Autumn Zebra

The NYU Child Study Center in the USA ran a series of ads, briefly, fashioned as "ransom notes" from mental illnesses. The ads were pulled after numerous people complained and a petition was started to end it. The purpose was to raise awareness about childhood psychiatric illnesses, but the people who complained were adults with the illness as well as parents of children with them. This is the text of the ads: We have your son. We will make sure he will no longer be able to care for himself or interact socially as long as he lives. This is only the beginning…Autism. We are in possession of your son. We are making him squirm and fidget until he is a detriment to himself and those around him. Ignore this and your kid will pay…ADHD We have your son. We are destroying his ability for social interaction and driving him into a life of complete isolation. It’s up to you now…Asperger’s Syndrome We have your daughter. We are forcing her to throw up after every meal she eats. It’s on...

Yesterday it was snakes, today it is sharks . Tomorrow I presume there will be an article about spiders, then we can move onto all the ways you can be killed by a kangaroo.

Just thought I'd share this great quote: Opening the door last week on his farmhouse north of Australia's capital Canberra, John Taylor was met on the mat inside by a six-foot (1.8 meter) brown snake. "I just bolted. When I looked back in a few minutes later the snake had gone, which was good, but it was dark and now I don't know where it is," he said. I just love how he says "and now I don't know where it is" and you can imagine him nervously looking around and peering carefully from a distance into dark corners, possibly while being interviewed, cos that snake could be ANYWHERE. Is it behind you now? Also, he states that it was "good" that a nearly 2m long snake was gone. Only good!?! From this article .