- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:21:16 -0800
- To: "Ultranet" <marti@ultranet.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 06:53 a.m. 11/18/98 -0500, Ultranet wrote: >If Mr.. Raspberry is following this discussion he must be greatly amused. I >find it hard to believe that so much attention is being devoted to his >bigotry. Unfortunately he may be right about getting a grip. Give the 'man' >an Archie Bunker award and move on. I disagree; I think that his bigotry needs to be challenged and refuted, especially since he's making absolutely outlandish statements in a national (international?) forum that's likely read by US lawmakers. Do we _really_ want, the next time electronic (or other) access for the disabled comes up in Congress, for our representatives to think back to how it's "common sense" that the blind should be restricted from using the web? I sure don't fancy that idea. -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.idyllmtn.com/~kynn/ Chief Technologist & Co-Owner, Idyll Mountain Internet; Fullerton, California Enroll now for web accessibility with HTML 4.0! http://www.hwg.org/classes/ The voice of the future? http://www.hwg.org/opcenter/w3c/voicebrowsers.html
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