Sam. There is no legitimate use for the word retard.
I am done here. Dana On 8/14/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you playing with me or do you really not get it? > > The word retard was used so often in a derogatory way that it became > offensive even when used legitimately. > > I'm not saying black man is a derogatory term, but if you use it in > that context often enough it will be viewed as such. > > Try this, if you replace a taboo word with a substitute word and use > it to mean the same thing, eventual the substitute word will also be > taboo. > > > On 8/14/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when you say "acting like" sure. Then you have the implication that > > black men act in some specific way and also there is something wrong > > with that. But "nigger" does not have the same meaning as "black man," > > sorry. It's the implication that it does that is racist. > > > > And Sam, if the shoe fits.... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240302 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
