RE: The Uselessness of the Health Code
Here is the thing. You always seem to assume that what people are ultimately looking for is consistent and rationally supported perspectives on whatever the issue at hand happens to be. The reality is that most people want something else and are willing to pretend their position and supporting arguments are consistent and rationally supported. It is frustrating to be sure. Not only are people comfortable with these laws, in general they are comfortable making them stronger and more sweeping. I had a teacher in college that believed there should be a law mandating that every new house built should be built with the assumption that someone confined to a wheelchair would some day enter or own the home i.e. lower light switches, counter tops, etc. There was no point trying to explain the problems with this. As a matter of fact, the rest of the students lined up with her, and decided I was lacking compassion and needed to get right with God (it was a Christian college).
I think there's a lot of people who haven't thought about it. And I'd like for them to think about it. I don't know what I really expect in an echo chamber like steemit, though.
The fun part is linking to a post like this later on. :D
But yeah, the rationale of 100% accessible architecture is usually, "What if you or one of your family members becomes differently abled? What are you going to do then??"
Ah yes, but you are more optimistic than I am. I tend to believe most of them have thought about it or have started to think about it on some level, but quickly stop rather than have to deal with the messiness of a fully conscious choice to ignore troublesome ideas.