- From: Charles (Chuck) Oppermann <chuckop@MICROSOFT.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 12:56:47 -0700
- To: ~dix~ <dixx@earthlink.net>, David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Can I suggest that this e-mail list stay on topic about the need for universal access to the World Wide Web? Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: ~dix~ [mailto:dixx@earthlink.net] Sent: Saturday, October 03, 1998 1:47 PM To: David Poehlman; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: RE: The Difficulty of Talking About Accessibility for the * On 3 Oct 98, @ 11:37, David Poehlman shared: > a rose by any other name... its a nice quote, but i disagree. words *do* matter. are "deaf" "deaf mute" "deaf and dumb" all the same? what about "black" "negro" "nigger" and "african american"--all the same? or disabled? handicapped? gimp? defective? cripple? i apologize, because i know several of these terms are offensive.but that's the point. dixie
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