My name is Mark, and I am Editor-in-Chief of AbleGamers.com, we are the largest game site with the disabled gamers in mind. We are NOT in support of this move, and we think that it is a waste of time and breaks the first rules of game design FUN FIRST.
PLEASE DO NOT PAINT THE DISABLED COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THIS GENTS MOVE PLEASE!
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I think you can rest easy that people can differentiate between the disabled community and one seemingly stupid individual suing for what appears to be pretty obviously ridiculous accommodations from Sony. Don't worry.
Also, checking out your site, I like the premise behind it. Good job.
Hey, it's an egalitarian society, right? If blind people join the Air Force and want to fly jets in combat, why should we stop them just because they can't see? How is that fair? It's not their fault they're blind! Remember folks, if you agree with this, vote democrat :P
Also..not sure why people bother arguing with teecakes... I sincerely believe now that he is a bot built by Sony and unleashed on small community sites.
Why exactly? Fuck him, he shouldn't have been blind. If i went blind right now i can assure you id have better thing to do than bitch about a video game. Fuck him.
Not at all surprised to uh.. "see" something like this.. lol.
I can't go into details, but a company I worked for was basically strongarmed by a group like this into going beyond resonable accomodations for certain people out of fear of being sued into the ground. It's a bunch of horseshit and these fuckers know they can get away with it 80% of the time and do, or force an out of court settlement for ez cash.
My name is Mark, and I am Editor-in-Chief of AbleGamers.com, we are the largest game site with the disabled gamers in mind. We are NOT in support of this move, and we think that it is a waste of time and breaks the first rules of game design FUN FIRST.
PLEASE DO NOT PAINT THE DISABLED COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THIS GENTS MOVE PLEASE!
Hey Mark, thanks for posting. I don't think anyone here is saying that disabled gamers are all this way. Seems like everyone is in agreement that it's just a dumb move in general and looks like a cash grab.
Why exactly? Fuck him, he shouldn't have been blind. If i went blind right now i can assure you id have better thing to do than bitch about a video game. Fuck him.
Taking the point of the suit aside, I am not sure that you can say something as dumb as "he shouldn't have been blind", I am not sure that is something you can always pic. I am looking at my own life and I do not recall a conversation between me and the US Military where they said, "Hey Mark, how would you like to be disabled?" and getting a chance to think about it and say, "Sure, why the hell not."
So while I am many in the disabled community think this looks like a cash grab as well, saying something like this only makes the entire gaming community look bad and gives fuel to those that want to regulate video games out of the market place.
Let me remind you, that the disabled club is an easy club to join. You are only one shitty day away from being a member, car accident, or the ticking time bomb in your DNA. And trust me when I say, NO ONE asks you before you join.
That is all
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Is a paralyzed man going to sue a bike maker next? A sony game isn't exactly a "place of public accommodation." I understand if a public place needs to be accessible but this is a privately owned luxury product. It sucks to be any degree of blind but come the eff on...
Exactly! I am sure he must have the greatest lawyer in the world if he didn't notice that key phrase in the Act. (oh, unless his layer can't see either...?)
Also sorry but I DID laugh at able gamers dot com. I'll say a few hail mary's and we'll be cool.
No, we won't. :facepalm:
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Why exactly? Fuck him, he shouldn't have been blind.
W.T.F. :facepalm:
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Let me remind you, that the disabled club is an easy club to join. You are only one shitty day away from being a member, car accident, or the ticking time bomb in your DNA. And trust me when I say, NO ONE asks you before you join.
Why exactly? Fuck him, he shouldn't have been blind. If i went blind right now i can assure you id have better thing to do than bitch about a video game. Fuck him.
I"m merely stating how wonderful a free society is. See, in order to have creative freedom, capitalistic chance, and modern thinkers, you also have ot put up with idiots like this.
It's a double-edged sword, except one side is fantastically dull.
Why exactly? Fuck him, he shouldn't have been blind. If i went blind right now i can assure you id have better thing to do than bitch about a video game. Fuck him.
YOU, out of the gene pool! Please tell me you are not breeding.. the national IQ averages can't afford more hits.
Now while I might agree that this lawsuit is as stupid as say a Vision Impaired person sueing for having his chauffeur license revoked... accidents do happen that disfigure, scar, injure, and permanently main the best of us. Thats why they are called 'accidents' not 'intentionals'. Kinda like what you think about people who post stupid stuff like this...
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Spurred by the enduring legend of the McDonald’s coffee case, the two professors - Michael McCann of the University of Washington and William Haltom of the University of Puget Sound - have conducted an in-depth analysis of press coverage over a 20-year period from 1980 to 1999. What they found was that there has been a measurable explosion in the coverage of civil litigation, but there does not appear to have been commensurate growth in the actual number of cases.
Their research also casts a spotlight on popular misperceptions of several high-profile lawsuits that have served as poster boys for tort reform. They found that legal information gets to the public largely through the lens of the mass media, and that the lens often has a distorting effect.
There is a huge misconception on how many frivolous lawsuits actually occur in the United States and a lot of the shit that most people have heard about is completely misunderstood.
For example, here's what actually happened in the infamous Mcdonald's case:
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On February 27, 1992, Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old woman from Albuquerque, New Mexico, ordered a 49¢ cup of coffee from the drive-through window of a local McDonald's restaurant. Liebeck was in the passenger's seat of her Ford Probe, and her grandson Chris parked the car so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee. She placed the coffee cup between her knees and pulled the far side of the lid toward her to remove it. In the process, she spilled the entire cup of coffee on her lap. Liebeck was wearing cotton sweatpants; they absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin as she sat in the puddle of hot liquid for over 90 seconds, scalding her thighs, buttocks, and groin. Liebeck was taken to the hospital, where it was determined that she had suffered third-degree burns on six percent of her skin and lesser burns over sixteen percent.[11] She remained in the hospital for eight days while she underwent skin grafting. During this period, Liebeck lost 20 pounds (nearly 20% of her body weight), reducing her down to 83 pounds. Two years of medical treatment followed.
So yeah, try to do some research before you say something insipid like, "DUHH THAT'S AMERKUH FOR U."
