Re: sturdy old apple

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net>]

"B.B." <DoNotSpamthegoat4@airmail.net.com.org.gov.tw.ch.ru> wrote
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: That all seems to boil down to "it's just wrong."

That's true, so therefore it is your explanation
for why it IS wrong, being you construed it in
that way, don't you agree??

: Yes, I understand that we've all been taught not
: to use derogatory terms, but I want to know why.

What we say is a reflection of how we think and feel.
If you constantly use words of that nature, then you
are seen as having that mentality.

: How does it degrade the kids? Specifically, as it
: applies to this woman writing about her students
: in a forum they'll never read.

What is the difference if THEY will read it or not,
which doesn't mean a less mentally retarded person
won't. Some of them have computers and are maybe
even smarter than you or I. How does the fact that
they may never read it make it right to say it?

: Seems a straightforward enough question to me.
: I could see how you could carry on an argument
: based on the failure to assign dignity to the
: children because they're referred to with an
: epithet, but you didn't.

I shouldn't have to explain that calling you a
moron just because you don't see things the way
that I do would be wrong, do I?

: Also, the children are individually referred
: to by their names. "Tard" only pops up when
: referring to the group or an unnamed individual,
: so I don't even believe there's an unwillingness
: to assign dignity to them.

I am sure that when the children were born, the
parents didn't say "look we have a tard". And
even when they were diagnosed with their infirmity,
did their parents not worry that people with a dim
and shallow view of them would be calling them names?

Think about this for a couple days before you post
again. I'm sure you have more on the ball than you
are letting on.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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