Thursday, May 29, 2008

Quotable Quotes: Lame, Crazy, or Retarded

Just don't use any words at all.

"Please don't use words like "lame", "crazy", "retarded", etc."

4 Comments:

The Dangerous Mezzo said...

I saw that thread, too. While I understood what the OP was trying to get at, the progress of the thread illustrated why it's so very difficult to legislate empathy, gentleness or respect without totally taking apart the language and our rights to use it. Eventually things just get crazy :)

The Cranky One said...

The awful truth is a large percentage of people in ETC on the forums are all three.

RecoveryBabe said...

I think I fall under all 3.

Elizabeth said...

TDM - well put.