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Re: Re: Re: mneme
I think we're in agreement here Naut (Mneme nods head sagely...)
posted by
mneme
on June 24, 2009 at 11:05 PM
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We are all 'challenged' in some way. Some of us more than others. It is my right to have each of my legs extended at least six inches. I am not able to reach the stars. Legally I am sure I haven't a leg to stand on. Oh sorry, I am tired and it is late.
posted by
Justi
on June 24, 2009 at 8:50 PM
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Re: Re: mneme
Philosophy of law? Very, very interesting to me...but here we have a case that
does involve ethics, as you suggest, and possibly (and I am not a lawyer) one of
law...(Involving, among other things, the business's
legal obligation to provide access to its premises for the handicapped)...But I insist (and I would argue at some length if I had the time as well as the inclination), that this is not a case of 'human rights'...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 24, 2009 at 8:07 PM
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Re: mneme
Naut - I just happen to be looking into the philosophy of law at the moment - so I suppose this just struck a chord. The point is, he has lost a convenience he was previously able to enjoy, and his scooter doesn't fit the profile of customers speeding away... so Horton's could bend the rules a little. More a question of ethics, would you say?
posted by
mneme
on June 24, 2009 at 7:24 PM
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mneme
Thanks for the additional info! The case is slightly bizarre - for one thing I don't quite understand the need for Tim Hortons policy, and somehow they should have been able to accommodate the guy - but, and this is a big but: This is no a case of 'human rights', and certainly not one for the Human Rights Commission, which has become an extra-judicial pain in the derriere anyway, with no regard for due process...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 24, 2009 at 6:57 PM
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and just in case of copyright...
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/06/15/hortons-scooter.html
posted by
mneme
on June 24, 2009 at 6:35 PM
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Naut - this one intrigued me, so I ... did a little digging... "A Tim Hortons spokesman, David Morelli, said it's too dangerous for scooters in the drive-thru because sometimes patrons drive fast while leaving the window." - one can only shake one's head in wonder...
posted by
mneme
on June 24, 2009 at 6:32 PM
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Re: Uhhhhh??
Here's you answer Corbin...
""It would take three people to get me in. And I don't even know if I'll be able to turn around when I get inside. And, if I don't run over somebody inside trying to back this up, it would be a small miracle," Matthews said."
posted by
mneme
on June 24, 2009 at 6:31 PM
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Tim Hortons are just being pedantic... there are scooters, and there are disability scooters...
posted by
mneme
on June 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM
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Double trouble
posted by
hardilaziz
on June 23, 2009 at 6:48 AM
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Unbelieveable!! 
Auslander .. the woman did win her lawsuit.
posted by
BrightIrish
on June 23, 2009 at 6:44 AM
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Guys like this are what keeps tv networks in business --
world's dumbest (fill in the blank) short takes of pratfalls and oddments.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 23, 2009 at 5:30 AM
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My goodness! Just enlist meals on wheels and call it Java on wheels! Second lump is free! Shelly
posted by
sam444
on June 22, 2009 at 7:25 PM
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Quite strange.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on June 22, 2009 at 5:22 PM
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Doesn't that remind you of the woman who sued a company when her RV went off the road after she had put on the cruise control and went to the toilet? Can't remember if she won...
posted by
auslander
on June 22, 2009 at 5:12 PM
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Uhhhhh??
Why can't he drive the damned thing inside????
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on June 22, 2009 at 3:39 PM
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everybody is "sue" happy these days... I bet he saw dollar signs
the minute he couldn't get served. "I'll take a coffee with 2% and and I'll own this joint before it's all said and done." PEOPLE !!! UGH !
posted by
hazel_st_cricket
on June 22, 2009 at 10:52 AM
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I get that he wants his coffee but ... I can't understand why not just get it from somewhere else...Obviously the guy suing has too much time in his hands... its ridiculous with all the human rights violations that there are all over the world that coursts should be tied down even talking about such a frivolous suit... Its crazy!
posted by
Sinome
on June 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM
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Naut
Only in Canada, eh?
posted by
Troosha
on June 22, 2009 at 8:52 AM
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Just imagine how fast this guy would sue the coffee place if he fell off his scooter going through the drive-through!! Why can't he just get a car retrofitted for his disability and drive through like everyone else!!! Mal
posted by
gapcohen
on June 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM
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