Fuck you ADA.....having a past drug and/or alcohol addiction is NOT a disability

luftwaffe · #1 08-14-2006, 05:42 PM

So, I had to take this test at my job, about sexual harrassment and employment policy regarding people with disabilities.....

Well……I learned that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is full of shit. It lists “having a past record of impairment” as one type of disability, and it lists “a prior drug or alcohol addiction” as a disability.

Well…… that’s complete and utter bullshit. Thanks liberal legislators, for this golden pearl of wisdom. The term disabled means “not able” to perform some type of function. What are past drug and or/alcohol addicts not able to do, that the rest of the populus can do?

NOTHING.

This is truly fucking asinine.....And of course, my employer gives prospective employees a drug test before they are hired. So then, if I piss in a cup and it turns out I test positive for some drug, I won’t be hired. But if I test positive for some drug, and it turns out I am a “recovering addict”, then all of a sudden I am disabled, and I cannot be turned down for employment based on this factor. That’s completely non-sensical.

discolexy · #2 08-14-2006, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by luftwaffe

What are past drug and or/alcohol addicts not able to do, that the rest of the populus can do?

have a glass of wine with their dinner?

luftwaffe · #3 08-14-2006, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by discolexy

have a glass of wine with their dinner?

yes they are able to do so.

one merely purchases wine, pours it in a glass, and then consumes it. Anyone who has a functional mouth and hands can do that.

O_- · #4 08-14-2006, 06:09 PM

I, personally, have found this to be the case:

Cancer is a disease that you cannot stop from killing you by yourself.

Alcohol addiction is something you do to yourself.

So we're talking about physical disease vs. mental disease.

Mental diseases that require an item to complete are VERY VERY VERY VERY easily handled. The cure is very very very easy to diagnosis.

"Do not get the object that is instigating the disease"

In such simple cases, where the cure is simply to "not drink", like alchoholism, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990... well, it's full of shit.

I really can't begin to type how much I disagree with this horrid legality..........

luftwaffe · #5 08-14-2006, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by O_-

I, personally, have found this to be the case:

Cancer is a disease that you cannot stop from killing you by yourself.

Alcohol addiction is something you do to yourself.

So we're talking about physical disease vs. mental disease.

Mental diseases that require an item to complete are VERY VERY VERY VERY easily handled. The cure is very very very easy to diagnosis.

"Do not get the object that is instigating the disease"

In such simple cases, where the cure is simply to "not drink", like alchoholism, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990... well, it's full of shit.

I really can't begin to type how much I disagree with this horrid legality..........

yeah, whoever decided that this portion of the ADA was a good idea, is beyond reproach.

See, if you can yourself just merely stop the behavior that the ADA claims is "disabling" then it is not a disability..... if I don't have an arm, i can't regrow one.....if i'm an idiot because i'm drunk, i can merely stop ingesting alcohal.....

fucking idiots.