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  • Good News: On June 19th, the 1st Circuit Court of appeals has handed down a broad decision that internet based services are public accomodations and must comply with the Civil Rights Act of 1990, otherwise known as the Americans With Disabilities Act, Public Law 101-336.

    Q. What does broad mean?

    A. It means that the decision applys to web based services, not just to the Netflix case, and is not bart of fact finding.

    Q. What if the web based service is privately owned?

    A. A privately owned public accomodation is covered by section 3 of the ADA, while publicly owned entities are covered by section 2.

    Please note, this ruling is being discussed in other forums across the web, even as I type.
    Discrimination means, quite literally, being able to tell is the fish smells good, or if the fish smells bad. That enables one to buy a tasty fish.

    In Tap Fish, it means being able to see difference in markings between fish, so one can avoid buying a FB fish instead of a Coin fish.

    In terms of being fair to everyone, the US Government has protected categories of people based on past history of serious abuse, Race, Religion, Gender and Disability, for example. Rules should be applied the same regardless of race or religion. In the case of disability, one must identify those rules that may create a barrier to enjoyment, and modify those rules. ie, identify barriers and remove those barriers, attitudes can be barriers, not just stairs and wheel chair ramps. Another difference between the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1990, is in the former, one must prove intention, while in the latter, intention does not play a part.

    My purpose in writing this, is to clarify this issue.
    Don't Laugh At Me

    (Allen Shamblin/Steve Seskin)

    I'm a little boy with glasses
    The one they call the geek
    A little girl who never smiles
    'Cause I've got braces on my teeth
    And I know how it feels
    To cry myself to sleep

    I'm that kid on every playground
    Who's always chosen last
    A single teenage mother
    Tryin' to overcome my past
    You don't have to be my friend
    But is it too much to ask

    Don't laugh at me
    Don't call me names
    Don't get your pleasure from my pain
    In God's eyes we're all the same
    Someday we'll all have perfect wings
    Don't laugh at me
    I'm the cripple on the corner
    You've passed me on the street
    And I wouldn't be out here beggin'
    If I had enough to eat
    And don't think I don't notice
    That our eyes never meet

    I lost my wife and little boy when
    Someone cross that yellow line
    The day we laid them in the ground
    Is the day I lost my mind
    And right now I'm down to holdin'
    This little cardboard sign...so

    Don't laugh at me
    Don't call me names
    Don't get your pleasure from my pain
    In God's eyes we're all the same
    Someday we'll all have perfect wings
    Don't laugh at me

    I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm short, I'm tall
    I'm deaf, I'm blind, hey, aren't we all

    Don't laugh at me
    Don't call me names
    Don't get your pleasure from my pain
    In God's eyes we're all the same
    Someday we'll all have perfect wings
    Don't laugh at me
    ......................................................

    Distance will tell the horse, time reveal the human heart.
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