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06 Nov 2005, 8:05 pm

ARG! I'm reading an article on yes, william Freund. and I hate when articles say thigns about AS that isn't true.

"Tollerating such Bullying is a common characteristic of Someone with Aspergers Syndrome." No. Many of of don't tolerate Bullying. alot of of us fight-back, some don't but alot of us do. (see "why fight back, in the teen forums)

"For Some the 'sickness' can be emotionally crippling." ok. no. I added the '...' by the way. WE AREN'T SICK!!
A sickness is something that can be cured(usually.) we can't be cured.


and this line I can totally realate with, I've been feeling this mroe and more often lately. "he needed to get away from the stress of the world" I used a very similar quote the other day when I beeged my mom to take us away from here and to Japan.



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06 Nov 2005, 9:03 pm

*rolls eyes*

Somehow, I am not surprised at all about what the media is saying. People are suckers for sensationalist drivel.

It still pisses me off.


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06 Nov 2005, 9:32 pm

What site is the article on?


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06 Nov 2005, 9:37 pm

Oh. it was in the Los Angeles Times.



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06 Nov 2005, 9:40 pm

Ah.


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06 Nov 2005, 9:41 pm

It woukd probably be on the website though. it's by imi Yoshino.



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06 Nov 2005, 9:50 pm

Kimi Yoshino. The newest article in the AP actually wrote wrongplanet.com instead of wrongplanet.net. When I called to correct them, the lady on the phone hung up on me because she thought I was crazy or something. As a result, I got dan to call them to correct them. He didn't have the same problem that I had because he must sound less crazy or something. The AP always gets things wrong. We should probably try to acquire the wrongplanet.com domain name and make it link to wrongplanet.net, however, as many people probably don't know the difference between .com and .net.


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06 Nov 2005, 9:56 pm

LOL. yeah. .net, .com...sheez. Thats a good Idea...



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06 Nov 2005, 10:01 pm

wrongplanet.net "finds"

wrongplanet.com "loots"

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06 Nov 2005, 10:05 pm

8) Lates rampage the web...shove random WP adds..shamelessly promote...



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06 Nov 2005, 10:55 pm

Mabe we could register: .com, .net, .org, .gov, .info, .co.uk, .au, .nz, .ca? Anything but .xxx. That would attract the wrong kind of people. :wink:



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06 Nov 2005, 11:13 pm

:lol: Oh yes they really want to see AS$pergers....LOL 8O



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06 Nov 2005, 11:42 pm

ShadesOfMe wrote:
:lol: Oh yes they really want to see AS$pergers....LOL 8O


wow, that's soo wrong.


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06 Nov 2005, 11:43 pm

Sorry. thats what everyone thinks of when i say Aspergers...LOL



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06 Nov 2005, 11:54 pm

ShadesOfMe wrote:
:lol: Oh yes they really want to see AS$pergers....LOL 8O

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07 Nov 2005, 12:13 am

I've also seen latimes stating that Aspergers is a "disease".

They probably googled for their information.


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