| I was born without a penis so whenever I go and visit prostitutes they have to provide me with a dick interpreter that fucks the whore for me and tells me what it feels like. The state pays for this because we take care of our people here in Belgium. |
Deaf woman sues concert promoter • Page 2
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Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agochallenge_hanukkah wrote:
I think the bigger question is when is it OK to objectify deaf wrestlers?
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Alastair 24,828 posts
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Registered 20 years agoLoad_2.0 wrote:
The woman's own lawyer was on Five Live this morning and said that wouldn't be reasonable as the cost would wipe out the money a pub band would be making.
Idiotic.
Plus where do you draw the line? Does every pub band now have to have a signer for fear of legal action?
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disusedgenius 10,677 posts
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Registered 14 years agoMrTomFTW wrote:
Learning 3 band's worth of songs, including 2 at very short notice, sounds pretty taxing to me. XD
Well you have a interpreter learn the songs that will be played in the show and then have them ready to go if someone needs them to sign for them. It's not the most taxing of concepts
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Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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TheSaint 20,950 posts
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Registered 16 years agoRe art galleries:
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/audio-tours/audio-tour-for-blind-and-partially-sighted-visitors
They only describe 23 of the hundreds of paintings on show. Sounds like they are only getting a fraction of the experience people who can see are getting.
Even the National Gallery itself talks about the fact thirty of the paintings are 'must see':
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/explore-the-paintings/30-highlight-paintings
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Decks 31,013 posts
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Registered 6 years agoIt's an absolute disgrace that they didn't have someone trained and ready to go on the off chance that someone gave a shit about having the lyrics signed for the warm up act at a Little Mix concert. I wept when I read the story this morning. When will the injustice in this world end? -
Kostabi 5,926 posts
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Registered 16 years agoShe should just be glad that her daughter had a good time. How many parents were huddled at the back of the arena wishing they couldn't hear?
To me it's a bit like going to an opera and complaining that it's in Italian and you don't understand. Just enjoy the spectacle you entitled fuck. -
BigOrkWaaagh 10,554 posts
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Registered 14 years agoTheSaint wrote:
Must see you say.
Even the National Gallery itself talks about the fact thirty of the paintings are 'must see':
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anephric 5,274 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI used to work for a company that made things for deaf people, and some of them can be very, very political about deaf issues. To the point of extremism.
Pour example, deaf parents not letting their deaf kids learn written English, just BSL, as they wanted their kids to be deaf first, English second. Like an incredibly tiny little country within a country, a minority instead of a disability. I understand (sort of) the empowerment behind this but the disadvantage this causes to the kids was just fucking insane to me.
So you'd get emails/minicoms off them that were nearly unintelligible, because they never used written English. Also, if you weren't good/fast enough at signing, they'd just ignore you, like a Frenchman who's decided your French is too shit to bother with. Literally, turn their back on you. -
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Registered 12 years ago"Oh I'm a machine when I do it
I'll be catching fire, gasoline when I do it
Just cause you're packin', packin', whoop, down south
That don't mean I'm ever gonna take it laying down"
Who needs a support act when this is clearly the piece de resistance
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up_the_ante 1,574 posts
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Registered 14 years agogoatwack wrote:
Not sure about the fire and machinery euphemisms, sounds kind of painful. I would like to see what BSL for "packing down south" is though. I might need it one day.
"Oh I'm a machine when I do it
I'll be catching fire, gasoline when I do it
Just cause you're packin', packin', whoop, down south
That don't mean I'm ever gonna take it laying down"
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onestepfromlost 2,721 posts
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Registered 14 years agois the lawsuit a bit frivolous, yeah probably. Are big venues like that expected to provide with enough notice, yeah, its the law. Jim jefferies talked about it when i saw him on sunday night. /stealth just saw jim jeffries post -
brokenkey 11,128 posts
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Registered 20 years agogoatwack wrote:
Insensitive.
Having watched the Little Mix set, she was said to have gouged her eyes out, so I hear -
BigOrkWaaagh 10,554 posts
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Registered 14 years agoup_the_ante wrote:
I would like to see what BSL for "packing down south" is though. I might need it one day.
That reminds me.
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disusedgenius wrote:
Who said anything about it being at sort notice? It's not unreasonable to expect them to have an interpreter prepared in advance.
MrTomFTW wrote:
Learning 3 band's worth of songs, including 2 at very short notice, sounds pretty taxing to me. XD
Well you have a interpreter learn the songs that will be played in the show and then have them ready to go if someone needs them to sign for them. It's not the most taxing of concepts lol etc. -
BigOrkWaaagh 10,554 posts
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Registered 14 years agoMrTomFTW wrote:
Yes it is. Considering this is the first I'm hearing of anything like this, how many interpreters do you expect to be paid a good sum learning all the songs performed by every band in every concert across the country to ultimately end up doing nothing on the night? And at what point do you say, well, nobody's asked for an interpreter ever, why are we wasting our money?
disusedgenius wrote:
Who said anything about it being at sort notice? It's not unreasonable to expect them to have an interpreter prepared in advance.
MrTomFTW wrote:
Learning 3 band's worth of songs, including 2 at very short notice, sounds pretty taxing to me. XD
Well you have a interpreter learn the songs that will be played in the show and then have them ready to go if someone needs them to sign for them. It's not the most taxing of concepts lol etc.
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Load_2.0 33,582 posts
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Registered 18 years agoIt is unreasonable.
Mainly because it's idiotic. -
Your-Mother 8,172 posts
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Registered 5 years agoInterpreters at every concert and consent forms at every bar and nightclub in the land. -
Load_2.0 33,582 posts
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Registered 18 years agoFreedom! -
goatwack 101 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI think it's only fair in this progressive & enlightened age to have Little Mix perform a 90 minute set for this woman, using nothing but sign language.
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No it isn't unreasonable, and plenty of events, shows and concerts already offer the service.
Besides you're all just making the same argument people were making when they were introducing the law that saw all publicly accessible buildings require disabled access ramps. Didn't fly then either. -
Your-Mother 8,172 posts
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Registered 5 years agoAd-hoc interpreters are exactly like permanent slabs of metal, you are so right there. -
BigOrkWaaagh 10,554 posts
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Registered 14 years agoHow much do disabled access ramps charge per event? -
Your-Mother 8,172 posts
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Registered 5 years agoAccess ramps discriminate against people who have been told by their doctors to climb more flights of stairs. -
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Kostabi 5,926 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMrTomFTW wrote:
Being able to access a building is an absolute basic need. Having music interpreted is not.
Besides you're all just making the same argument people were making when they were introducing the law that saw all publicly accessible buildings require disabled access ramps. Didn't fly then either.
Having a company make sure you are suitably entertained to your liking is not a right. -
It's still about access for disabled people, and falls under the same act. It is also not about "basic needs".
Again, this is a service already provided at other gigs, concerts and shows.
Edited by MrTomFTW at 19:08:53 24-01-2018
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