Peter Aitken wrote:
> "Glitter Ninja" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Peter Aitken" > writes:
> >
> >>It's a tough situation, but no one suggested that people with disabilities
> >>be kept locked in a house. That would be horrid. But there are a few
> >>places
> >>where inappropriate noise is out of place - libraries, some concerts,
> >>fancy
> >>restaurants, for example. Just because someone has a disability does not
> >>absolve them or their parents from being considerate of others.
> >
> > Our society should be able to handle the needs of the disabled just as
> > much as the needs of the "normal". You can't kick a person out of a
> > library because they are disabled, no matter how much the disability
> > bothers you. If you kick out the person with Tourette's who is unable
> > to control outbursts because it bothers you, then the lady next to you
> > can kick out the paraplegic who is drooling because it bothers her.
>
> You really don't get it. It has nothing to do with bothering me, I do not
> consider my personal preferences to be so important. It has to do with the
> fact that it is a widely accepted cultural rule that you should be quiet
> while in a library. A drooling paraplegic at the library might bother some
> people but they would be out of place to complain because there is no
> general expectation that a library will be drool-free.
>
> And I should point out that no one has suggested kicking anyone out of a
> library because they are disabled.

'Zactly. No one is saying to deny the disabled access, but once there
they must comply with *all* the rules that everyone else is required to
observe, otherwise chaos will ensue... even the incontinent will once
admitted shit in the stacks at will. I think people here are
extrapolating on "access" to mean a lot more than is intended with
admission... just because your ticket grants admission to the theater
it does not grant permission to do whatever one wishes, it grants ONLY
admission... yoose still required to comply with ALL the rulz.
Admission, like a driver's licence, is a privilege, not a right,
certainly not a right to drive how one wants.... do the handicapped get
to drive however they like, of course not, they are required to observe
ALL the same laws/rules as everyone else. And so if a library requires
"Quiet", then the handicapped must comply too, or suffer the same
consequences as anyone else who for whatever reason does not comply.

To accommodate with the least disruption most libraries are divided
into sections where more or less degree of commotion is tolerated;
Reference, Adult, Young Adult, and Children. Yoose ultra liberal
*******s can figger it out... if yoose possess the civilty.

Sheldon Silence