I was speaking in general, not just for "retard"
LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 27/10/2011 07:50:17 PM
But if you note, what happened there? Was it a change in the meaning? NO. It was a change in how it was USED, which then led to a change in the vernacular meaning.
It is not the meaning of words that gives offense (with exceptions). It is the context, and the intent behind them.
I don't think we should use the retard because of what the word has BECOME. I do think, however, that words would not become insulting as readily if people chilled the freaky monkey out.
In any case, this is not relevant to this thread, so if you want to continue this discussion, feel free to NB me. I don't want to clutter up Aisha's thread with irrelevant debate.
It is not the meaning of words that gives offense (with exceptions). It is the context, and the intent behind them.
I don't think we should use the retard because of what the word has BECOME. I do think, however, that words would not become insulting as readily if people chilled the freaky monkey out.
In any case, this is not relevant to this thread, so if you want to continue this discussion, feel free to NB me. I don't want to clutter up Aisha's thread with irrelevant debate.
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This message last edited by LadyLorraine on 27/10/2011 at 07:54:31 PM
my iphone 4 deleted all my text messages
- 26/10/2011 10:35:51 PM
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Is there any particular reason those messages need to remain part of the record?
- 27/10/2011 12:16:24 AM
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my text messages are important
- 27/10/2011 02:09:24 AM
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If it's not stupid shit you should have transferred it. *NM*
- 27/10/2011 05:14:08 AM
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Transferred it how, where? *NM*
- 27/10/2011 11:54:05 AM
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There are at least five or six programs that do it.
- 27/10/2011 02:19:42 PM
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please suggest one that you have used and I will use it for the future. *NM*
- 27/10/2011 04:50:01 PM
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Check the app store - honestly there are a few that do different things. *NM*
- 27/10/2011 04:55:29 PM
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I haven't used any and I don't know what the client used, but a quick Google search should work.
- 28/10/2011 05:59:39 AM
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Couldn't you assume that there was, based on the fact that she wanted them? *NM*
- 27/10/2011 03:07:41 PM
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Ah, so thats why you didnt respond to the 187 texts I sent confessing my love last nigh. *NM*
- 27/10/2011 02:12:50 AM
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lol yeah except it just happened a few hours ago not last night 
*NM*
- 27/10/2011 02:36:55 AM
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*NM*
- 27/10/2011 02:36:55 AM
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Okay okay, you got me. It was just one text and it was a cock pic not a love letter. Same diff *NM*
- 27/10/2011 04:54:18 AM
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For the record
- 27/10/2011 04:54:46 PM
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Wow the PC bullshit meter just went through the roof on that one
- 27/10/2011 06:31:40 PM
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Agreed.
- 27/10/2011 06:43:44 PM
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not to mention it's how these words become so offensive in the first place.
- 27/10/2011 06:59:21 PM
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This isn't actually true.
- 27/10/2011 07:29:02 PM
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I was speaking in general, not just for "retard"
- 27/10/2011 07:50:17 PM
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They probably shouldn't be using 'dumb' in their definition if they're making an argument against
- 28/10/2011 01:24:50 AM
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Why not? *NM*
- 28/10/2011 02:06:12 PM
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It is a derision of the mentally handicapped though.
- 27/10/2011 07:25:29 PM
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off topic question: how did "gay" come to be applied to homosexuals in the first place?
- 27/10/2011 07:52:53 PM
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Let me guess: straight white male? Mmm... privilege. *NM*
- 28/10/2011 04:09:44 AM
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First thing I thought off. Add "14 year old" to the list, though! *NM*
- 28/10/2011 06:38:01 AM
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