> slightest hint of a disability. ...Jon
>

Tobie
I agree with your post. It makes me so sad when people with no
disabilities rail against those who do. It is as if they would like the
disabled to just disappear
Perhaps it makes them uncomfortable.
Perhaps a day in a veterans hospital would help them understand the
plight of the disabled and perhaps they might have more compassion.

SUNNY<........

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