[modeleng] Re: Disability Discrimination Act
- From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:25:52 +0100
Bob,
I agree that it is possible, certainly in the larger gauges, but I am not so
sure that it is ALWAYS desirable.
Lets be honest, there are some able-bodied people who should be kept locked
in a padded room, for their own and everyone else's safety.
When it comes to disabilities, the same applies. However, some disabled
people, in a misguided effort to assert their "rights", take on far more
than they are capable of.
Then they would be only too pleased to sue if something went wrong.
I just hope that it is not us model engineers who suffer the resultant
adverse publicity.
Yes, allow the disabled access where it is possible, and make things as easy
as is sensible for them.
However, I feel that one should also protect the rest of us from the
zealots, and those who press for legislation on every subject under the sun,
in an effort to make a universally accessible and 100% safe world.
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.alanstepney.info
Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Logan" <boblogan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 9:07 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Disability Discrimination Act
Hello Ron, and All,
I have been pushing a boiled pea, up hill with a pointed stick, as far as
Miniature Railways, and wheel chair disabled persons is concerned.
I have been plumping for 10¼" or 12¼" gauge Narrow Gauge carriages, for
these unfortunate People.
Like knocking my head on an anvil, and trying to hear the anvil ring.
Why can't these larger railways come under the auspices of the Model
Engineering Fraternity?
The machining and building are virtually the same, only disadvantage, you
can't take it home in the trunk or trailer. In Ozz, a number of clubs have
machine shops, to build Locos and Carriages, in 7¼" and 5" gauges. And a
couple of clubs in New Zealand do, also. Why not a larger gauge?
Bob L. NZ.
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