[DMCForum] Re: Car Designers

["Josh Porter" <joshp1986@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for the upset. As a medically retart myself, When I was born 
three doctors told my mom that I would have down sendrome, when 
people call me retarted I just shrug it off, who cares what other 
people think. I'm not stupid, I just can't spell. When I said that 
the report is retarted I was refering to the rules of the report that 
we have to go by, they don't make any sense.

Josh


--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx> 
wrote:
> 
> 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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