- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:51:48 -0800
- To: "Waddell, Cynthia" <cynthia.waddell@ci.sj.ca.us>
- Cc: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>, Claude Sweet <sweetent@home.com>, WAI Interest Group Emailing List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 12:34 PM 11/19/1999 , Waddell, Cynthia wrote: >Undue burden is not something that is "not reasonable given the cost" and is >not affected by the size of the population that would benefit from the >accommodation. Civil rights laws seek to ensure equal access for all- even >if the individual is in a minority. I'm not a lawyer, so I don't give legal opinions. However, I would oppose any laws that require me to do something if it will hurt my company substantially, and I stand by that opinion while still fully supporting the idea of universal accessibility. In the same way, many Christians feel that acceptance of Jesus as a personal savior is right for everyone, but would be against the laws of this country being changed to require adoption of Christianity as a state religion. I believe accessibility is right, but I don't believe that you have the right to drive me out of business despite my good faith efforts to do as much as I can to make my site (or building) accessible. -- Kynn Bartlett mailto:kynn@hwg.org President, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org/ AWARE Center Director http://aware.hwg.org/
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