-=> Allen Prunty wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-   
      
    JA> I'm all for equal rights, but having a PRIVATE service   
    JA> that doesn't do what you want - then suing them? I don't   
    JA> get it...   
      
    AP> I can see their point being confied in a wheelchair.  Transportation   
    AP> for wheelchair bound people isn't cheap.  And often they don't have   
    AP> it to go very often.  I have a friend who is fortunate enough   
    AP> to have an accessible Van, but I hear that's becoming a rare even.   
      
   I see the NEED for it - what I don't see is a service like that being   
   sued because they don't offer a particular service. They are not public   
   access vehicles - they are privately owned vehicles that people are   
   using themselves to make a little extra money. It's not taxpayers   
   dollars or anything.   
      
    JA> I do computer work on the side - I also sing and play   
    JA> guitar. I prefer to work on laptops so I can take them   
    JA> home, etc. to work on them easier. If I choose not to   
    JA> 'come to your home' and work on your desktop and printer   
    JA> should I be sued for that?   
      
    AP> But are you suffering from a disability that keeps you from using your   
    AP> own equipment and you have to come to my home and use a braille   
    AP> printer?   
      
   Sorry, but I don't understand your question.   
      
   My point is I have a 'side business' where I work on computers. If   
   you have a laptop I can take it home and work on it and bring it   
   back. If I choose to say, "no, I'm not driving an hour to your   
   house and sitting there for five hours and driving an hour home"   
   should I be sued?   
      
    AP> I can totally see the disabled's view on this... but I don't think that   
    AP> a service that involves other people helping people and making a little   
    AP> moolah on the side should be penalized.   
      
   Agreed!   
      
    AP> But they may find that ONE judge that will push the lawsuit through :-(   
      
   Which is part of the sad, sad world we live in...   
      
      
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