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A New Traffic Sign
http://www.wgrz.com/news ^
| 6/28/2007 6:18:52 AM
| Claudine Ewing, Reporter
Posted on 03/22/2008 12:41:56 PM PDT by Maelstorm
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:06:25 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(More Maiden coming up in a few months!)
To: Maelstorm
Good thing it doesn’t say “Autistic Child in Area” because those drivers “educated” in our NEA public schools might go searching for the kid to get a caricature or landscape painting done.
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:07:45 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(http://www.fourfriedchickensandacoke.blogspot.com)
To: garyhope
LOL! You must have been a Boy Scout!
23
posted on
03/22/2008 1:08:31 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Everything is either willed or permitted by God, and nothing can hurt me." Bl. Charles de Foucauld)
To: Tax-chick
” You must have been a Boy Scout!”
Yes, yes I was, but not a very good one.
24
posted on
03/22/2008 1:11:02 PM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam. TWP VRWC)
To: garyhope
Well, you’re prepared now :-).
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:12:17 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Everything is either willed or permitted by God, and nothing can hurt me." Bl. Charles de Foucauld)
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:12:32 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(More Maiden coming up in a few months!)
To: SiVisPacemParaBellum
I saw these in NW Colorado. They said “Open Range, Loose Stock”
Let’s see if those Eastern “liberals” and “progressives” know what that means.
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:13:18 PM PDT
by
garyhope
(It's World War IV, right here, right now, courtesy of Islam. TWP VRWC)
To: Maelstorm
I remember seeing a sign which read:
NO PARKING
NO EXCUSES
28
posted on
03/22/2008 1:17:00 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Vaclav Klaus on global warming skeptics: "A whip of political correctness strangles their voice")
To: Maelstorm
Stupid waste of money. Oh wait... It's Massachusetts. Never mind.
Now here is a useful sign
29
posted on
03/22/2008 1:17:00 PM PDT
by
Poser
(Willing to fight for oil)
To: Maelstorm
30
posted on
03/22/2008 1:18:39 PM PDT
by
50mm
(:-O :-o - :-| ZZZZZZzzzzZZZZzzzz)
To: Boundless
And just exactly what is a driver expected to do, or expected to expect the autistic child to do?They auto-attract to autos, and then auto-explode?
They don't necessarily react to cars in the same way that other children do. If a child is standing in the road and sees a car coming, his natural reaction is to get out of the way. An autistic child might see the car, but assign it no more importance that the sound of a dog barking in the neighborhood or the fact that the wind is blowing. That child may or may not react to the car.
This is all because autism (real autism, not the catch-all diagnosis that some lazy doctors will apply to children that are merely high-spirited) is a defect in how the brain filters incoming sensory data. Normally, the brain prioritizes the data. We sense a great deal more than we're capable of dealing with, so the brain only passes along what's important; like the approaching car. In an autistic brain, the data all comes in without any weighting. Thus the car is no more important that any other bit of sensory data.
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:19:05 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(Yeah... Sure... McCain. Why not.)
To: Maelstorm
To: DManA
If you hit one, then you’re in trouble. Unless you were doing 20 or less. Then the kid gets the ticket./s
33
posted on
03/22/2008 1:22:23 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
To: Maelstorm
34
posted on
03/22/2008 1:26:42 PM PDT
by
USAFSecurityForces
(Don't confuse your rank with my authority)
To: Maelstorm
35
posted on
03/22/2008 1:26:43 PM PDT
by
50mm
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To: Redcloak
If true, that is fascinating. A little bit of autism might be a good thing for certain tasks. For instance, searching for evidence at a crime scene. Searching for the enemy in a combat zone. Maybe cracking codes too. Mushroom hunting, maybe.
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:26:46 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
To: Maelstorm
37
posted on
03/22/2008 1:29:11 PM PDT
by
50mm
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To: Maelstorm
I know this is wrong-headed, but for the life of me, when I read this article all I can think of his the kerfuffle a few years ago when activists said this sign:
Was insulting to the developmentally disabled.
To: Maelstorm
39
posted on
03/22/2008 1:36:15 PM PDT
by
50mm
(:-O :-o - :-| ZZZZZZzzzzZZZZzzzz)
To: Maelstorm
Wouldn't be enough to put up a Caution sign indicating children at play? Not really because you expect normal children to react in a normal way. It is an "Expect the Unexpected" warning sign.
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posted on
03/22/2008 1:39:04 PM PDT
by
Polybius
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