the word "retarded"

AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:06 am

"Moron" used to be a medical term, wasn't it?

Kasdeja · Post by **Kasdeja** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:07 am

Negro used to mean "black". What's the point. Bah, I'm not going to argue with anyone trying to provoke me.

Killthesmiley · Post by **Killthesmiley** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:52 am

AutoPilate wrote:"Moron" used to be a medical term, wasn't it?

it's also a town in Cuba
(haha try telling people that you went to moron and saw fidel there with a straight face...its hard as hell)

Luv2Skydive · Post by **Luv2Skydive** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:08 am

AutoPilate wrote:What a retarded thing to say.

LMAO

nobackspacebutton · Post by **nobackspacebutton** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:10 am

Beckers wrote:The word has been used wrongly on many occasions on here but it has also been used in many many instances where it was used for what it was meant for.

but if it is used according to its slang definition..it just means "stupid."

Beckers · Post by **Beckers** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:40 pm

see...that is the reason I posted the definition nobs

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:59 pm

Beckers, I think that we should tell everyone to do what we did...agree to disagree. Beckers doesn't see anything wrong with the word retarded and I do. But we don't allow that to cloud our feelings towards each other. We come from different situations and our interpretations of certain words reflects that. I'm not gonna ride Beckers a** for using the word if Beckers will try and limit the use. Its as easy as that.

Luv2Skydive · Post by **Luv2Skydive** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:24 pm

Ziola wrote:Beckers, I think that we should tell everyone to do what we did...agree to disagree. Beckers doesn't see anything wrong with the word retarded and I do. But we don't allow that to cloud our feelings towards each other. We come from different situations and our interpretations of certain words reflects that. I'm not gonna ride Beckers a** for using the word if Beckers will try and limit the use. Its as easy as that.

Absolutely could not have worded it myself!

Ziola · Post by **Ziola** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:12 pm

Mod, could we kill this thread, please?

Luv2Skydive · Post by **Luv2Skydive** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:38 pm

Ziola wrote:Mod, could we kill this thread, please?

LAAAAAASSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! j/k

AutoPilate · Post by **AutoPilate** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:42 pm

LAAASTT!!!1111!!!11oneoneoneexclamationpoint

Kasdeja · Post by **Kasdeja** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:44 pm

tannhaus · Post by **tannhaus** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:52 pm

AutoPilate wrote:"Moron" used to be a medical term, wasn't it?

So were "idiot" and "imbecile"

As a matter of fact, they were all medical terms for developmental disabilities.

AniDonia · Post by **AniDonia** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:13 am

The thing about "retarded" though, is that a lot "mentally challenged" people and those that work with them use it themselves, and not in a "reclaiming the N-word" kind of way either.

Post by **wintermute** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:55 am

Ziola wrote:Mod, could we kill this thread, please?

Sorry no one responded quicker, but consider it done...

'mute