I am a mother to a five-year-old son with Down syndrome. It is my responsibility, as his parent, to advocate for him, to make this world a safe place for him (and all of my children) to live in. With hate messages being sent out for the world to see,it makes it acceptable for others to make fun of my son, to belittle him, to consider him as less of a person because of his disability. It is time to take action and put an end ONCE AND FOR ALL to the use of the word \"retard\" in films, and on television, when used as an insult. My son deserves better.
http://perezhilton.com/2008-08-14-tropic-tanker
http://www.r-word.org/
http://www.aapd.com/petition/index.php
http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/08/08/just-the-facts-tropic-thunder/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/movies/11thun.htmlref=business
You can call Ben Stiller and leave him a message at 323-602-5000
contact@dreamworksfansite.com.
DreamWorks SKG Studio
DreamWorks SKG
1000 Flower Street
Glendale, CA 91201
Tel. (818)-695-5000
DreamWorks
100 Universal City Plaza, Bldg. 5121, Universal City, CA 91608
818-733-7000
Paramount/Vantage
5555 Melrose Ave., Ball/Lasky Bldgs., Los Angeles, CA 90038
323-956-2000
Ben Stiller, Writer/Director/Producer
Read Hour Films, 629 N. La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-602-5000
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/12/film.tropic.thunder.protest.ap/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
http://www.viacom.com/contact/Pages/default.aspx
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