Am I unreasonably retarded?

[HEyHEY]

Tell me, I can take it.

[Beer Snob-50]

1. it is not unreasonable

for a canadian to be retarded.

god save the queen!

[HEyHEY]

2. Well, that's a load off

[Beer Snob-50]

3. glad i can help

[JVS]

4. Duh!

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5. Is this cause I pee on things?

[XNASA]

6. Indubitably.

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7. As long as it's unreasonable retardation

[redqueen]

8. Um no... I don't think so...

What about me?

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9. Not since your probation's been up!

[Shine]

10. I have a sister that was born profoundly retarded. She's at a 15 mos level

and she's now 40 yrs old. She's my Irish twin. She was institutionalized when I was 5.

I feel sad when jokes are made about retardation, b/c in my family's experience, it hasn't been a laughing matter, but one of deep sorrow.

I know you were being silly, and undoubtedly meant no harm, but I wanted to put in my two cents, for you to think about.

Shine

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11. I don't use retarded in that sense

Retarded, to most means someone with that kind of disability. But many other things can be retarded... such as a cake, car... you know what I mean? It means something with some knd of major flaw in it, sadly it's been used by assholes int he capacity of which you speak

[Shine]

12. Actually, I don't know what you mean. I don't use the word "retarded"

lightly, or to describe things like car or cake, b/c I don't think that's appropriate, truthfully. Perhaps that's because my life has been so touched by TRUE retardation.

Sigh....

Whatever. I don't want to start a flame war with you.

I'm just speaking my truth about the sadness I feel regarding the use of the word.

Peace.

[HEyHEY]

13. No, not looking for a flame war at all

Just saying