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[sanda]

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?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:22pm

"Should I use some word else?"


I'm sorry, but are you retarded, or just slow developped?

[jordangirl]

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.)

Updated On: 2/12/08 at 06:28 PM

[george95]

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. : )

Updated On: 2/12/08 at 06:29 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:37pm

See?

Get your story straight.

It's rude.

Period.

[george95]

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!

[Magical_Ms._Mistoffeles_72]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 6:45pm

I believe she was just trying to make a point.

[george95]

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.

[lakezurich]

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.

[lakezurich]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:04pm

and I think everyone at the place where I work would agree.

[sanda]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:08pm

theatrediva, why do you curse? it's uncalling for.

[lakezurich]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:09pm

yes, using the N word was CLEARLY uncalled for.

[sanda]

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...

[lakezurich]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:26pm

the world may never know

[TheatreDiva90016]

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.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:28pm

Updated On: 5/8/09 at 07:28 PM

[george95]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:30pm

What was the point?

[dancingthrulife04]

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).

[lakezurich]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:32pm

That's one more that agrees. Thanks dancingthrulife04.

[george95]

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)

[dancingthrulife04]

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.

Updated On: 2/12/08 at 07:36 PM

[lakezurich]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:36pm

I know, but I guess we are still considered "ignorant."

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:38pm

I think I just clarified what I meant in my last post.

[lakezurich]

Posted: 2/12/08 at 7:39pm

don't worry, I know what you meant.

[TheatreDiva90016]

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.