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From: Lorelie

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Date: 2/12/01

Time: 10:16:27 PM

Remote Name: 63.11.36.107

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OK, Here is their response to me and now I am really mad. I am hand

typing this as I cannot get it to copy and paste. This all came from

Theresa's post below, so please read it also. Please write to the guy

and give him his due. Please, can someone with more computer skills

than me, post this on as many sites as possible, including Special

Ed. sites. Let us inundate this man and his emotionally " retarded "

site.

Mike Page at mpage@...

Hi Lorelie

Thank you for your email

Since we received a number of emails such as yours we want to clarify

our position on our Unintentionally Funny Site of the Year Award. The

10 sites listed this year in our Unintentionally Funny Site listing

have all been submitted by our fans. As far as the listing of the

Autistic site, I think many people have missed the point of why, us

and so many other people have considered it funny. What is being

poked fun of is not the people with autism but rather a website which

goes into detail about how to get a date. The point being is that if

someone is not capable of getting a date without directions will they

actually be capable of booting up a computer, connecting to the

Internet and surfing over to the site to get those instructions? It's

similar to getting instructions on dialing a phone only after solving

a NY Times crossword puzzle. It's surprising that many people missed

exactly why we considered the site so entertaining and ironical.

On a personal level I have known a number of parents with autistic

kids, and they have all been wonderful people who had nothing but

wonderful things to say about their children. And I feel for the pain

and hardship they must go through. Having said that I personally do

not feel great remorse for autistic children and teenagers since they

always tend to be happier and more outgoing than most adults I know.

And it is hard for me to feel sorry for someone who is happier in

life than me. ly at times I wish I was retarded.

We are actually interested in doing an article on just exactly why

retarded people tend to be happier than non-retarded people? If you

can shine some light on this, please do.

In either case thank you for your time and email, I hope you take he

time to write back.

Warm Regards, Mike Page

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