[15593] in APO-L
Re: I can't come up with a good one :)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Delman)
Thu Nov 14 03:03:11 1996
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 02:20:08 -0800
Reply-To: Michael Delman <cliffhng@IX.NETCOM.COM>
From: Michael Delman <cliffhng@IX.NETCOM.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Deb Gallagher wrote:
>
> Here's something that I've been wondering.........
>
> If there are chapters out there that can discriminate based upon
> gender, which is something that cannot be prevented (is it's a born
> characteristic), what is to say that along those same lines of
> discrimination based upon a birth characteristic that any chapter who
> decided that they want to can discriminate against people who are born
> with a disability??
Well, by making being in college a prerequisite for joining APO you are
discriminating against one type of disability. People with learning
disabilities severe enough to prevent them from getting into college.
That's something they're born with, so is it fair to discriminate
against them. They could actually end up being very valuable brothers,
but...
/\/\ike "Cliffhanger" Delman
Alpha Delta Eta - SUNY Albany
Section 97 staff
