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Actually my mom works with these "mentally disabled" (why can't they just call em retards? 
) ppl who think nothing of throwing stuff at the employees of the place. And her superiors have basically told em they can't do anything but feed these ppl & give em meds & clean up after em cuz most of em shit their pants on a regular basis. One guy likes to molest kids and another is always purposely injuring himself and these people are supposed to be treated like adults??? Hell, half of us who ARE adults don't get to be treated like adults, why should some retard who acts like a 2 year old get that priviledge?
As for the laws that try to protect the innocent and let criminals sit around for years appealing... I think it's all well and good when they aren't sure if the person committed the crime or not. But what about someone with a criminal history? They sit around just as long as the innocent do, and everyone's pretty sure they're guilty. But they spend lots of tax dollars feeding them and dealing with trial after trial after trial on their behalf. And the 3 strikes you're out thing doesn't seem to be particularly effective. A lot of people sit in prison for years being fed and taken care of better than a lot of residents of this country. It gets to where you almost wanna commit a crime so you can have 3 square meals a day. And then people like my mom's ex get off with a slap on the wrist. He stalked her for I don't know how long and all they did was fine him a little bit and stick him in jail overnight until he sobered up, and half the times my mom reported him breaking the restraining order, the cops didn't even show up (or if they did they didn't believe a damn word she said).
Anyway I can't fix the system, I just like bitching about it now and then. Oh, and the next time you feel like hearing me rant, ask me about a year or 2 ago when one of my friends was murdered. (We hardly ever have murders here so ppl will be talking about it for years.)
) ppl who think nothing of throwing stuff at the employees of the place. And her superiors have basically told em they can't do anything but feed these ppl & give em meds & clean up after em cuz most of em shit their pants on a regular basis. One guy likes to molest kids and another is always purposely injuring himself and these people are supposed to be treated like adults??? Hell, half of us who ARE adults don't get to be treated like adults, why should some retard who acts like a 2 year old get that priviledge?As for the laws that try to protect the innocent and let criminals sit around for years appealing... I think it's all well and good when they aren't sure if the person committed the crime or not. But what about someone with a criminal history? They sit around just as long as the innocent do, and everyone's pretty sure they're guilty. But they spend lots of tax dollars feeding them and dealing with trial after trial after trial on their behalf. And the 3 strikes you're out thing doesn't seem to be particularly effective. A lot of people sit in prison for years being fed and taken care of better than a lot of residents of this country. It gets to where you almost wanna commit a crime so you can have 3 square meals a day. And then people like my mom's ex get off with a slap on the wrist. He stalked her for I don't know how long and all they did was fine him a little bit and stick him in jail overnight until he sobered up, and half the times my mom reported him breaking the restraining order, the cops didn't even show up (or if they did they didn't believe a damn word she said).
Anyway I can't fix the system, I just like bitching about it now and then. Oh, and the next time you feel like hearing me rant, ask me about a year or 2 ago when one of my friends was murdered. (We hardly ever have murders here so ppl will be talking about it for years.)
I actually prefer "retarded" to "disabled". I don't know why anyone would prefer "disabled". A vegetable is disabled. Someone who has to struggle more than others to do the same stuff is retarded.
Maybe we are even more politcally correct up here in Canada. For the last several years what used to be the society for the retarded, mentally disabled, whatever, has moved through all the phases of 'challenged' 'differently abled' until they arrive at "Association for Community Living".
Well retard means slow in italian, so I guess that's not politically correct. I guess the most correct way to call them is whatever their disease is(such as Down Syndrome victim or something).
Yes, "slow" is exact;y what it means. Which seems more politically correct to me than "incapable". But the definition of mental retardation has nothing to do with any specific ailment, it's just showing up in the lowest standard deviation on the IQ bell curve.
It depends on the way words are used in conversation. Kids will call each other "retard" or say "That is so retarded." Use the word "victim" around certain people, too, and you will get an earful.
I wasn't even supposed to call my clients "clients" but "consumers."
I wasn't even supposed to call my clients "clients" but "consumers."
Well, *were* they clients? Were they paying you for a service? Or were they merely consuming public funds?
I can see why someone would object to being called a victim. Calling someone a victim isn't far off from calling them a mark. Unless they really are victims -- casualties of the acts of others who could not reasonably be expected to have prevented it.
I can see why someone would object to being called a victim. Calling someone a victim isn't far off from calling them a mark. Unless they really are victims -- casualties of the acts of others who could not reasonably be expected to have prevented it.
In another language, French I think, it means late. When I was studying in Israel we had a lot of fun with that whenever a student was late getting on the bus. We also had fun with the technical definition of "moron" which is someone with the mental capacity of a 7-12 year old. So if you call a six-year-old a moron, it's actually a compliment.
Mr. Crab, I haven't forgotten your discussion, I just haven't been alert enough to think hard when I've been at home and online.
Mr. Crab, I haven't forgotten your discussion, I just haven't been alert enough to think hard when I've been at home and online.
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