http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/
AR2008081001869.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 (remove spaces)
and do like Timothy Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics pleads:
"Stop the hurtful jokes. Talk to your children about language that is bullying and mean. Ask your friends, your educators, your religious leaders to help us to end the stubborn myth that people with intellectual disabilities are hopeless. Ask Hollywood to get on the right side of dignity.
I hope others will join me in shutting this movie out of our lives and our pocketbooks. We don't live in times when labeling and humiliating others is funny. And we should send that message far and wide."
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