NO MORE REDSKINS

[DanaC]

I think mentally challenged is as bad :p

If people find it upsetting and degrading to be called retarded, then I'd rather know that they find it upsetting and degrading and would also rather know what they would prefer to be called.

People fight so hard for their right not to have to think about the terms they use about other people.

Language changes and evolves. Some people get over the top hysterical and choose to take offence at anything - but sometimes the words in common currency are actually quite offensive and it is no bad thing to update them.

It's like the term 'half caste'. That was perfectly acceptable when I was growing up. It is not acceptable now - and for good reason. It has a very racist meaning and origin.


Oh, and btw: there are no PC patrols - PC is an idea; it isn't a government agency.