Comments on: “JFK University removes garden over disability concerns”

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:09:05 +0000

There is a John F. Kennedy University? Who knew?

By: Bumper

Bumper — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:30:38 +0000

This unfortunately lends credence to the old saying:

Those who can do, those who can’t teach and those who can’t even teach become administrators.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:29:23 +0000

Excellent lesson given by the university: lawsuits often have unintended consequences. I would have closed the garden too.

By: GregS

GregS — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:21:37 +0000

I can’t think of any policy better designed to make people develop resentment towards the disabled than the policy of depriving able-bodied people of things because it is not cost-effective to accommodate the disabled.

By: Stephen Smith

Stephen Smith — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:37:59 +0000

For that amount of money, you could have given every disabled kid who wanted the visit the garden an all expense-paid luxury vacation with a first-class ticket to London to see Kew Gardens.