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Post by
Adamsm
Trust me MyTie, if I wanted to get you into hot water, I'd just push one of your buttons and let you go.
Lot's of people have pushed my buttons, and I have yet to get cooked. Give my self restraint a little more credit.
Heh.
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240140
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Post by
Interest
You guys keep throwing around this word 'retarded' as if it is an insult. You know that you are demeaning people who are actually retarded by using there condition as a pejorative.
I just don't have a better word for it, that's it. I sure hope that I didn't offend anyone.
You offend me with your existence.
So do you!
Post by
MyTie
You guys keep throwing around this word 'retarded' as if it is an insult. You know that you are demeaning people who are actually retarded by using there condition as a pejorative.
To be honest you could say that about quite a few words.
Example please.
"Bastard" and "gay" are two words that I can think of off the top of my head.
Generally, 'gay' has a militant group of angry followers that will nail a grenade to your face if you so much as think that there is anything wrong with wearing a hot pink speedo down main street while humping another man wearing nothing but leather and chains... or if you happen to use the word that describes them in a pejorative manner toward something unrelated. On the other hand, society doesn't mind 'retarded' used in a pejorative manner. I really wouldn't care, except for the double standard. It is socially 'ok' to use one word as an insult, but not the other?
Post by
Interest
Generally, 'gay' has a militant group of angry followers that will nail a grenade to your face if you so much as think that there is anything wrong with wearing a hot pink speedo down main street while humping another man wearing nothing but leather and chains... or if you happen to use the word that describes them in a pejorative manner toward something unrelated. On the other hand, society doesn't mind 'retarded' used in a pejorative manner. I really wouldn't care, except for the double standard. It is socially 'ok' to use one word as an insult, but not the other?
I did not imply in any way whatsoever that the use of "retarded" was okay.
I was simply pointing out there are other words that can fit into the category you placed said word in.
Post by
MyTie
I did not imply in any way whatsoever that the use of "retarded" was okay.Yeah, I know... Just sayin.
Post by
Pwntiff
I KNOW A USAGE OF "RETARDED" THAT'S OKAY!
:D
The original definition of the word.
:|
Post by
MyTie
Yes, Pwntiff.
Like my good friend, Scotty, is retarded. My friend who died, Mary, she was retarded. I actually found her dead.... wasn't very cool. My time spent working with retarded people made me slightly sensitive to their cause, I guess
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240140
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Post by
Lombax
Once again sorry about this retard thing.
Post by
Pwntiff
The phrase "mentally retarded" came from the fact that such people's mental development was slowed, impeded, or otherwise delayed. Which is where the original definition of the word comes into play.
I'm neither for nor against "offensive" words. Words are only as offensive as people let them be, and to an extent how offensive people mean them to be. Once we start saying legitimate words are off-limits because of one offensive connotation among several innocuous denotations, we get
this
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Post by
Interest
Yes, Pwntiff.
Like my good friend, Scotty, is retarded. My friend who died, Mary, she was retarded. I actually found her dead.... wasn't very cool. My time spent working with retarded people made me slightly sensitive to their cause, I guess
Understandable. I've worked with some people at orphanages and such who have had some cases like that.
Post by
Adamsm
Yeah but most people offend you with their existence Elura.
My best friend made me pissed off with her existence today.. so yeah I guess.
D'oh, sorry to hear that.
Post by
Interest
On another topic:
Awesome
Post by
MyTie
Jack Nicholson was so much better at playing the joker than Heath Ledger.
Post by
Monday
Jack Nicholson was so much better at playing the joker than Heath Ledger.
HERESY!
Post by
OverZealous
Jack Nicholson was so much better at playing the joker than Heath Ledger.
HERESY!
Quite the opposite!
Post by
Adamsm
Jack Nicholson was so much better at playing the joker than Heath Ledger.
HERESY!
Quite the opposite!
Agreed; Nicholson is the better Joker...hell, even Mark Hamil is the better Joker at times lol.
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240140
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Post by
Adamsm
Jack Nicholson was so much better at playing the joker than Heath Ledger.
I would be better at playing the joker than Heath Ledger. /didn't like heath as the joker.
High Five!
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