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Date Posted: Wed, Apr 21 2004, 18:33:37
Author: MKIceman
Subject: Re: Um... confused
In reply to: Ayezur 's message, "Re: Um... confused" on Wed, Apr 21 2004, 17:12:41

I'm familiar with AS. I'm also familiar with similar but much more inhibiting conditions. Two of my friends have autism, one of whom also has a severe case involving muscular dystrophy. One of my loved ones has hydrocephaly and associated learning disorders.

You have every right to voice your views, as much as I have every right to voice mine (which were not solely directed at you, but a multitude of people; I merely addressed posts made in this thread). As you are well aware, the Internet gives us all the freedom of anonymity, but that anonymity -- and subsequent privacy -- does not go as far as most believe. To borrow a term from The Site Guru, that's the "double-edged sword" of posting to Internet message boards: people don't know you have a learning disability, or that you are physically disfigured, or that you are a federal agent, or that you are a rapist. People only see portrayed images.

You are young and inexperienced, and you defend your position so strongly that you probably won't believe it until you've learnt it firsthand. But I'll say it anyway, in the off-chance that it helps temper your convictions:

Trust is a tricky thing. Be careful of whom you trust, whom you call "friend." I've seen too many lives ruined by the Internet, even ones that were initially created by the Internet. At the end of the day, the computer gets turned off, but the person, and the real world, doesn't.

--Matt

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Re: Um... confused -- Former GAFFer (to set the record straight), Wed, Apr 21 2004, 18:35:30

Hey, Fandom Wank! Read the post above! Irony overload! (NT) -- not using my name or my computer, Wed, Apr 21 2004, 18:51:59

Re: Um... confused -- Catseye, Wed, Apr 21 2004, 19:08:35

(sighs) -- Heywood, Wed, Apr 21 2004, 20:37:17

Re: (sighs) -- MKIceman, Wed, Apr 21 2004, 21:17:33
- Fandoms for killers? You lost me. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 0:01:37
  - Re: Fandoms for killers? You lost me. -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 0:23:53
    - Re: Fandoms for killers? You lost me. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 1:33:34
      - OMGWTFBBQ!!!1!!!1111 -- DeeGee the puppet, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 1:45:19
        STOP LIKING ME! ;) -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 1:59:57
    - Re: Fandoms for killers? You lost me. -- Dragoness Eclectic, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 1:59:57
    - Re: Fandoms for killers? You lost me. -- Ariana Aislinn, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 3:10:55
      - Re: Fandoms for killers? You lost me. -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 7:05:37
        And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 9:23:01
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 9:37:14
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 16:56:29
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 17:55:25
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 18:16:52
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 18:32:50
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 18:52:34
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 19:18:55
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 20:11:46
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 20:41:19
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 21:33:14
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 22:04:52
        Re: And this is called backpedaling, folks. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 21:34:53
        Re: The word "pompous" -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 10:02:49
        Re: The word "pompous" -- Vanessa, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 11:49:37
        Re: The word "pompous" -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 17:15:38
        He nailed you and your enslaving breasts there Tilly. This is going to Fandom Wank since you all are acting like children (including Heywood) -- Elle, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 16:42:14
        Re: He nailed you and your enslaving breasts there Tilly. This is going to Fandom Wank since you all are acting like children (including Heywood) -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 16:47:42
        NO!! You couldn't be so brutal! -- Non-Sock Puppet, cowering in fear., Thu, Apr 22 2004, 16:59:35
        Give me a break. -- Elle, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 17:14:26
        Okay, yeah... two points I want to make. -- SomeKindOfBlue, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 17:33:37
        Re: Give me a break. -- Tilly, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 18:20:02
        Re: Give me a break. -- Heywood, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 18:46:16
        Observe the hypocrisy of Fandom Wankers -- Non-Sock Puppet, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 20:04:25
        Re: Observe the hypocrisy of Fandom Wankers -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 20:58:51
        Oh, grow up -- The Twonky, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 20:14:14
        Oh horrors! Not Fandom_Wank! How will I sleep at night? -- nazlan, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 17:04:14
        [sarcasm]OMG! fandom_wank! I am, like, so scared! [/sarcasm] Whoop-di-do. (NT) -- Vanessa, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 17:07:38
        Errrr.... have I missed something, or am I just blind AND stupid? -- SomeKindOfBlue, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 17:16:08
        Re: Errrr.... have I missed something, or am I just blind AND stupid? -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 18:11:57
        Okay, thank you for clearing that up - apologies for the misunderstanding. -- SomeKindOfBlue, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 18:35:27
        No worries, and apologies for the confusion! -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 18:46:08
*Yawns* -- Former GAFFer (This is getting silly), Wed, Apr 21 2004, 23:30:26
- Re: *Yawns* -- Heywood, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 2:20:26
  - Re: *Yawns* -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 7:58:04
    - Right now I'm firmly in the large "ignore it and hope it goes away" camp. :P (NT) -- Non-Sock Puppet, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 10:16:05
      - Larger Issues -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 10:48:26
        Re: Larger Issues -- Vanessa, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 11:20:32
        Re: Larger Issues -- MKIceman, Thu, Apr 22 2004, 16:51:31

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