Sunday, May 17, 2015

PC is killing us!!----ASU students’ demand to rename ‘walk-only zones’ humorously mocked

ASU students’ demand to rename ‘walk-only zones’ humorously mocked:
"It’s one of those headlines that make you scratch your head and go – “Am I living in the Twilight Zone?”
Some Arizona State University students have demanded that the school rename its “walk-only zones” because the moniker – they claim with indignant determination – is offensive to disabled people.
Before I get in to some of the hilarious responses to that demand, let’s set the stage.
WOZ.1“Walk-only zones” were created in 2013 in some of the most heavily congested thoroughfares on campus, host to some 75,000 people.
Things banned from these zones from 8 p.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays include:  bikes, skateboards, Segways, golf carts, maintenance vehicles and the like.
Students must dismount wheeled vehicles within the boundaries, which offer fancy bike valet areas and bike skateboard parking racks.
The zones aim to reduce injuries, as students on bikes and skateboards were apparently crashing into people often as they hurried to class.
The zones have helped reduced accidents significantly, according to the State Press campus newspaper.
Basically the “walk-only zones” have nothing do with with making disabled people feel bad about themselves and everything to do with making sure students aren’t barreling through crowded pathways."

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