#326
Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:20pm
I think the whole argument about "retarded" or "slow developped" is out of topic and stupid. Yeah, I say STUPID. Should I use some word else?
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#327
Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:22pm
"Should I use some word else?"
I'm sorry, but are you retarded, or just slow developped?
I'm sorry, but are you retarded, or just slow developped?
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#328
Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:28pm
Sanda ~ if your translation service gave you "slow developped", you need a new translation service. I said developmentally delayed. (I assume since you said earlier your English isn't good you may be using a translation service. If you're not...well...I kind of apologize I suppose. Please don't change words in that case.)
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Updated On: 2/12/08 at 06:28 PM
#329
Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:29pm
See that's the kind of usage of retarded that bugs me. Theaterdiva, you are clearly trying to insult sanda by suggesting she is retarded because of her syntax problems.
When people use the word retarded as an insult like you just did, then when I refer to my cousin as retarded, I gotta hear a whole bunch of nonsense because now everybody gets confused.
Don't use retarded as an insult. : ) Even when youre mad. : )
When people use the word retarded as an insult like you just did, then when I refer to my cousin as retarded, I gotta hear a whole bunch of nonsense because now everybody gets confused.
Don't use retarded as an insult. : ) Even when youre mad. : )
Updated On: 2/12/08 at 06:29 PM
#330
Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:37pm
See?
Get your story straight.
It's rude.
Period.
Get your story straight.
It's rude.
Period.
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#331
Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:42pm
Asking a stranger on a message board if they are retarded is one way you can use the word as an insult.
Using the medical term retard when talking about my cousin who has been diagnosed by doctors as retarded is not the same thing.
Am I not making this clear or something? Let me try it one more time.
Retarded is a medical term. It CAN be offensive if used purposely as an insult like theaterdiva just did to sanda.
But, when used for its intended medical purpose, its not an insult.
I really hope this finally makes it crystal clear. If it doesn't......I don't know how else I can explain it!
Using the medical term retard when talking about my cousin who has been diagnosed by doctors as retarded is not the same thing.
Am I not making this clear or something? Let me try it one more time.
Retarded is a medical term. It CAN be offensive if used purposely as an insult like theaterdiva just did to sanda.
But, when used for its intended medical purpose, its not an insult.
I really hope this finally makes it crystal clear. If it doesn't......I don't know how else I can explain it!
#332
Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:45pm
I believe she was just trying to make a point.
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#333
Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:48pm
Yeah I understand: The word retarded can sometimes be offensive. Of course. However, it is by no means right up there with the racial and homophobic slurs that theaterdiva compared it to, and by no means should we banish retarded from our vocabulary.
#334
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:01pm
as they would say in Family Guy "I work with the retardeds, and I am proud of it." There is clearly a difference between using it as an insult, and using it when referring to someone's diagnoses.
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#335
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:04pm
and I think everyone at the place where I work would agree.
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
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#336
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:08pm
theatrediva, why do you curse? it's uncalling for.
#337
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:09pm
yes, using the N word was CLEARLY uncalled for.
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#338
Asking a stranger on a message board if they are retarded is one way you can use the word as an insult.
Using the medical term retard when talking about my cousin who has been diagnosed by doctors as retarded is not the same thing.
Am I not making this clear or something? Let me try it one more time.
Retarded is a medical term. It CAN be offensive if used purposely as an insult like theaterdiva just did to sanda.
But, when used for its intended medical purpose, its not an insult.
I really hope this finally makes it crystal clear. If it doesn't......I don't know how else I can explain it!
exactly. If someone here said, "Sanda, your English sucks!" should I take that as insult? of course not. Why I should take a fact as insult?
However, If someone said, "sanda, you are retarded.". I would take that as insult cause that's not true.
I wonder how theatrediva cannot differetiate these two...
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:23pm
Asking a stranger on a message board if they are retarded is one way you can use the word as an insult.
Using the medical term retard when talking about my cousin who has been diagnosed by doctors as retarded is not the same thing.
Am I not making this clear or something? Let me try it one more time.
Retarded is a medical term. It CAN be offensive if used purposely as an insult like theaterdiva just did to sanda.
But, when used for its intended medical purpose, its not an insult.
I really hope this finally makes it crystal clear. If it doesn't......I don't know how else I can explain it!
exactly. If someone here said, "Sanda, your English sucks!" should I take that as insult? of course not. Why I should take a fact as insult?
However, If someone said, "sanda, you are retarded.". I would take that as insult cause that's not true.
I wonder how theatrediva cannot differetiate these two...
#339
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:26pm
the world may never know
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
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#340
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:26pm
"I believe she was just trying to make a point"
I'm a guy, but yes, that was the point.
That made me laugh, though.
I'm a guy, but yes, that was the point.
That made me laugh, though.
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#343
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:31pm
There is also a difference between saying someone is mentally retarded and just flat out calling them a retard. "Retard" is generally NOT accepted (at least in my experiences).
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#344
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:32pm
That's one more that agrees. Thanks dancingthrulife04.
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
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#345
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:34pm
That's ALL i've been trying to say over and over and over again. (curling up into a fetal position)
#346
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:36pm
I personally don't agree with the use of the expression, period, but I will agree that there is a difference. (Like jordan, I have found that people are horrified by it, and tend to say "developmentally delayed," or something of the sort.)
That probably didn't make much sense, but I know what I meant.
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That probably didn't make much sense, but I know what I meant.
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Updated On: 2/12/08 at 07:36 PM
#347
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:36pm
I know, but I guess we are still considered "ignorant."
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
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#348
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:38pm
I think I just clarified what I meant in my last post.
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I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#349
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:39pm
don't worry, I know what you meant.
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#350
Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:47pm
Can we just stop using that word?
It's awful.
And no matter what anyone says, it's not right.
It's awful.
And no matter what anyone says, it's not right.
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