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(52,489 posts)and the correct term is "altitudinally challenged".
GoneOffShore
(17,345 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Bake
(21,977 posts)One of my favorite Inspector Clouseau lines....
Bake
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)panopeagenerosa
(44 posts)But how people are put together physically should be off limits, maybe.
Race, gender, sexual orientation, height etc.
Bad plastic surgery seems like it might be okay for comment because it's self inflicted. Same with tanning booth victims/ beta carotene addicts like Boehner. But Sarkozy didn't choose to be short and he's arguably carried it off as well as Humphrey Bogart who was also elevation challenged.
The criticism I've read about him is that he doesn't stand for anything and in France giving the people what they want isn't good enough. But it won't stop me from voting for Obama.
Mass
(27,315 posts)I have two sons who are short. They are wonderful human beings.
FreeJoe
(1,039 posts)The two groups that people still think it is OK to mock.