I know autistic kids can't help it, but the rights of one child shouldn't trump the rights of 100 (or more) other people. He was rolling around on the floor and screaming, for goodness sake!
If they had been allowed to stay on the plane, some other passenger might have lost it after being forced to listen to a screaming child for hours in an enclosed space. And that might not have ended well. Heck, if I'd been on that plane, I probably would have had a panic attack and begged to be let off. I can't stand listening to other people's children screaming.
With so many autism diagnoses these days, maybe they should just make "autism only" flights. Then they could take their trip and save the eardrums of the general public.
He'll gain it back. That kind of diet isn't sustainable... especially if he hasn't dealt with the issues that made him sit in front of the fridge and gorge himself in the first place.
I don't think she's going to get much sympathy. Now, if you have really big fingers, I can see that you might have a problem. But her problem is so easily fixable that her complaint is just stupid.
Really, it's not that difficult. I don't go around trying to ban the Bible-thumping stations or the sports stations just because I don't like them. I just change the channel!
Kind of pretentious, and rather unnecessary. He could've gone with any number of Biblical names, many of which have to do with God. But then he couldn't have shown off his godliness.
This whole discussion reminds me of that "Friends" episode where Phoebe was going to change her name to "Princess Consuela Bananahammock"... and then Mike said he was going to change his name to "Crap Bag". I think Steve of Zion here (hey... why didn't he just use that?) should have gone with "Nut Bag" as some people have suggested.
You could invest in renewable energy sources and end the dependence on oil (foreign or otherwise). You could still have paid soldiers... but they could focus on things like disaster relief (which will probably be needed in the years to come, if there are more hurricanes and floods). You could invest in a medical insurance plan to ensure that every man, woman, and child in America is taken care of. You could invest in agriculture for food and make it possible for lower-income families to afford better nutrition (thus helping to tackle the obesity epidemic).
So is sarcasm the evolutionary development... or is it the ability to run and think at the same time? I'm not sure that example actually proves anything.
You need to read something other than Kanner (or do you still think autism is caused by "refrigerator mothers"?).
If they had been allowed to stay on the plane, some other passenger might have lost it after being forced to listen to a screaming child for hours in an enclosed space. And that might not have ended well. Heck, if I'd been on that plane, I probably would have had a panic attack and begged to be let off. I can't stand listening to other people's children screaming.
With so many autism diagnoses these days, maybe they should just make "autism only" flights. Then they could take their trip and save the eardrums of the general public.
Cut your nails, twit!
Really, it's not that difficult. I don't go around trying to ban the Bible-thumping stations or the sports stations just because I don't like them. I just change the channel!
This whole discussion reminds me of that "Friends" episode where Phoebe was going to change her name to "Princess Consuela Bananahammock"... and then Mike said he was going to change his name to "Crap Bag". I think Steve of Zion here (hey... why didn't he just use that?) should have gone with "Nut Bag" as some people have suggested.