three days ago... On 8/14/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This thread should die. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:15 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Here Comes The History > > Not at all. > Those words were never acceptable, however, I did notice you throw out > the k*ke word every chance you get. > > See retard has been an acceptable shortening for mental retardation > until the last 10 or so years. The reason it's not acceptable anymore > because people call other people retards as if being handicapped is a > bad thing. I wasn't using it that way. > > If I said he was acting like a black man then that would be an insult. > But saying stop using your black man voice isn't an insult to anyone. > Maybe a better example is substituting Negro for black man. Some how > Negro became a bad word the same as black is becoming the new bad > word. I'm too international to use African American. That assumes all > blacks now live in America. > > As for my best friends are... > You claimed you used to work with... > I still do. > > > On 8/14/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >For clarity I meant to type I did NOT say he was a retard, but he was > > >implying I was. Now that that's out of the way, are you one of those > > >PC morons? Woops, I just offended your entire group. > > > > > >If I said he had a low IQ wouldn't that be an insult to everyone with a > low IQ? > > >If I said he was ugly wouldn't that be like sticking a verbal knife > > >through the gut of every unattractive person? Where does it end? I'm > > >not making fun of people with the handicap, I'm telling him to stop > > >mocking them. > > > > > >I should also mention my eight year old neighbor has Down syndrome and > > >is over my house every day. He's my four-year-old daughters best > > >friend. > > > > > > > Let me put it in context. So then its ok to say that a person is like a > n****r or a k*ke? That is perfectly justifiable? Its the same sort of crap > that the KKK or the Nazis say. > > > > As for that last sentance, so what you are in essence saying is "Some of > my best friends are ..." etc. > > > > Cut the hate speech. > > > > > > > >
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