sorry to lift your veil, but they are active and moving.  they are
aware and growing and even the most aware of us cannot stop them
bcause they have the law to use against us.

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----->  I'm not certain of your point here at least as it relates
to mine. Are you saying that these people are the majority? I
think not. I still hold to the arguement that awareness is the
biggest hurdle, that most people are not in the mean spirited
camp you describe and that there will always be some who are
unmoveable (or move in another way).
        Sufficient awareness amongst the population will make the
sort of actions you describe, while not impossible,  much more
difficult.
        If your arguement is about the health of democracy, well,
that is quite a different story.

zachariah


On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Rudy Caris wrote:

Unfortunately, ADA Advocates in the thick of things have
learned quickly that most people who oppose the ADA, are
not "morons" at all, but rather very bright politically
motivated strategists.  Funded by big business and the
profit driven corporation, these "aware" and educated
folks at times make tough moves and display distinct
tendencies towards "mean spiritedness" as they "fight
for their own economic survival and right to run their
own business as they please."

To these folks, this is just "survival of the fittest."

Example:  The landlords in this area, actively "educate
themselves on the ADA and Fair Housing Regulations only
to find loop holes to get around them."  Especially the
discrimination issues.  One landlord bragged to me after
wrongly evicting a "handicapped person", that "...they
will just have to live on the streets for awhile [with
their 2 year old daughter]."  This adverse action was
backed up by Housing and was made possible because of
HUD's (Housing-Urban Development) new policy effective
January 1, 2000, of "Being more friendly to landlords."

That policy came into being via the political activism
of those profit driven "mean spirited persons", who were
supported by the powerful LandLord Associations.  The
conceding motivator was "More HUD contracts."  A multi
million dollar economic consideration.  This was done
with little regard of the effect on the rights of the
disabled tenant.  For sure, a big blow to the low income
disabled renter whose average income is about $700.00 in
a zero housing market, and to the disability community
in general.