Penn & Teller Bullshit is Bullshit ... [View All]

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Penn & Teller has gored more then one of my oxes. You can hardly be shocked when someone disagrees with you. However, tonights show was an irrational illogical libertarian screed.

Apparently, Penn & Teller now think that the purpose of the ADA was to legislate compassion rather then provide equal access to public places. Apparently, they believe that handicapped Americans would have MORE not LESS access without the law. Did they even bother comparing amount of access before and after ADA.

They addressed the issue of a sue happy lawyer who used ADA as bludgeon. But this has nothing to do with ADA, this has to do with our continued reluctance to turn the legal system on lawyers who abuse the system. Granted their is abuse of handicapped parking. But it's certainly no more abusive then those who park there illegally.

Penn & Teller's biggest complaint seems to be the fact that all those parking spaces are empty. THAT'S THE POINT!!!! When a handicapped van rolls up to a place of business, there is a parking space available with the proper clearance to get the chair in and out of the vehicle.

Codes for access in public buildings. Penn & Teller laments the 100 page document for compliance. But this document is not targeted at individual citizens, it's meant for architects and contractors who hire lawyers to tell them HOW they need to be compliant.

Penn & Teller are staunch opponents of religion. But it's clear that they indeed have a religion and it's holiest shrine is the Cato Institute. The fact that my opinions based on reason mesh with their's is a mere coincidence. I can't watch them anymore. Their standards of proof are WAAAAYY to low and their editing treats their opponents like idiots. Anyone who can call providing basic access to everyone has got a screw loose.

Penn & Teller, you're off record now. "Bullshit" is not sane, researched, reasonable or civil. It's just whatever Penn & Teller believe with a few statistics thrown in.