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Old 10-07-2004, 10:08 PM   #1
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No, but maybe you are retarded?

I've been spending ages trying to scores one of those invites. Did it ever cross your mind that I might also have PMed Jinx as well as posted?

Ooooh...there's a thought.

Let's see...am I retarded....hmmmm...difficult question. I'm graduating with a Master of Science degree this December...and I have a 4.0 GPA in my program. No...I guess I'm not retarded.

Do you know what it means to be retarded? Maybe you should ask someone with a real disability. People say stuff like that all the time, but it's not a laughing matter.

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Old 10-07-2004, 10:34 PM   #2
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Thank you for the example.
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Old 10-08-2004, 12:21 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by Vindwyn

[Sorry, but I can't abide jerks.]
You'll do well here.

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Old 10-08-2004, 01:58 PM   #4
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I know what a retard is,I read the (now defunct) Tardblog! Mirror site is http://fullduplex.org/tardblog/

(OK, can I get a gmail invite for attepting to deflate an excessively PC master's candidate?)
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Old 10-08-2004, 02:41 PM   #5
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(OK, can I get a gmail invite for attepting to deflate an excessively PC master's candidate?)
I'm not excessively PC! I guess it comes from working with the disabled. The word retarded is just sad.
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Old 10-08-2004, 07:53 PM   #6
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I'm not excessively PC! I guess it comes from working with the disabled. The word retarded is just sad.
No it's not, it's a perfectly good word. What is sad is the images it brings to mind for anyone who has worked with or even contacted retarded kids. Also the reaction of much of the public to those same kids.

It's not the word, it's never the word, or the dictionary definition of the word. It's always the baggage we pile on the word in our minds.

The same thing with the word homosexual. The queers piled so much baggage on it, they felt they had to appropriate gay. (That pisses me off because that was a wonderful word that I haven't found a replacement for.)

Anyway, don't blame the words for the feelings you internalize, or feel others internalize, when you hear it. Changeing words won't change peoples perception, and that's what has to be done
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Old 10-10-2004, 09:50 PM   #7
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One GMAIL Invite

I have one GMAIL invite that someone gave me after I had already received mine. Would anyone like it? If so, send me a PM with your e-mail address.

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Old 10-29-2004, 09:30 AM   #8
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gmail invite pls

hi i m tarun from india. can any1 send me a gmail invite to tarun@krify.com pls.
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Old 10-29-2004, 10:24 AM   #9
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done, tarun
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