The use of the word "retard"

[Peter Parka]

This site has become lame.

well fuck off if you dont like it then!

 

[Jersey]

I'm still looking on other's views. Please don't argue points that were argued in the other thread that was closed. I'd like to have civilized debates if that's possible

 

[wednesday]

I find the word offensive,.as much as i find the word spastic offensive..That may be due to the fact i have personal experience with it?..maybe im a lil too touchy? But all that is important in my mind is why someone would wish to insult someone with a word so demeaning?...
As someone pointed out the other day, a film made that has the word "retarded" in(as fun)...if racism can be taken from our screens then why cant this?

 

[Valentin]

I don't use the word at all, i just don't like the way it sounds.

 

[Valentin]

I find the word offensive,.as much as i find the word spastic offensive..That may be due to the fact i have personal experience with it?..maybe im a lil too touchy? But all that is important in my mind is why someone would wish to insult someone with a word so demeaning?...
As someone pointed out the other day, a film made that has the word "retarded" in(as fun)...if racism can be taken from our screens then why cant this?

Jesus christ. Maybe you're a little too touchy? lol. Spastic is actually not so offensive in it's American usage anyway, and considering that's where a lot of our films come from i can't invision it being removed.

 

[wednesday]

Ty valentin...spastic is an offensive word actually..but ty for your input

 

[Valentin]

You need to broaden your horizons darling. I know that the word is somewhat taboo over here, but in America not so much. It has aquired a new meaning.

There is also a spastics society, so it would be a little harsh to remove the word entirely.

 

[Mystic]

well bloody hell I missed this thread....

I'm terrible at using retarded or tarded all the time. But its never been something I would call exceptional people. its something I use not as an insult at others. I use it more of as a way to say something that is inanimate is stupid...like "oh now that movie was retarded."

 

[wednesday]

I have friends and family with cerabal palsy..who have been raised with that flung in there face at every corner of there lifes...the person who needs to broaden the horizens in life is you!!! and dont call me darling!..

 

[Valentin]

Spastic is another word i rarely use. And just because someone you know was called a spastic as an insult doesn't mean it's the same everywhere. Spastic generally means a clumsy person stateside. Doll.

You want to abolish a word because it's an insult on one of the least populated countries in the English speaking world? That's pretty narrowminded.

 

[Valentin]

As long as you understand the words you use, i don't have a problem with anyone saying anthing. Your friends and family with cerebral palsy suffer from spasticity.

 

[wednesday]

ffs WHAT IS YOUR ISSUE?...have i said i wanted it abolsihed (though it would be nice)...have i said anything other than i find it offensive?..and DOLL??...jesus christ spare me .All you are Valentin is a drama queen..you hunt down individual issues and place a stake...its my fucking opinion...deal with it!!!!

 

[Valentin]

You said "racism has been removed from movies, why can't these words". Or something to that effect.

 

[Boomer]

My sex life is lame.

Fixed.

But hang in there buddy. One day you'll find that one eyed toothless critter that'll rock your world.

 

[wednesday]

I said racism had been removed from the screens so why couldnt the term retarded?...ok?...get your facts straight b4 you post

 

[Valentin]

It's pretty clear that you equate the two terms.

 

[wednesday]

Tell me Valentin...Do you have anything other constructive to say?...or just to nit-pick at my opinion?

 

[Valentin]

I feel that even though "retard" and "spastic" are two words i would never use, people should be allowed to say them as long as they use them correctly. I think that you're right, and whoever called your friend a "spastic" as a derogatory remark is pond life, but the word can be used correctly.

 

[wednesday]

Ok, ty...though you sound very hypocritical to your earlier statements?...how and when do you define when the word can be used correctly?..where is the barrier?..thats like me saying your gay...but in a good way???...um, curious to how you can seperate insult and normality?....

 

[Valentin]

It's not so much what you say, but how you say it. I would never be offended if anyone called me gay. And i doubt many gay people would be either, but it can be hatefull without being offensive.
The word spastic is actually a lot like the word "nigger" in many ways. The problem is it's kind of a medical term, so can't be abolished in the same way.