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2017-10-10 -Land of the Free

Movie theaters must provide interpreters for deaf-blind customers, court rules

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Posted by Fred 2017-10-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Deaf and blind? How would he know if they simply took him to a closet and "read" to him from a book? How is that any different?

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2017-10-10 00:26|| 2017-10-10 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 How does the man know that the "interpreter" is telling the truth and how does he know they are truly in a movie theater? Why doesn't he provide his own interpreter?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-10-10 01:00|| 2017-10-10 01:00|| Front Page Top

#3 And by extension, Best Buy must supply deaf/blind specialists for the households that buy their televisions.

Posted by Fairbanks 2017-10-10 01:47|| 2017-10-10 01:47|| Front Page Top

#4 It would be impossible for a deaf-blind person to experience the movie .......

hmmmm lets just cut it off there.

Posted by Bov Flimbers 2017-10-10 02:47|| 2017-10-10 02:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Leftists seem to have zero new ideas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjm_zmBoxjw

Posted by no mo uro 2017-10-10 05:00|| 2017-10-10 05:00|| Front Page Top

#6 The original law, before it was corrupted by the aristocracy, said 'reasonable accommodation'. The aristocracy long ago did away with that.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-10 06:52|| 2017-10-10 06:52|| Front Page Top

#7 a method of tactile interpretation that involves placing his hands over the hands of an interpreter

So PeeWee Herman was practicing ASL?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-10 10:22|| 2017-10-10 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 "I self identify as blind and deaf, and I would like a ticket to a movie with a happy ending please."

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-10-10 18:41|| 2017-10-10 18:41|| Front Page Top

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