Jimmy Drift wrote:kirbenvost wrote:Huh. Well it's not offensive to me, but it seems like a terrible name for a TF.

I wonder if it would be as funny if this guy was called 'Retard'?
Fair enough if some of you guys don't pander to political correctness, but spare a thought for those of us who find the name 'Spastic' incredibly offensive - and on the packaging of a kid's toy, no less.
Nice job, Hasbro...
re·tard /rɪˈtɑrd, for 1–3, 5; ˈritɑrd for 4/ Show Spelled
[ri-tahrd, for 1–3, 5; ree-tahrd for 4] Show IPA
–verb (used with object)
1. to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
–verb (used without object)
2. to be delayed.
–noun
3. a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
4. Slang: Disparaging .
a. a mentally retarded person.
b. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a hopeless social retard.
5. Automotive, Machinery . an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle.
Seems to me that the word retard would actually make a fine base for a TF's name.
words are nothing without us. We have chosen to give them meanings that can wound. Don't curse the masses for using a word for its meaning instead of its perversion.