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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Spread the word...

Today is the day...

Spear-headed by the Special Olympics and Best Buddies International is a campaign to stop the use of the word 'retard' or 'retarded' in everyday speech. You would think twice about using the 'n-word' word (or in South Africa... the 'k-word'), so we want people to think twice about using the 'r-word'

I wanted to write something profound and long-winded, but simply put:

It hurts people. So please visit the following link and make your pledge:

www.r-word.org


Go on - show that you're a fan!

Change the conversation and drop a pebble in the pond...



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