GMO & Autism

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That statement wasn't even meant for you, there was no reason for you to respond like that.
I don't find that statement belittling either, So I don't understand your issue.

This forum is also for Activism, (if I'm wrong about the meaning, I'm sorry) but I am trying to create awareness and find like-minded people to discuss, not debate with.
Just because a portion of the title said politics, doesn't mean everything needs be debated.

The thing is, G9inWonderland, while trying to create awareness about something is fair enough the success of that endeavour will still depend on how the validity of statements made in support of it is perceived by others so therefore, challenging statements and debate are often unavoidable if any serious discussion is expected.

If school followed the same standards as social groups, no one would be educated and we would be a 3rd world country.

Learning, for example maths in school, there is a strong emphasis on minimal distractions and maximum participation but learning how to speak about socially acceptable topics and avoid awkward periods of silence, it is like we decide to throw away the textbooks, whiteboard and class rules about said subject as they are no fun.
Next everyone throws the teacher out of the classroom by force because we all do not like being told what to do by a figure of authority.
Then we all take a long walk whilst we all try to teach each other about what 1 + 1 equals because it breaks up the monotony of sitting still in a boring quiet room.
We then turn a radio on, maybe even a TV as we get all excited when the teacher puts a class video on and we do not need to concentrate on actually doing anything.
Now we sit around in a public cafeteria then play ten pin bowls as we would much rather be on a school excursion all the time than actually learning anything.
Lastly we only stay for an hour or two and wag the remaining 25 hours of study as we do not even want to be there.
Of course I do not retain much knowledge as I spend just as long travelling to and from the group, trying to avoid getting injured on the road, breathing in brain damaging diesel fumes that lock up the information processing cortex of the brain, causing a stress response on the EEG (google it, it's real!)
Pity as a sufferer with aspergers I actually want to learn something to make a future for myself (i.e. connect with members of my community in some manner apart from stigma & aggravation) but everyone else just wants to goof around in class.
Imagine if the government failed to make school compulsory, the education system would just collapse and regress to being liken that of the social group and we would be a poor 3rd world country dependent on handouts from charity as a consequence

Just my 2 cents worth on why it is so hard to overcome the social limitations of my aspergers syndrome

I guess I'm just going to ignore the "OMG, you posted in the politics forum, of course you're going to get a debate."

I don't mind a debate on the subject I have started... But people acting rude about it is just unnecessary.

I'm only trying to get a idea out there, That GMOs could have some effect on autism.

The dates line up, and ideas popped in my head,,, and started a train of thought.

I thought this was supposed to be a support group, not a hazing.

Ideas welcome, rude replies will be ignored since I can't delete the topic and move on.

Can you produce any correlation other than "both things are happening now?" I mean, which started first, the increase in diagnosis or the use of GMO crops? Is there any relationship between countries autism rates and the amount of GMO crops they consume? Because I could just as easily say that dubstep music causes Autism because both of them happen "now." We live in a world with lots of new things happening all the time-it's a good time to love technology. But it also means that you have lots of different trends going on, and to simply pick two trends out and call them causally related is just wrong. At least have some logic to back it up... heck, I'd be happy with a graph or chart by country.

You could compare countries, populations, anything. Just make sure you're actually comparing something!

P.S. Dubstep is a controversial, recently popular form of electronic music. What's interesting is that the controversial aspect is the music itself, not the lyrics.