Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-09 Thread Keith Johnson
keithbjohn...@comcast.net To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2010 6:55:46 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded As an aside, i was reading an issue of the Fantastic Four comic earlier

[scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm sorry, but I don't see this as a firing offense. Retarded has many meanings and connotations. When you call a person retarded for doing something stupid, it's not in any way meant to suggest that person has Downs or Autism or any other developmental condition. It means the person is an

RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:33:52 + Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded I'm sorry, but I don't see this as a firing

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
i hear ya! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2010 3:13:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2010 3:13:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded (another standing ovation) When I first

RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:55:46 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded As an aside, i was reading an issue of the Fantastic Four comic earlier today