posted on Aug, 9 2012 @ 10:02 AM
I suppose that due to you be an American, the expression Retard or Retarded is used for people who have a mental illness, learning difficulties etc.
I am not saying that all Americans use this term, but here in the UK that expression is not used in general......
Most people find it quite offensive and you would not use this term, I personally find it totally unacceptable and ignorant.....
I couldn't even believe when I came on ATS today to actually see a posted thread with the word retarded in the title..
Personally I feel that the thread should be removed, the title rewritten and then added with better wording.....
But saying that, here in the UK, the word C**T (the C word) is used in many people's vocabulary, but you say that word in the company of most
Americans and they just totally hate it...........
But even though we use the word c**t we still would not use that word in the title of a thread on an open website such as ATS....
I suppose it is all down to different cultures and terminology, but to say retarded for someone who has a mental illness, to me and loads of other
people they would find that term totally offensive..........
I feel like calling you a c**t, but I suppose that would be out of order on all counts from both sides of the pond wouldn't it.........
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9-8-2012 by davethebear because: (no reason given)