[thelist] accessability guidelines - good/bad?
Kevin B. O'Brien
Kevin B. O'Brien" <obrienk at ccaa.edu
Mon Mar 20 21:36:04 2000
At 01:38 PM 3/20/00 -0600, you wrote:
> I don't have any illusions that a voluntary effort of any kind will
>ever achieve full accessibility -- perhaps nothing even close. My point is
>that accessibility is one goal -- a highly worthwhile goal -- that must be
>balanced against other values: namely, the right of people to make choices
>for themselves. In my opinion, there are few things -- no matter how
>honorable and praiseworthy they may be -- that take precedence over
>individual liberty -- no matter how foolishly it is exercised. That's why I
>argue for an active, voluntary effort: it encourages accessibility without
>riding roughshod over Constitutionally guaranteed rights (in the U.S., at
>least :).
My apologies. I think we are in agreement on the issues, at least, if not
on the resolution.
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