Retarded != Stupid (was Re: Why do people dislike Dolphin?)

[Girard Henri]

Strange :)
retarded in french is : retardé ... quite a strong word !!!
I would never use it... too bad ... but has it the same sense in english ?
retarded is like simple minded ... mind handicaped...
kind regards


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "p.daniels" <carl1086 at morris.umn.edu>
To: <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:12 PM
Subject: Retarded != Stupid (was Re: Why do people dislike Dolphin?)


> On Monday November 3 2008 08:33:45 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Because D3lphin was pretty much utterly retarded compared to Konqueror.
>
> Not to be a nitpicker and not to call you particularly out, Derek, because
> I've seen other people use it on this list as well, but could we please 
> not
> use "retarded" as a synonym for "bad/stupid?"
>
> I have a mildly disabled brother whom I love. "Retarded" when misused in 
> this
> manner is a fairly offensive word to me, pretty close to what I assume 
> people
> of color feel when they hear (that other word that civilized folk don't 
> use).
> We're all on the right side of the bell curve here, our vocabularies are
> bigger than that.
>
> Respectfully yours,
> p.daniels
>
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