[lit-ideas] Re: Ambulance Chaser, my Philappa Foot
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:31:09 +0100
The
> reason to make fun of the question is that it's an example of
the
> fatuous slop you find everywhere these days.
Reword it.
Judy Evans, Cardiff
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From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 5:08 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Ambulance Chaser, my Philappa Foot
>
> On Jun 5, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Robert Paul wrote:
> > David wrote:
> >
> >> It's a very odd question:
> >
> >> "Will you be able to perform the essential job functions for
the
> >> position you are applying for with or without reasonable
> >> accommodations?"
> >
> > It isn't the most deftly worded question, but it's pretty
clear to me.
> > The reading light example is about as transparent as I can
make it. I
> > suspect that David and Julie are just ambulance chasing. As
it were.
>
> You already know that it doesn't take much bureaucratic bumf to
set me
> off, but it's isn't at all clear to me why you're being kind to
this
> bilge. My problem with the question is not that they've cut
and pasted
> notions from the ADA--I understand what they're hoping to
achieve. The
> reason to make fun of the question is that it's an example of
the
> fatuous slop you find everywhere these days. Pump the stuff
out I say.
> Send it--of course in an ecologically appropriate manner--
over the
> side in buckets.
>
> I can only invite you to look into your hearts and to ask
yourselves,
> good people, if you do not laugh at this, then what will you
accept
> next? Will you then in good conscience be in a position
otherwise be
> able to write for this list, for which you are trying to write
for,
> with or without reasonable accommodations?
>
> As for Julie's lack of letters after her name...surely Count
Mike
> Grossvati von der HoldenPaxtonundNaimh, CNN, ESP(n), 750Cl,
can have a
> quiet word with the King?
>
> David Ritchie,
> Portland, Oregon
>
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