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I can't compete with the clever humor here, so I'll take the serious road. This political correctness with regard to the word retarded is absurd. There is absolutely no reason why an adult should strike that word from the vocabulary. It certainly does not make one sound like a five-year-old. Some years ago when I first encountered the term "developmentally disabled", probably in the Los Angeles Times, I thought to myself, "What the hell does that mean?" That's the ridiculous euphemism that we should strike from our vocabulary. No, I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, either. I took several psychology classes in college, although that was not my major. The whole business of renaming a concept when nothing about the concept has changed is an assault on common sense. As for the OP's angry name-calling, it's more objectionable than using the word retarded.
So, it's the Special Olympics, and little Freddy wins the 100-yard dash. As he is being presented his gold medal, the presenter says to Freddy: "I have good news and bad news: the good news is that you won your event--here's your medal," as he hangs it aorund his neck.
"The bad news is....you're still retarded."
So, it's the Special Olympics, and little Freddy wins the 100-yard dash. As he is being presented his gold medal, the presenter says to Freddy: "I have good news and bad news: the good news is that you won your event--here's your medal," as he hangs it aorund his neck.
"The bad news is....you're still retarded."
ROFLMAO.....
There was this boy who had a very bad speech impediment. He was very self conscious of the fact that his speech never seemed to come out right. Because of his low self esteem he seldom associated with others and never participated in the usual childhood events that involved face to face exposure. However he truly wanted to be just like any other child and have fun going on Easter egg hunts and trick or treating. He just couldn't get over being self conscious of his speech impediment. Finally one Halloween, he got up the nerve to go out. He went out and got the best pirate costume he could find. However there was a lingering fear in him. He decided to test his courage on his neighbor who had always been kind to him. So he went next door early in the evening to bolster his courage. He knocked on the door, and the neighbor answered the door. The young boy said, "Ttthhrick or Tttthhreat!!!" The neighbor recognized the young boy instantly from the way he enthusiastically spouted his line. The neighbor paused and then knowing that it must have taken some courage for the boy to go trick or treating decided to make small talk to ease the boy's way. The neighbor said, "So you are a pirate!!", " Where are your buccaneers?" The little boy looks up at the neighbor in disbelief and states "ON MY BUCKIN HEAD, WHERE DO YOU THINK MY BUCKIN EARS ARE?"
I can't compete with the clever humor here, so I'll take the serious road. This political correctness with regard to the word retarded is absurd. There is absolutely no reason why an adult should strike that word from the vocabulary. It certainly does not make one sound like a five-year-old. Some years ago when I first encountered the term "developmentally disabled", probably in the Los Angeles Times, I thought to myself, "What the hell does that mean?" That's the ridiculous euphemism that we should strike from our vocabulary. No, I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, either. I took several psychology classes in college, although that was not my major. The whole business of renaming a concept when nothing about the concept has changed is an assault on common sense. As for the OP's angry name-calling, it's more objectionable than using the word retarded.
I agree. I had an aunt who had CP and was mentally retarded as well. She died in the mid-Nineties at the age of 61. Not sure if she lived long enough to become "Developmentally Disabled" -- that was just becoming fashionable around then, I think.
When I was growing up, there were children who were Mongoloids. That term went out of fashion and is now considered a no-no, having been replaced by "Down's Syndrome". Of course, Dr. John Langdon Down's original paper that identified the genetic disorder was entitled, "Observations on the Ethnic Classification of Idiots". "Idiot" was a perfectly acceptable scientific term at that time. So were "moron" and "imbecile".
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