[DMCForum] Re: Car Designers

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

I'm gonna have to agree with Andrew on this. I mean much like there 
is retarded and advanced ignition, so is there advanced education 
which houses advanced students. Advanced meaning that they are ahead 
of their average peers in their learning capabilities. So if they are 
behind in their learning ability (ie Slow), like SpEd kids, then they 
must be retarded.

It's just a hugh PC argument that has been raging on and on. You 
can't please everyone. Soon parents may want to stop recognizing the 
acheivements of outstanding students, so that they don't offend the 
average kids. Just like that stupid purple ink...

BTW, if this argument is offensive, then this will REALLY piss you 
off!

http://www.tard-blog.com/

-Robert



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
> I've run into people who assume that "mental retardation" 
necessarily
> equates to "cognitive dissonance". Nothing could be further from the
> truth. Many sufferers are accutely aware of their functional
> limitations even if they can't elucidate (to those of us outside 
their
> own minds at least) exactly what it is that holds them back. This 
can
> be a source of ongoing pain and frustration -- of course they don't
> want to be disabled from the world around them. And don't forget 
that
> one of the behavioral manifestations of mental retardation is often
> emotional instability to begin with! Just hearing the 
word "retarded"
> can trigger a very negative response. That's why I encourage people 
to
> use it carefully, even in applications where it is totally 
appropriate
> (ignition timing for example). I attend church with two mentally
> retarded adults (two different biological causes) and consciously 
use
> "back off" or "closer to top" whenever discussing cars there for 
that
> very reason -- I don't want either of them to overhear my
> conversation, from around a corner perhaps, and misunderstand my use
> of the word.
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrew <aos+yahoo@xxxx> wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, content22207 wrote:
> > 
> > > The word is "retarded", and please be careful using it to 
describe 
> > > anything other than human functionality.
> > 
> > Why?  Human mental disfunctionality is but one of this very useful
> word's 
> > many definitions.  Let's not cow to the forces of political 
correctness 
> > and ignore all the other uses of an English word which predates 
the
> modern 
> > diagnosis of any such mental conditions.
> > 
> > Perhaps Josh editorialized that the educational system in his 
state
> is a 
> > throwback, in which case the report could perfectly accurately be
> called 
> > retarded.  Perhaps he meant he can't finish the report without
> finding a 
> > car designer to speak to, in which case his lack of research 
ability is 
> > retarding his schoolwork.
> > 
> > Then again, he probably meant exactly what you think he did, and 
I'm
> just 
> > an asshole.
> > 
> > -andrew

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