Open Letter: How the FOSS Community May Help Disabled Users

[Robert L Cochran]

Jeff Vian wrote:

>On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 12:35 -0400, taharka wrote:
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>>Howdy Marco,
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>>On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 17:53 +0200, M. Fioretti wrote:
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>>Might I suggest in the future, you use the terms physically/mentally
>>challenged instead of disabled users? Here in the U.S. there is a never
>>ending supply of politically correct nuts :-((
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>Just because you prefer politically correct terminology does not mean
>everyone has to mollify your sensibilities.
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>I would never ask someone from a different area to change their language
>use just to satisfy me.
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>You are free to reply with the terms you prefer, just as Marco is free
>to use the phrases he wishes.
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That's a good point. People who are not American should not be hammered 
to conform to our language and social conventions.

We are lucky to have the benefit of people from all over the world who 
struggled to learn English so they can post to this (and other) lists. 
Speaking as a USA resident I don't know how many Americans have 
struggled to become fluent in Italian or French or German so they can 
participate in European lists in those languages.

Bob Cochran