The Truth About Hound Dogs

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On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 12:31 PM,

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> Message: 15

> Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:47:00 -0800 (PST)

> keith graves <sleepingtao

> Re: Slow & Steady Eventually Might Get There

>

> retarded is an english term derived from the french

> word 'plutard' which, incidently, does mean slow,

> however the translation and current term retard,

 

Never used this, only you have.

 

> does

> not mean slow, any more than cinderella's 'glass

> slipper' is made of fur. (the original slipper, in the

> french, was fur, and roughly translated to become

> glass)

 

Oh yes, retarded does indeed mean slowed, by outside influence no less.

Impeded is a related word dealing with physical progress.

 

>

> however the connotation in our society is no less

> vulgar than a racial slur or mysogynistic curse:

 

To you. To me it's a term of endearment. Funny how subjective reactions

differ.

 

> it

> carries an accusation of lesser qualities (lesser

> based on some mythical utopian average, which

> incidentally, is humurous to think that being average

> is somewhat desirable) and is as vulgar and

> narrowminded as any other vicious stereotype or label.

 

Oh, gee, maybe I'll wet my panties in distress over having POSSIBLY caused

SOMEONE SOMEWHERE some pathetic loser angst over the WORD I chose very

consciously and cognizantly to use.

 

Or maybe I shan't because I ain't wearin' none.

 

>

> People who developmentally different are not slow;

> they have qualities you and I do not and can not

> posess, and much of the time it is our failings that

> cause them to be labelled as lesser. Using derogatory

> terms propagates an unfair system that says we should

> all be judged by one standard, which is idiotic at

> best.

 

Or a moron, like our current inglorious whining baby leader, hm? lol

 

>

> Maybe you're the one that's slow, if you can't realize

> that.

 

*wipes drool off chest with hand, then uses same hands on keyboard* Huh?

>

> I may be PC as fuck, but the payoff for being so

> liberal is all the threesomes.

 

Hey, how many dogs you hump at once is YOUR thing.

 

>

>

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

-George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)