# Resolved:  The Americans with Disabilities Act has done more harm than good.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-has-done-more-harm-than-good/123377>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 11, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-has-done-more-harm-than-good/123377 "2002-08-11T06:46:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-has-done-more-harm-than-good/123377/101 "2002-08-16T01:37:46Z")

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I didn’t deny your feelings, jshore, I asked you a question. Which I suppose, in a backhanded way, you answered, and the answer was “No.” That was all I wanted to know.

I’m not allowed to use my employer’s computer for whatever I want either, FWIW. I don’t, however, feel that this is a restriction on my “freedom” or “liberty,” as I do not have the freedom to put other people’s property to use in ways they do not want. I suppose this is a point on which reasonable people may differ, and it’s completely tangential to the thread anyway.

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