Jillio, I get what you and Shel are saying. If we agree that communication between deaf and hearing is a cultural issue, and, if an end result of CS is the ability to communicate with hearing world, wouldn't that constitute a cultural issue? I'm not suggesting that CS in and of itself would bridge the gap but more that it would allow someone to lets say, write proper english thus enabling them to communicate with hearing. I know writing is not desirable but wouldn't that somewhat bridge the gap? Not in the most efficent way but nevertheless.
Personally I think this may be an appropriate thread in either forum. Some topics are like that. Depending on the content, they may be appropriate in more that one forum. I know that I have posted a few threads and was not sure which forum they would be appropriate in. I just took my best guess.