The Glade 4.0

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Alleged note in its entirety


My only hope is that this is so sensational that it can't be true. At the very least I hope it's just teenage bullying and not an actual breeding adult.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

I suspect that's exactly what it is.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

I think its real. People are all ID and no ego anymore. Theyve developed their social interactions based on the rules of the internet. Think what would happen if a kid was raised thinking hellfire was normal life? Imagine a bunch of Montys everywhere, then imagine a child raised by a Monty and thinking hellfire was normal...... its like Sid 6.7.

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A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. ~ John Stuart Mill

Obviously a disgusting note, but to play Devil's advocate, I have to say that, assuming the letter-writer's description is accurate, having your neighbor's kid frequently wailing in the front yard like that must be pretty unpleasant. I'm not saying kids with those issues should be locked up and hidden from view 24/7, of course, but some consideration for your neighbors is certainly called for. At least a couple of the suggestions in that letter - go to the park or the nature trail instead of leaving him in the front yard and move (if/when possible) to a less densely-populated neighborhood - seem like reasonable courtesies that I would try to take if I was the parent.

1- this was supposedly in canada... Let them deal with it.
2- IF it were real and IF it were in the US... as hateful and nasty as this may be, it is within the writers 1st amendment rights to say it. It is also within the rights of the community to ostracize the person who wrote it

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Based on the vocabulary used and the references more to the mother of the disabled child rather than the child himself, I'm guessing it was written by an adult.

Sadly, there are some people out there who mistakenly believe they have the right not to be subjected to people they don't want to deal with. Lord, look at some of the online discussions regarding children and airplanes.

So a child with a disability should not be allowed to just go play in his front yard? Assuming he's on his property, during the day (i.e. no reasonable expectation of quiet hours), what's the problem? This horrible woman is obviously making exceptions for certain types of noise (i.e. music and dogs) but not his noise? What if I decide your music or dog is unpleasant? What if I decide your ugly face is unpleasant?

I'm continually amazed by society when I shouldn't be.

You think this is new? You think people in previous generations didnt say nasty thing about one another and their offspring in the good old days? No! The only thing different today is we've gotten this idea in our heads that we have a right not to have people say mean things about us.

Is this letter cruel? Yes! Is the author an idiot who butchers the English language? Yes!

However, being the parent of an autistic child doesn't make you one of the unsung heroes of the planet Earth. It just makes you the parent of an autistic child.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

The author also butchered the Spanish language.

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The Dude abides.

I am with the author through the first paragraph of that letter. Specifically the part of the letter that made it sound like mom just turns the kid lose to howl at the neighbors and neighborhood children unsupervised. The phrase "you put your kid outside every day" as opposed to take your child outside, or come outside with him/her. Etc.

Also isn't autism a disorder that is exacerbated by exposure to large groups of people and open environments?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism


From what I recall, as with most psychological disorders, there is a list of symptoms, and typically something like 8 of 12 possible symptoms is sufficient for a diagnosis. So even if some autistic individuals do have problems with groups, not all of them necessarily will. Some children with autism exhibit a fascination and fixation with one particular thing while others may not. Some are severely overstimulated by one sense or another, while others are unaffected--its a poorly understood syndrome, with a lot of potential symptoms.

(For those of you with Netflix, try "Loving Lampposts" if you're curious about the subject.

My experience with autistic children is limited to 2 individuals (including the child that lives two houses down from me and is frequently put 'out to play' like any other child his age, though he is supervised.)

I'm not saying the kid should never be allowed to play in his front yard; I'm just saying that if his wailing is a frequent issue when he's outside, then the mother should take steps to limit the inconvenience to her neighbors. And yes, if I was playing loud music outside on a daily basis or my dog was constantly barking, I think it would be perfectly reasonable for my neighbors to find that annoying and inconsiderate of me. In addition, most people really do find certain noises more annoying and out-of-the-ordinary than others. Having my stereo pump out 100-db of Bon Jovi in my backyard might annoy some people, but pumping out 100-db of nails on a chalkboard is undoubtedly worse. I'm gonna guess that a wailing autistic kid is also pretty high on the list of annoying sounds for most people.

Fair enough, but you didn't address the ugly face issue.

This was all over the news here yesterday. The police looked into it, sought legal advice, and were advised that this does not fall within the unbrella of "Hate Crimes." There's nothing here to charge anyone with, even assuming they had any idea who wrote the letter.

Apparently the boy's mother is wheelchair-bound with multiple sclerosis, just to make the whole thing more fun.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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heh. Well, I'm so shockingly handsome that I assume it wouldn't be a problem. However, I can see people complaining about my 69-year old, morbidly obese aunt who insists on sunbathing with her top off in the (wholly visible from the street) backyard....

Ah, well in that case, the neighbors can just **** deal, and the letter-writer can go to an even deeper circle of hell at his or her convenience.

I am highly offended by the flagrant overuse of exclamation marks, personally.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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ME TOO!!!!!

Why does the mother being wheelchair bound have the slightest relevance on her responsibility to police her child?

I would venture to say that someone stuck in a wheelchair with MS is probably not the best caretaker for an autistic child, as well. Maybe CPS should get involved.

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WTF. There's a lot of "that sucks" in the world, but I swear it is nowhere close to evenly distributed.

Her limited mobility presumably makes it much more difficult for her to take the kid to the park or out on the nature trail that the letter-writer mentioned, so it's more reasonable for her to not take those actions.

Small children have no business on an airplane, a movie theater, or a "grown up" restaurant unless the parent is able and willing to shut them the **** up.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine