XPost: uk.politics.misc, uk.legal   
   From: rjac@TheWor1d.com   
      
   On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 07:15:54 -0400, burfordTjustice   
    wrote:   
      
   >All gatherings should be banned, because someone will   
   >always be excluded   
   >   
   >Student Union Wants to Ban Clapping and Cheering Because it Excludes   
   >Deaf People   
   >   
   >   
   >Britain’s largest national student union has told attendees of its annual   
   conference they would face “consequences” for cheering and clapping because   
   these forms of expression exclude deaf people.   
   >   
   >The National Union of Students (NUS), which includes most university student   
   unions, held a two-day conference on Tuesday.   
   >   
   >During the conference, audience members were repeatedly warned that they must   
   stop whooping and expressing support for a speaker because it has “serious   
   impact” on the accessibility of the conference, The Daily Telegraph reported.   
   >   
   >Instead of clapping, the students were advised to use “jazz hands” – a   
   gesture when people wave their hands in the air – as it’s believed to be more   
   inclusive to people with hearing problems.   
      
   What fucking use is that to blind people?   
      
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