(Don't) Putting Spaz

If they find that offensive what on earth do they make of Jim Furyk's swing??!!?!

(xpost: ROFFLE)

them's some long words lol

We do all this stuff with "retard" instead.

OH GEE, DO YA THINK?

I mean the word spasticity has always had uses aside from describing a persons physical state and as far as I know to retard something simply means to stunt it in some way.

I still don't understand the Lost reference, but that's just as well.

seriously?

Therefore that gives you free license to offend me? Is that how this works?

I'm not lumping words into PC or not PC, I'm not saying words are too offensive to be used. I'm thinking there are several words Tiger could've used that would've sparked a very different set of thread responses than this one, and I'm wondering why people don't think that's a problem.

xpost

You realize you are implying that you think it's okay to say "nigger" to both me and Tiger Woods with that, yes?

(xpost: No, I'm not taking the piss, I'm pointing out that A) I was laughing at Tiger's slip-up, not endorsing it, even though as has already been pointed out the word "spaz" does not have anywhere near the loaded connotation in the US as it does in the UK; and B) There was no reason whatsoever for you to use the word "nigger" in this context, particularly since it did not make any logical sense in the analogy you were trying to construct AND the person you are criticizing is part black. You are basically being a big fucking asshole because you got offended and I'm calling you out for it because you need to know that if you would like to get along with ME you will never, ever, ever pull some bullshit like this again.)

That's the part I'm curious about, actually -- it seems like there was some point in the UK where "spastic" was at least a lay term for a set of medical conditions? Whereas in the US I think we'd say "palsy" (in medical terms) -- or, if we were being dicks and lumping shit together, "retarded."

At least partially I was trying to say that any slur-word is context specific and so without criticizing people for smirking at "spaz" I don't find it casually funny.

But that's not a justification and I'm sorry for being a douche.

Strange then, that US news organisations should sanitise the quote.

the New York Times sets the standard and they sanitize all sorts of stuff

1. Retard
2. Spastic
3. Window-licker
4. Mong
5. Special
6. Brave
7. Cripple
8. Psycho
9. Handicapped
10. Wheelchair-bound

Also seeing that list I assumed "brave" meant American Indians and was wondering why it was in a list of words clearly dealing with the handicapped.

in real life I am not in town but will let you know

That's not the only game banned for use of "spastic" in the past couple of months!

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ubisoft.s-mind-quiz/another-offensive-game-gets-pulled-273614.php

I dunno, but where I'm from spaz/spastic are about as offensive as dumb or idiot. "Spaz" doesn't even mean "act disabled" here, it's more like "get really mad."

I bought mario party 8 but am not getting it

awesome I have a totally offensive game

wish I did : (

I dunno, but where I'm from spaz/spastic are about as offensive as dumb or idiot. "Spaz" doesn't even mean "act disabled" here, it's more like "get really mad."

Yeah, it's like when I was a kid 'gay' used to mean lame, but then it meant homosexual and people got upset about me saying it.