Guest guest Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 In the last 48 hours, we have received a variety of emails from the community. Some people applaud our stance on the Combating Autism Act. And then there are those who have called us clueless, shallow, naive, idiots, curse words and, my favorite, " the Spawn of Satan. " There really is nothing quite like having to digest the fact that a member of your own community can compare you to one of the Devil's own, although I suppose that I can take comfort in the fact that I am merely considered spawn of the devil and not, in fact, the Anti-Christ, himself. Whew. For those of you who have sent back notes that were positive, we thank you immensely. For those of you who wrote back with thoughtful questions on how we arrived at our decision to continue the dialogue and expressed your concerns, we also thank you. For those who sent negative remarks, and especially to the person who can discern who is, and who is not, a direct descendant of the Devil, while you are obviously entitled to your opinions, it might behoove you to note that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Big Pharma DO NOT support the Combating Autism Act bill. And WHY is that? Hmmmm. Why wouldn't they support it? Because they realize that, while this legislation might not have blown the lid off the can-o-worms with regard to the vaccine/mercury issue the way that you personally think it should, something tantamount to a nuclear explosion, it is clear that the can opener has hit the can. Everyone has opened a can at one time or another. This piece of legislation breaks the seal. It makes that little whooshing noise that you get when the can is pierced by a can opener. Of course, we have to keep pushing, twisting and turning until we get the can opener all the way around so that we can spill out the contents. However, until the can is pierced, you can smack at it all you want with the can opener...it just won't open the can. Piercing the can makes them scared of what this could very well lead to. We like that. We want them to be afraid of what they have done. More than that, we want to get the can-o-worms all the way open. Just screaming about the fact that the can exists does NOT open it. Showing people the can exists does not expose what is inside. Members of our community were lined up outside of the AAP convention last fall fussing at the them for their stance on everything that has to do with vaccines, autism and everything in between. Unlocking Autism firmly believes in the vaccine/autism link. We have from the second we were formed. Nothing has changed. We will go to our graves knowing that is what caused autism in our own children. We will work relentlessly to make things better for injured children and to prevent children from being injured in the first place, the same way that we have since our own children were diagnosed. Battle fronts may shift from time to time as we fight this war but nothing will ever change that. Want to pick a side? That's fine. Please do. Unlocking Autism just can't bring ourselves to side with the AAP and Big Pharma, especially Big Pharma, to help derail this bill. If you want to side with them, that is, of course, your choice. We are certain that they would like nothing better than to have your support. Reynolds President,UA Keys2UA@... www.unlockingautism.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Has " Big Pharma " or the AAP taken a public position on this bill? If Senator Judd Gregg signed on as a sponsor it is unlikely that he would have done so without the pharmaceutical lobby blessing. Is there verification of pharma's and AAP's position? Thanks, RJK On Jul 21, 2006, at 7:08 PM, Holly Bortfeld wrote: > In the last 48 hours, we have received a variety of emails from the > community. Some people applaud our stance on the Combating Autism > Act. And then there are those who have called us clueless, shallow, > naive, idiots, curse words and, my favorite, " the Spawn of Satan. " >  > There really is nothing quite like having to digest the fact that a > member of your own community can compare you to one of the Devil's > own, although I suppose that I can take comfort in the fact that I am > merely considered spawn of the devil and not, in fact, the > Anti-Christ, himself. Whew. > >  For those of you who have sent back notes that were positive, we > thank you immensely. > > For those of you who wrote back with thoughtful questions on how we > arrived at our decision to continue the dialogue and expressed your > concerns, we also thank you. > > For those who sent negative remarks, and especially to the person who > can discern who is, and who is not, a direct descendant of the Devil, > while you are obviously entitled to your opinions, it might behoove > you to note that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Big > Pharma DO NOT support the Combating Autism Act bill. > > And WHY is that? Hmmmm. Why wouldn't they support it? > > Because they realize that, while this legislation might not have > blown the lid off the can-o-worms with regard to the vaccine/mercury > issue the way that you personally think it should, something > tantamount to a nuclear explosion, it is clear that the can opener has > hit the can. > > Everyone has opened a can at one time or another. > > This piece of legislation breaks the seal. It makes that little > whooshing noise that you get when the can is pierced by a can opener. > Of course, we have to keep pushing, twisting and turning until we get > the can opener all the way around so that we can spill out the > contents. However, until the can is pierced, you can smack at it all > you want with the can opener...it just won't open the can. > > Piercing the can makes them scared of what this could very well lead > to. We like that. We want them to be afraid of what they have done. > > More than that, we want to get the can-o-worms all the way open. > Just screaming about the fact that the can exists does NOT open it. > Showing people the can exists does not expose what is inside. > > Members of our community were lined up outside of the > AAP convention last fall fussing at the them for their stance on > everything that has to do with vaccines, autism and everything in > between. > > Unlocking Autism firmly believes in the vaccine/autism link. > > We have from the second we were formed. Nothing has changed. We will > go to our graves knowing that is what caused autism in our own > children. We will work relentlessly to make things better for injured > children and to prevent children from being injured in the first > place, the same way that we have since our own children were > diagnosed. Battle fronts may shift from time to time as we fight this > war but nothing will ever change that. > > Want to pick a side? That's fine. Please do. > > Unlocking Autism just can't bring ourselves to side with the AAP and > Big Pharma, especially Big Pharma, to help derail this bill. > > If you want to side with them, that is, of course, your choice. > > We are certain that they would like nothing better than to have your > support. > > Reynolds > President,UA > Keys2UA@... > www.unlockingautism.org > >  > >  > > > > J. Krakow Attorney At Law 2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite N125 Lake Success, New York 11042 (516) 354-3300 (646) 349-1771 (fax) (212) 227-0600 (NYC telephone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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