Some Pics that we can use in our daily threads.

[Tuberski]

It was Mentally Retarded.

Then it became Mentally Handicapped.


Now it's Mentally Disabled?

They are NOT DISABLED !

Their capacity to learn has not stopped functioning, it has ,however, slowed down.

Or, has been retarded.

People using the word ******, to describe somebody that is not, just sound stupid. They aren't actively repressing retarded people.

I am not advocating that picture, in fact I loathe it. But not because it uses the WORD retarded. But, because, it uses the image of a Mentally Retarded person.

The foundation for this condition is still called:

The Mental Retardation Foundation..

[HisMajestyBOB]

For the endless ME threads

Can Arafat look any more insane?

[Tuberski]

at BOB!

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Tuberski
It was Mentally Retarded.

Then it became Mentally Handicapped.


Now it's Mentally Disabled?

They are NOT DISABLED !

Their capacity to learn has not stopped functioning, it has ,however, slowed down.

Or, has been retarded.

People using the word ******, to describe somebody that is not, just sound stupid. They aren't actively repressing retarded people.

I am not advocating that picture, in fact I loathe it. But not because it uses the WORD retarded. But, because, it uses the image of a Mentally Retarded person.

The foundation for this condition is still called:

The Mental Retardation Foundation..

Never said they did not have the capacity to learn.

A disability does not imply a complete lack of a function.
A person who has a disabled leg can still walk -- just with crutches, for instance.

If you wish to continue the use of "retarded" be my guest -- I will stick with mentally disabled.

[Timexwatch]

Originally posted by MrFun


Never said they did not have the capacity to learn.

A disability does not imply a complete lack of a function.
A person who has a disabled leg can still walk -- just with crutches, for instance.

If you wish to continue the use of "retarded" be my guess -- I will stick with mentally disabled.

While we're at it, just call them '*****. How's that for PC?

[MrFun]

Timex, you do not know the art of trolling.

I rate yours 0.05 out of 10.

[Plan Austral]

I borrowed this ones from some threads here.

[Plan Austral]

And this one.

[Boris Godunov]

Retarded is still used among medical experts in the field of dealing with special needs kids, so therefore it is, IMO, acceptable usage when referring to such people in a clinical way.

Using retarded derogatorily is ignorant and offensive, as is "******," "'****," etc.

But just because a word is used by some in a derogatory way does not nullify the word's use.

MrFun, "gay" is used by some people in a negative way, as we have discussed in another thread as naseum. But while using the word that way is offensive, the word itself is not and the correct use of the word to--referring to gay men and women--is perfectly fine. I don't see why the word "retarded" should be different, especially since those who have the most right to be offended--the retarded--aren't.

[MrFun]

Ok --- so the context of the use of the word "retarded" needs to be considered before determining whether or not its use is appropriate in a particular instance.

That Special Olympics picture with the tasteless non-funny joke, for instance, was deragatory.

[TCO]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Her site was down as of 10 minutes ago...

I check in occasionally to see if she's still pissed at us...

what was this about?

[TCO]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison


You pick on my use of the 'F' word in a jovial context, yet you allow the use of cripples in a defamatory context. I do not retract.

Ban me if you must, I will register a formal complaint with the administrators.

You're so cute when you act defiant...

[TCO]

Originally posted by MrFun


Retarded is a deragatory term that dehumanizes the people targeted with that term.

Use the term mentally disabled.

My God!!

At least try not to be a textbook, knee-jerk PC person. I mean sheesh. Listen to yourself sometime. Listen to Boris. Just be a bit more nuanced...

[MrFun]

GP -- you're bad at trolling.

I rate your trolling at 0.05 out of 10.

[Skanky Burns]

Heres a Ming-friendly version of Kublai-Khan's, minus the stupidly censored words.