In a message dated 02/16/2000 9:41:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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<< You know what though? In thinking about it, I've also encountered some
 hostility from the nondisabled community simply because I'm a parent.
 Maybe it's the crowd I hang out with, but I've heard friends of friends
 say some pretty harsh things about people who procreate. So it's not like
 the disability community is any more hostile than the general population,
 imho. >>

Ha!  You can't win for losing, can you?  Sometimes no matter where you go,
somebody is going to throw a tomato at you.  Now you can't even procreate
without hearing about it.

I'm trying to understand, but it's making my brain hurt.