I must admit being offended when you chastized me for a word I used. Not sure what it was, I think it was "stupid" with repsect to Bush.
A lot of words have evolved from addressing a specific mental or physicaldisability to a less specific slur. We call a driver cutting us off in traffic "stupid."
When I was a kid the word "dummy" was about a person unable to speak or unable to speak clearly. Now calling someone dumb usually doesn't have a connection with their power of speech. IMHO.
Nevertheless, I hope you do continue to bring up these issues. I read your posts and I have learned from them.
Gene Coyle
Doyle Saylor wrote:
Greetings Economists, Carrol I hear you. It is clear enough that I'm not building anything. As it is there are few enough fighting for disability rights. I can see that it is lost. Hectoring people, what did Achilles do? Drag Hector behind his chariot? Ok enough with it. Time to move on.For everybody, I've tried hard to do something for what makes sense to me. My spirit is tired. The only criteria that makes sense is that I was trying to build something positive for people, and that seems to have not happened. I am going to be silent then and let go of what does not work. I feel that is a positive thing for me to do. And that is a good thing. Thank you Carrol for speaking a truth to me. Doyle Saylor
