[gumby]

Ghu, I've heard these arguments for so long: "it's too expensive to put a ramp in here" "we'll lose too many dorm rooms if we put an elevator in", "we can't afford to stay in business if we have to stop poisoning our employees / the neighbors"

These laws always grandfather in existing practice. UCB had plenty of time to know about it. It's unfortunate they didn't (I don't believe it was malicious) but it's fairer that we take a stand. And for chrissakes this is Berkeley the people most likely to agree with my statement!

And the fact is we all benefit long term from these changes. I didn't really care much about ramps until...I broke my leg! And years of playing and listening to extremely loud music has affected my hearing. And even "normal" people benefit from things like crash bars on doors (especially with hands full of coffee trays and sandwiches).

=== ( Parenthetical because it's orthogonal to my comment: I have a few friends who love the FEE and post lots of links. It seems to be an association of selfish people -- this is one of the least problematic things I've seen from them).