Regarding the word “retard”, I didn’t want to sound like a grammar spastic by explaining it but since Enda came on to comment here himself, I might as well give it a lash.
A quick Google defines retardation to be something which “causes to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate”. With the way Enda Kenny is stalling on the debating debacle, hiding away in a closet all the time and avoiding general PR, I think one could call his behavior quite “retarded” in terms of speaking out in public.
Now, lets look at “retard” as a derogatory term. We don’t like using words like retard and spastic because they are old fashioned terms for physical and mental deformities and hold a certain taboo status. And yet we quite often use the word lame (someone with a crippled limb) without giving it a second thought. One of my favorite words, cretin, would hardly raise an eyebrow with the PC brigade but if we trace back to it’s origins we find that cretinism is a condition of severe stunted mental and physical growth due to deficiencies in thyroid hormones. It really makes one think! Unless you’re a cretin of course.
Finally, to complain about the use of the word retard on a blog called Big Mental Disease is in itself, ever so slightly lame.
using the word retard is so wrong. if your intention was to mock the disabled today, you won.
Using the word retard is so wrong, in your opinion. Are you saying that Enda Kenny is disabled?
I have had my lawyers look into this, and it seems to be above board, as I am actually mentally retarded. Carry on.
Enda
I appear to be the only person in Ireland who thinks Noonan is just looking around the place.
Do you think he might be looking for something? Perhaps something of his is lost.
I was looking around to see if there was anyone that could help me get Enda into the van out of the way. He’s going to fuck it all up.
Vote for the man who looks like a cocker spaniel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLuNB7rVT_A
he never actually tells people watching the video what the 5 point plan is
Regarding the word “retard”, I didn’t want to sound like a grammar spastic by explaining it but since Enda came on to comment here himself, I might as well give it a lash.
A quick Google defines retardation to be something which “causes to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate”. With the way Enda Kenny is stalling on the debating debacle, hiding away in a closet all the time and avoiding general PR, I think one could call his behavior quite “retarded” in terms of speaking out in public.
Now, lets look at “retard” as a derogatory term. We don’t like using words like retard and spastic because they are old fashioned terms for physical and mental deformities and hold a certain taboo status. And yet we quite often use the word lame (someone with a crippled limb) without giving it a second thought. One of my favorite words, cretin, would hardly raise an eyebrow with the PC brigade but if we trace back to it’s origins we find that cretinism is a condition of severe stunted mental and physical growth due to deficiencies in thyroid hormones. It really makes one think! Unless you’re a cretin of course.
Finally, to complain about the use of the word retard on a blog called Big Mental Disease is in itself, ever so slightly lame.
I never knew alphatroll was such a legend, you kicked that handicapped lads ass.