Ask HN: Which Berkeley Courses Should I Archive?
I deeply apologize if this is off topic, but this request highlights an issue with the original debate, where posters were tripping over each others to express indignation about Berkeley releasing these videos without disability accommodations, reiterating the same arguments for the ADA, and asserting that those same considerations apply here.<p>If you thought the judgment against Berkeley was justified-- that they couldn&#x27;t give away these videos for free without e.g. subtitles -- are you equally against this effort?  Because it accomplishes the exact same thing: the availability of some useful education videos that are unusable by (some) people with disabilities.<p>If you&#x27;re not, how do you reconcile that?  Your position seems to be something bizarre like:<p>A) &quot;Yeah, Berkeley should release free, deaf-unusable videos, but gosh darnit, they better well do it through back channels, because we need to respect the disabled.&quot;<p>B) &quot;It&#x27;s great to release the videos, as long as someone other than Berkeley endorses and&#x2F;or hosts them, because we need to respect the disabled.&quot;<p>I just don&#x27;t see a way to reconcile them, and yet I get the impression that some posters here do hold both views (the judgment was justified, and this effort should not be halted&#x2F;is good).<p>Edit: Here are the discussions I am referring to, courtesy of BenElgar:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13768856" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13768856</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13815764" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13815764</a>