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