Why does ASP.Net rewrite relative paths for runat=server anchor controls?

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I have my UserControls in a ~/Controls folder in my solution:

/Controls/TheControl.ascx

If specify the following:

<a runat="server" href="./?pg=1">link text</a>

ASP.Net seems to want to rewrite the path to point to the absolute location. For example, If the control is on site.com/products/fish/cans.aspx the link href will be rewritten to read

<a href="../../Controls/?pg=1>link text</a>

Why does Asp.Net rewrite these control paths, and is there an elegant way to fix it?

I just want the anchor control to spit out exactly what I tell it to!!! Is that so hard?

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