tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post721007806665764000..comments2024-03-27T01:58:17.583+13:00Comments on Tongue Tied 3: jonjayrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13363092874281160320noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-52219246810947389312015-09-06T02:16:56.750+12:002015-09-06T02:16:56.750+12:00Like what's the difference between "color...Like what's the difference between "colored" and "of color"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-38954256958758516722015-09-05T22:10:46.753+12:002015-09-05T22:10:46.753+12:00I'm with Stinky. We always used the term "...I'm with Stinky. We always used the term "retarded" in decades gone by. It's much older than "special". Besides, what makes them "special"?<br /><br />".. better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual."<br /><br />Definitely not the former two.<br /><br />It's like morons taking offence at "disabled", when they clearly are, but demand to be known as "differently abled". Give it time and these feel-good terms will be obsolete and railed against as well.Olaf Koendersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-55349137986967355842015-09-03T13:24:06.312+12:002015-09-03T13:24:06.312+12:00Reminded of Shakespeare, I am!
"A rose by an...Reminded of Shakespeare, I am!<br /><br />"A rose by any other name...."<br /><br />YodaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-9259260701586563242015-09-03T08:04:16.478+12:002015-09-03T08:04:16.478+12:00How come retarded people are more intellegent then...How come retarded people are more intellegent then the political hacks?Bird of Paradisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-15878509665001993932015-09-03T07:28:08.681+12:002015-09-03T07:28:08.681+12:00"Retard" and "retarded" were f...<br />"Retard" and "retarded" were formerly the words <i>taught</i> in schools as the PC-preferred alternative to older terms such as "idiot." Today's terms will inevitably meet the same fate.stinkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32538379.post-74265312989311239242015-09-03T05:12:57.708+12:002015-09-03T05:12:57.708+12:00PC may be hard to keep up with, but using "re...PC may be hard to keep up with, but using "retards" in that way shows the 72 year-old is well past his sell-by date as an elected official!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com