-Rap Music and the stupid ghetto hip-hop culture
-Overabundance of technology
-CORRUPT media executives that brainwash kids with bullshit like “Jersey Shore” and “16 and pregnant” turning young girls into sluts and telling teens in general that having no life is quite alright, there will always be some sucker out there who wants to do something with his/her life that you can take advantage of
-Politicians who basically want to destroy the middle class for good letting the rich get richer and the poor become poorer, more desperate and more murderous as opportunity gets sucked out of the world more and more
-A gigantic lack of motivation in the arts.(Movies now are 2 hours of nonstop brainless CGI action, music is computerized autotuned garbage with absolutely no substance or meaning, and television today is worse than ever when it comes to completely rotting people’s brains, etc)

IN THE END, THIS ALL COMES DOWN TO GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!! The most powerful people in society(the media, politicians, and “artists”) are dumbing down society for their own profit and they don’t give a shit!

Its sad to see society going completely down the toilet. We are only eleven years into the 2000s, and unfortunately the current sad state of affairs will either continue or worsen till armaggeddon finally comes.

All this madness started in the ’90s. The ’80s was the last decent decade for society. The ’90s and ’00s have been shit and now that we’re in the ’10s, I only see things worsening. I am scared for myself that when I get out of college, all opportunities for jobs and a career will not exist thanks to this terrible economy that nobody is doing anything about(cough*Obama*cough).

It’s been a few years since I last wrote to you. I still refer to your article when I have a question regarding Sasieni pipes as I find it an invaluable resource. I have a new question for you. Has Sasieni ever produced pipes with a reissue of the fishtail logo? I’m aware of the reissue of 8 dots, but haven’t heard about a reissue of the original logo. I’ve just seen a Sasieni pipe that has a natural colored sandblasted finish, an acrylic stem and the pre-war stampings, but no patent number.

thank you for your time and attention,

Jesse Silver

I think people need to understand that there are, as with anything else, varying degrees of Aspergers. My daughter is at the top end of the scale. Her reactions to changes in schedule are not as extreme as others, but she does get upset if she does not hear me when I say something and then she thinks I am changing her schedule.

I like this article because it puts the good with the challenging. My daughter is very talented and because she can hyperfocus, she can perfect. Her only downfall is that if she is not interested, she loses focus very easily. The more we know about all of this the better. I do have to say that while I understand that people are allergic to peanut butter, some people have it as a staple in their house, especially when one of the few foods that their Asperger’s child will eat is Peanut butter.

Thank you for an interesting article.

To the woman who commented on discipline, I actually agree with her. I think that structure and discipline are necessary even more for these kids and not using the disability as an excuse. I have the benefit of a school district that will even, entering 11th grade, set up an IEP and help my daughter to prepare her for the outside world. I also found a social worker who will work with her to help her. There is help out there, but it takes a lot of foot work to find it.