Other - Society & Culture - 20 September 2007

I accidentally came across this thread on the disease board:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061130173426AARLVhg

... I was absolutely sickened by it.
The fact that not only was that person allowed to post about Autism in the "disease" board, asking for a "cure" for it and talking about it like it was some sort of malady or fault..... but then the responses they got likewise spoke with exactly the same revoltingly prejudiced attitude.

As an Aspergian myself, and a representitive of the Autistic community... I request that something be done to change this kind of attitude. We are not disabled, diseased or otherwise malformed. In many ways, Autistic people are in fact superior to neurotypicals, and have capabilities the average person could never dream of. No self-respecting Autistic person would ever want to be cured of that which sets them apart from the rabble.

Autism is not a "disease" to be "cured"!
Autism is an improvement to be encouraged!

2007-09-20 04:00:31 · 1 answers · asked by Lucid Interrogator 5

Did I mention that 50% of the female staff are hot university students?

Sounds good doesn't it?

It's not, it's like showing a hungry man some food and then telling him he can't have any....how cruel.

2007-09-20 03:54:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 03:50:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 03:50:19 · 33 answers · asked by JanJan 7

2007-09-20 03:45:44 · 8 answers · asked by Sharon 1

2007-09-20 03:35:16 · 7 answers · asked by Smarty 6

That people on here,if they don't like or agree with your answer.....report it??? I see horrible comments on here waaaaay worse than mine. Very annoying don't you agree?!?

2007-09-20 03:24:26 · 14 answers · asked by Colts girl 6

i.e. smart and dumb, reserved and wild etc. Those are very basic but i'm looking for two things that go deeper.

2007-09-20 03:22:52 · 5 answers · asked by Sephina 3

Should these guys get the book thrown at them?

2007-09-20 03:18:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or do they have a right to beat somebody up because he is white and they feel that he is wrong.

2007-09-20 03:09:20 · 6 answers · asked by Texas Cowboy 7

We all have a tendacy to pray for the victim and hate,curse or whishing dead for the criminal.Why we act this way?Who needs to change?The victim or the criminal?Please let me known in the honest way.

2007-09-20 03:05:33 · 9 answers · asked by MiMoSa 2

Over on the freakanomics blog we've been debating clotheslines. Apparently some communities forbid them because they look "trashy" and people are concerned they'll see someone else's underwear.

What say you? Are clotheslines embarrassing and/or trashy?

2007-09-20 03:04:28 · 14 answers · asked by Z 2

2007-09-20 03:00:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-20 02:59:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you don't thats cool.

2007-09-20 02:57:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

realise how long dogs live and the care needed and the strength and size they get to? Very sad ,, its like young girls wanting babies as they do handbags..

2007-09-20 02:56:24 · 3 answers · asked by Australia 1

I'm starting to wonder if people are missing the point of the outcry about the Jenna 6, or at least my outcry.

NO one condones what the Jenna 6 did, it was cruel and wrong and they should be punished. Just like the noose incident should not be looked at lightly. HOWEVER, are people forgeting or do they not know about the Jenna 6 member who was attacked by white guys a few weeks earlier, even got his head busted open with a beer bottle, but the punishment given for that was only a battery assult charge, no jail time??

This is what I have a problem with, how can people feel it is fair to try and give these kids attempted murder, life in prison charges. Thats the inequality with all of this. wrong is wrong, no matter what color you are, but you have to be fair across the board..

This is the reason why people I know are protesting down there now, its not to justify beating up an innocent white kid because a noose was hung..

I think people are really missing the real point.

2007-09-20 02:46:05 · 18 answers · asked by Gargamel 2

Do you American woman rather get your nails done at a salon or would you prefer getting them done at your home from a professional nail tech incl. all the stuff needed? I'm from Germany, just moved to TX. My sister is a prof. nail tech, too, and has her own business in mobile nail care where she visits her clients at home. Her clients really appreciate they can get their nails done at home. Would it be worth it starting a business like that here in the U.S.?

2007-09-20 02:19:35 · 3 answers · asked by Orange 2

2007-09-20 01:26:46 · 8 answers · asked by Semp-listic! 7

But a paedophile only gets 9 months for abusing 3 children. What the hell is going on?!?!?!
Who decides whats fair?
What the hell are these judges sniffing?!?!

2007-09-20 01:16:10 · 3 answers · asked by buff1ne 5

I really don't feel the need to be closer to other people, thats how i always existed: alone. People cant just understand that some people are able to live alone by themselves without interaction with other human beings, maybe they are affraid of such people or envious because they cant stand being lonely. Being alone and bearing with it means somebody is pretty strong to exist by himself.
So the problem is other people and not you, do you agree?

2007-09-20 00:45:17 · 2 answers · asked by nekoendy 1

There's this girl that I know that hasn't talked to me all year, all she does is look at me, then when I look at her, she'd make this weird face and look away. Well her best friend told one of my friends that we apparently have a problem with this girl, because we did make fun of her sometimes when she was standing by our table, but it's because she's a b*tch that we made fun of her. Well two days after her best friend told my friend that, the girl came up to me and started being all nice and told me that she saw me one night and that she was going to make me laugh next time she saw me. Well after that day, she hasn't talked to me or even looked at me at all. I see her more than I used to, and she won't even look at me, and then she got to where she'd walk on the opposite side of the hall that I walk on when I pass her. Why did she start acting all nice and then ignore me after that? Her friends see me all the time, but they don't ever say anything to me or act like they got a problem.

2007-09-20 00:20:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Think positive.

2007-09-20 00:17:18 · 3 answers · asked by ehasan4u36 2

2007-09-20 00:14:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous