Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Retarded: Acceptable Language?

I'm sitting at my desk and a co-worker of mine just described herself as "mathmatically retarded". I found this quite odd since she refuses to curse in public and when she curses in emails, she uses F*** for fuck and A** for ass; but she says retarded without a thought.

I don't think it is okay for her to use the word so freely. Retarded is a derogatory term for someone with a handicap. To use it crudely is worse than saying shit or fuck.

I honestly don't think her saying retarded would be a problem to me if she didn't act like such a prude with other curse words.

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