Comments on: Unfairness or discrimination? Is there even a difference?

By: Bob of Tool

Bob of Tool — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:35:36 +0000

I knew a girl that went to the Michigan School for the Blind. She never looked at a bill; but felt the corners; she was always right on the money. She ran the cash register in her father’s store on Sunday. T also watched them [the blind] cross a busy street without any white canes. I watched their Football team play my high school team.
The only rule changes wer that they were allowed to pick up a ball that had hit the ground and run. The other rule chang was NO Cheering during play! They lost; but not by that much.

By: Endora Aphrattos

Endora Aphrattos — Mon, 07 May 2007 04:23:09 +0000

The matter BECOMES discrimination if, now once aware and alert to the problem, the government did nothing about it. Especially in the next invent of our currency.

By: Phil2611

Phil2611 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:30:15 +0000

I’m 13, and a peer mediator, and know a whole lot about our Government.
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This isn’t a question of discrminiation, this is a question of nonesense…

Sure it was not very smart of the government to make all the bills the same size…but it’s really hard to change currency. I mean when do bills actually end up in the garbage? not for a long time!
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Theres a huge difference between obese people having to buy 2 seats, and blind people not knowing what they are paying.

These are just simple things that are inconveniances. It’s not like we’re going to die from not getting the same color baloon as our friend.

By: policy selling

policy selling — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:28:03 +0000

This is great, look forward to looking into every area. Thanks for being there.

By: kro

kro — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:33:21 +0000

Yea, no matter what is decided, the man who said color wouldn’t help the blind see their money has a fairly good point. As a matter of fact, discrimination or not, if any bill that changes the color of our money to help the blind should be introduced, it should promptly be dismissed, rejected, and the writer and any backer should immediately be removed from any place of public influence.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:26:14 +0000

I would like to agree that discrimination is not the correct word in this case and it isn’t right to involve the justice system to solve this problem. I don’t disagree that the currency should be different sizes and\or colors to help make distinguishing them easier but it was not necessary to go to the courts. I would like to think that here in America our citizens and upstanding enough to at least be honest with out blind citizens who may never know that they have been shorted until they go to pay their bills or buy groceries. But the long and the short of my rant here, there is a difference between the actual meanings of unfairness and discrimination. However our society today is quick to find labels of why their life is hard and who’s fault it is because it can’t be their own or because life is just unfair.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:39:50 +0000

This decision by the court discriminates against poor people. I already bought my wallet, and now I’m going to have to buy another one. I can’t afford another. Discrimination, I tell you!

Seriously, though, different sized bills will be a pain to get straight in my wallet, and I don’t see how different colors will help the blind.

Amber: “In my opinion it is true that the disabled are far less noticed in this world than others. If you think about it they are basically pushed off to the side, as if they were not even there.”

What!? The pushed off to the side effect that you notice happens to everybody. It is a sign that we just don’t care about you or anyone else. Not because a person is disabled, but because we don’t care.

As for not noticing disabled people, I disagree. I notice them more. Especially blind people, because they bump into me more. Schizophrenics are pretty noticeable too, at least the loud ones.

By: CC

CC — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:10:31 +0000

On second thought I won’t give my comment someone might think it’s unfair or discriminitory.

By: kat

kat — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:56:56 +0000

i thought i would briefly applaud you for spelling muumuu properly… though in “proper” hawaiian you have to include the okina to make it mu`umu`u. you get a cookie.

By: Theo

Theo — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:07:44 +0000

Having been a former national representative of the National Federation of the Blind (from Kingstree, SC), I got an experience on dealing through a week in the life of the average blind person.

My grandfather, the gentleman that I was accompanying told me how they would fold money certain ways to keep track of the demonination. Unfortunately, I would have to tell him what it was in order to fold it a certain way.

I agree with earlier thoughts that this is merely unfair. Discrimination does imply a certain amount of intent in design. The mint can simply change it and make it more workable for everyone.