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I agree that bad laws should be struck down. So if you're saying the ADA is a bad law - like low speed limits and banning gay marriage... sure. I think it wou

I agree that bad laws should be struck down. So if you're saying the ADA is a bad law - like low speed limits and banning gay marriage... sure. I think it would be hard to argue that the ADA is a bad law, however. If it's not a bad law, it should not be optional. Otherwise it's not, by definition, a law.

sqeaky 10y ago
Driving is not legal without a license. Hunting is not legal without a permit. Building structures in many areas is not legal without filing plans; surveys; zoning; permits; or other expert services. We live in a society with many optional laws already. This law was put in place to protect hearing disabled people not punish everyone else. It also wasn't intended to deprive the world of 20,000 free lectures. Perhaps these videos could be granted some kind of temporary waiver until they can be closed captioned. Youtube even has system for community driven captions. People have suggested crowdfunding projects. People have lots of ideas for fixing this. If the videos are down the incentive to make them available to the deaf is removed. Some kind of optional application of the here could incentivize a fix that works for everyone.