<div>Popeye and V2020:</div>
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<div>Funny thing. When I was in elementary school I sometimes used retard as an epithet. As I grew older I learned it was inappropriate, and why. </div>
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<div>I've never viewed v2020 as a model of civil behavior and decorum. Far from it. It can be a rough and tumble verbal wild west. I do sometimes get a laugh from some of the more creative use of invective on the list.
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<div>It is unfortunate that Popeye has yet to move beyond the level of a kindergartener. Will Popeye be sticking his tongue out at Donovan or pulling his hair next?<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 18/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Popeye Landscape</b> <<a href="mailto:dctrofdamind@gmail.com">dctrofdamind@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div>If you read a couple posts up you will notice that Donovan leveled a rude criticism to Nick Gyer. I was replying to Donovan on that issue.</div>
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<div>I am not one of those PC liberals who takes *retard* to mean anything more than an emotionally laden reference to being "very stupid". If you are dumb enough to take that as an insult to the handicap then so be it. I find it *disgusting* that you would would limit my *practical* freedom of speech using the term *retard*. Donovan was being an idiot and that is all I was remarking on.
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<div>Please don't be a speech Nazi and lighten up a bit.</div>
<div>tx,</div>
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