Carju1 -- I'm mostly addressing you in this post, but anyone else is welcome to join in.
I'll grant you that personal sites need not be made accessible. We'll compare those sorts of sites to homes. No one need add a wheel chair ramp to their home if there's no one who uses a wheelchair in their circle of family or friends.
But if you make your business site without consideration for the disabled, it's the same thing as putting a sign in your shop window that says "No Blind Allowed," or "No Wheelchairs Allowed." And I think the Government should step in to stop this discrimination.
Your point about legislation is well taken -- it is, after all, the WORLD wide web, not the USA (or your country) wide web. I guess we'd have to look at where the business was primarily located, percentage in the US, that sort of thing.
And how hard is it really to make your site accessible? I'll leave you with a great quote from ScottNorton:
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it's probably easier to put <label> tags on your intranet purchasing form than to put ramps on your building.
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(Though I think you should put ramps on your building too)
Garrett
ps And that was not me voting so much carju ;) Well, maybe a few extra votes for yes...