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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #30 - March 30, 2010, 03:06 PM
    How are stupid people not mentally challenged?
  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #31 - March 30, 2010, 03:08 PM
    Is that a trick question?


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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #32 - March 30, 2010, 03:09 PM
    Quote from: liberated on March 30, 2010, 03:06 PM
    How are stupid people not mentally challenged?

    As in physically impaired with a congenital problem, I hope you knew that as this was the context we were talking about.
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #33 - March 30, 2010, 03:12 PM
    I gotta agree with Kenan on this one. Using 'retard' is no different to using the word 'gay', they've both become commonly accepted to mean something else in certain contexts. Of course not everyone will feel comfortable with the use of that word but the same thing was experienced when people started to use the word 'gay'.

    I've used the word 'retard' and never connected it to the mentally disabled. Speaking of which 'disabled' is also being used as insults these days, and I know the majority of the people who use it that way (at least the ones I know) don't mean it as an offence towards the disabled. It's just another figure of speech, and something that comes down to context.
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #34 - March 30, 2010, 03:13 PM
    so if someone is stupid / has a low IQ, there's no physical reasons for it?
  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #35 - March 30, 2010, 03:14 PM
    Just think how bad a disabled homosexual black person feels about all this. You heartless dogs.
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #36 - March 30, 2010, 03:15 PM
     Cheesy
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #37 - March 30, 2010, 03:15 PM
    Quote from: liberated on March 30, 2010, 03:13 PM
    so if someone is stupid / has a low IQ, there's no physical reasons for it?

    no, sometimes there is a physical reason for it.  But I thought we were talking about common use of the term, such as when you call you're friend it
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #38 - March 30, 2010, 03:15 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on March 30, 2010, 02:48 PM
    nor were the people that I just gave in that example  Huh?

    Because the same elementary logic applies?

    Quote from: IsLame on March 30, 2010, 02:18 PM
    Calling somebody an ethiopian, if they are skinny.  Calling somebody a spastic or a spas if they have a strange walk or hand gestures.

    I wouldn't call somebody an Ethiopian in case they were really skinny and I wouldn't call somebody a spaz in case they suffered from strange hand gesture and I wouldn't call somebody a retard in case they were in fact retarded.
    Does it make sense?
    Besides I am not sure if you have experienced death threats IRL. They tend to make a person really angry.
  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #39 - March 30, 2010, 03:19 PM
    Quote from: PeruvianSkies on March 30, 2010, 03:12 PM
    I gotta agree with Kenan on this one. Using 'retard' is no different to using the word 'gay', they've both become commonly accepted to mean something else in certain contexts. Of course not everyone will feel comfortable with the use of that word but the same thing was experienced when people started to use the word 'gay'.

    I've used the word 'retard' and never connected it to the mentally disabled. Speaking of which 'disabled' is also being used as insults these days, and I know the majority of the people who use it that way (at least the ones I know) don't mean it as an offence towards the disabled.

    Thats the thing - I am not confortable calling people disabled or handicapped,  if they say something silly or have a funny way of walking/talking either..


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    It's just another figure of speech, and something that comes down to context.

    I dont know why the word context keeps being brought into this.  I know you lot arent suggesting calling a disabled person retard lol.
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #40 - March 30, 2010, 03:22 PM
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    Thats the thing - I am not confortable calling people disabled or handicapped,  if they say something silly or have a funny way of walking/talking either..

    Then tell the person, however people aren't going to go around watching what they say in case someone gets offended (unless you live in the UK where offending minorities unintentionally is illegal thanks to our PC-obsessed government Roll Eyes )
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #41 - March 30, 2010, 03:24 PM
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    I dont know why the word context keeps being brought into this.  I know you lot arent suggesting calling a disabled person retard lol.

    I thought this was simple? Everyone has already provided example where they call their friend 'nigga' or 'ethiopian' and none of them found it offensive. However using it as an insult is offensive. That is the basic context.
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #42 - March 30, 2010, 03:26 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on March 30, 2010, 03:15 PM
    no, sometimes there is a physical reason for it.  But I thought we were talking about common use of the term, such as when you call you're friend it

    So why pick 'retarted', why not pick 'stupid' since both have physical/mental reasons outside their control responsible for their conditions?
  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #43 - March 30, 2010, 03:35 PM
    Ye, it is offensive, I have used many of those words but usually in a joking way without thought. Although it doesn't make it right.

    However not many people seem to care and it's not a grave wrong-doing so it does not bother me that much. I would add though as long as there is no ill intent behind the remark, then it's not really a bad thing, amongst friends.
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #44 - March 30, 2010, 03:51 PM
    Quote from: liberated on March 30, 2010, 03:26 PM
    So why pick 'retarted', why not pick 'stupid' since both have physical/mental reasons outside their control responsible for their conditions?

    Why should I?
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #45 - March 30, 2010, 05:01 PM
    http://www.google.com/search?q=euphemism+treadmill
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #46 - March 30, 2010, 05:06 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on March 30, 2010, 01:33 PM
    I should add, to me whores/sluts is more offensive.

    When a male member here says he likes whores/sluts, the context is the same as saying "I like retards, they are so easy to use because they are so stupid"

    Uh?

    I think it's more like saying "I like girls who have sex easily" :\
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #47 - March 30, 2010, 05:17 PM
    I don't see what the problem is with whore/slut. I think what really is the problem that Berbs might have is that it's used discriminatingly for women only. Perhaps that word needs to become unisex. There are plenty of man whores and sluts too. I aspire to be one myself. I'm making mediocre progress.
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #48 - March 30, 2010, 05:19 PM
     Cheesy 

    I get called one for my attitude alone, without even having the sex part, so I think you've got it nailed too.  Cheesy
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #49 - March 30, 2010, 05:20 PM
    Speaking of filthy sluts and man whores... I miss BlackDog  Cry
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #50 - March 30, 2010, 05:21 PM
    Quote from: PeruvianSkies on March 30, 2010, 03:51 PM
    Why should I?

    wasn't talking to you.. sorry, i was talking to islame Smiley
  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #51 - March 30, 2010, 05:21 PM
    Me too.   Cry  and Q.   Cry
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #52 - March 30, 2010, 05:34 PM
    Quote from: Iblis on March 30, 2010, 05:17 PM
    I don't see what the problem is with whore/slut. I think what really is the problem that Berbs might have is that it's used discriminatingly for women only. Perhaps that word needs to become unisex. There are plenty of man whores and sluts too. I aspire to be one myself. I'm making mediocre progress.


    The problem is for the most part there is a Mother Mary/ Mary Magdalene complex in Western society and imagine 1000000000000000000X worse in Middle Eastern countries were a women can only be a pure innocent virgin or a dirty nasty slut.  For most societies there isn't a mental picture of a women who is pure and nice and enjoyable to be around but also enjoys sex throughly.  It is changing quickly in the last 40+ years but there still is 2000 years of social inertia to overcome. 
    So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #53 - March 30, 2010, 05:38 PM
    Quote from: Iblis on March 30, 2010, 05:17 PM
    I don't see what the problem is with whore/slut. I think what really is the problem that Berbs might have is that it's used discriminatingly for women only. Perhaps that word needs to become unisex. There are plenty of man whores and sluts too. I aspire to be one myself. I'm making mediocre progress.

    Well, it's true that when it's used as an insult, it's used in a sexist way.
    But if a male claims he likes sluts, it's kinda obvious that he's not using it to discriminate negatively, since it's not used as an insult.
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #54 - March 30, 2010, 05:41 PM
    I really dislike the use of the word 'motherfucker' and I can't believe that it's so commonly used, especially in lyrics of rap songs.

    Some people ever refer to themselves as a motherfucker.  "I'm a bad motherfucker, yeah!!!"  Roll Eyes

    Seriously though, you must have a pretty perverted mind if you use that word.
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #55 - March 30, 2010, 05:42 PM
     Cheesy
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #56 - March 30, 2010, 05:43 PM
    Quote from: deusvult on March 30, 2010, 05:34 PM
    The problem is for the most part there is a Mother Mary/ Mary Magdalene complex in Western society and imagine 1000000000000000000X worse in Middle Eastern countries were a women can only be a pure innocent virgin or a dirty nasty slut.  For most societies there isn't a mental picture of a women who is pure and nice and enjoyable to be around but also enjoys sex throughly.  It is changing quickly in the last 40+ years but there still is 2000 years of social inertia to overcome.  

    Too bad most males are irresistibly attracted to what they perceive as "dirty nasty sluts", but culture tells them it's so wrong so they are tortured by their own delusions, and end up hating what they are attracted to :S
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #57 - March 30, 2010, 05:44 PM
    Quote from: Tlaloc on March 30, 2010, 05:43 PM
    Too bad most males are irresistibly attracted to what they perceive as "dirty nasty sluts", but culture tells them it's so wrong so they are tortured by their own delusions, and end up hating what they are attracted to :S


    Thus "Girls you marry and girls you fuck".........I hate that mentality. 
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #58 - March 30, 2010, 05:50 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on March 30, 2010, 05:44 PM
    Thus "Girls you marry and girls you fuck".........I hate that mentality. 

    Me too.
    Especially cause I see it in girls as well: they either try to be provocative or angelic as if expecting me to want only one polar opposite at once :\
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  • Re: Words you wish members would not use
     Reply #59 - March 30, 2010, 06:10 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on March 30, 2010, 05:44 PM
    Thus "Girls you marry and girls you fuck".........I hate that mentality.  

    it works both ways..
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