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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Jestah, Kimson - the problem is this: once it can be decided that certain type os people cannot shop at Target, where then do we draw the line? The point, I think, of Nojive's first ost was - who is to say that the attitude of 'blind people can't shop here' won't then turn into 'black people' or 'fat people' or 'poor people'....all of which, along with handicap people, are protected under US law. The real question at hand is very simple, and is covered by the quote in the starting post of this thread: [quote]...the law's accessibility requirements applied to all services offered by a place of public accommodation. Since Target's physical stores are places of public accommodation, the ruling said, its online store must also be accessible or the company must offer equally effective alternatives.[/quote] Whether or not the blind or any other handicap group need to be accomodated by a public business is not in question - it is established law and has been for a long time. The only quesstion is: [b]does the law include such things as internet storefronts of such a business?[/b] If you feel it does not, why? What makes it diferent? Given the [url=http://www.access-board.gov/508.htm]section 508[/url] rules governing the accessibility of such things websites used/made/offered/procured by the federal government, as well as just basic logic in assessing the corrolation of a website to the business it represents, it seems clear to me that it does in fact apply on the internet as much as it does on the street, and that the governing body who made the ADA into law feels the same. [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/163]DL-44[/url] on 11-08-2006 19:20)[/small] Loading...
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