David Croft-sShortly after I posted Jenn Power's comments, a friend asked, "What if it were autism instead of Down syndrome — would you hesitate then? As if in reply, Contrarian received this email from David Croft, a Dartmouth father of two autistic children:
Sure, there are aspects of autism that I would like to better control in the boys.  There are manifestations that, if they were removed, would make the boys more functional and easier to handle - but would the removal of these aspects likewise involve the removal of aspects of the boys that make them them?
David's full comments after the break.
27 November, 2009

Esteemed Metro gadfly Michael Marshall, running this time for the Greens in Bill Dooks's Eastern Shore riding, agrees with fellow veridian David Croft. He writes: I am running and organizing again for the Greens, and I do for them what I did as an N-dipper: tell everybody what I think we'll actually get for votes, be it 2% or 16%. It didn't seem to hurt me among the public, other parties, or the media, but the party faithful often protested that we were going to win and should say so. But when I asked if  they were willing to sign for a...

02 June, 2009