[thelist] accessability guidelines - good/bad?

At 12:31 PM 3/20/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I agree that major web sites should strive for the greatest accessibility
>possible. But instead of using the big stick of Federal mandate, I recommend
>a more positive approach that encourages businesses to make their web sites
>accessible, and software makers to build-in and automate accessibility in
>web-dev apps.

As James Madison said, if men were angels there would be no need of 
government. If you look at the screaming that goes on whenever this topic 
comes up, it is obvious that a large number of people would not create 
accessible sites unless they were legally compelled to do so. To claim that 
voluntary efforts would accomplish this in the face of so much evidence to 
the contrary is simply disingenuous.

The choice is between mandated accessibility and little or no 
accessibility. Any other option exists only in some individuals' fertile 
imaginations.




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