>Not at all. >Those words were never acceptable, however, I did notice you throw out >the k*ke word every chance you get.
Just as much as the word retard was thrown out. My use of those edited words was as a comparison. I was saying it was as bad calling someone a retard as to use other words. > >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. That's bull shit, you said, Don't talk like a retard That's offensive and meant to hurt and demean others. Its an excuse to make the person you were referring to as inferior to you and somewhat inhuman. It is evidence of the same mindset as a racist. > >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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240304 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
