Kibble wrote:After 25 pages I honestly still don't get it. If your leg is having muscle spasms, is your leg not being spastic? How is that an insult? I get that it's slang for an offensive term in the UK and other places in the world comparable to calling someone a retard, but I don't get how it's supposedly offensive regardless of culture if the word only means involuntary movements... That's like saying no one should say something is crappy because there's some people that have spastic colons and can't help but to accidentally have crappy drawers on occasion.
Kibble wrote:After 25 pages I honestly still don't get it. If your leg is having muscle spasms, is your leg not being spastic? How is that an insult? I get that it's slang for an offensive term in the UK and other places in the world comparable to calling someone a retard, but I don't get how it's supposedly offensive regardless of culture if the word only means involuntary movements... That's like saying no one should say something is crappy because there's some people that have spastic colons and can't help but to accidentally have crappy drawers on occasion.
Burn wrote:Because the cause of spasticity is damage to either the brain or spinal cord. So by calling someone "spastic" as an insult you're implying they're brain damaged.
You're looking at the effects, not the cause.
Kibble wrote:Burn wrote:Because the cause of spasticity is damage to either the brain or spinal cord. So by calling someone "spastic" as an insult you're implying they're brain damaged.
You're looking at the effects, not the cause.
I was just looking at the definition:
Spastic - pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, esp. tonic spasm.
I don't see anything about brain damage mentioned... I think y'all that automatically associate it to cerebral palsy are implying brain damage. But I'm pretty sure you can have muscle spasms on occasion and not have cerebral palsy because the former I do and I'm pretty sure the latter I don't.
Diem wrote:The nearest equivalent might be not a word but a gesture: imagine an able-bodied person doing a Steven Hawking impression with "slow" voice and you have how not-cool using the word spastic is in the UK.
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Shadowman wrote:Diem wrote:The nearest equivalent might be not a word but a gesture: imagine an able-bodied person doing a Steven Hawking impression with "slow" voice and you have how not-cool using the word spastic is in the UK.
Last I heard, Stephen Hawking had a sense of humor. If he hasn't called anyone out on the dozens and dozens of references to him in various pieces of fiction, I don't think that's even the slightest bit similar.
Kibble wrote:No, I asked why it's offensive regardless of culture if people here don't use the word as a derogatory term toward people with that handicap? I understand why you guys find it offensive, but I don't understand why we should find it offensive too...
Wigglez wrote:Just remember. The sword is an extension of your arm. Use it as if you're going to karate chop someone with your really long sharp ass hand.
Kibble wrote:No, I asked why it's offensive regardless of culture if people here don't use the word as a derogatory term toward people with that handicap? I understand why you guys find it offensive, but I don't understand why we should find it offensive too...
GetterDragun wrote:I guess that is better than the German people buying "F-ck Vapor Cream" to rub on their nose.
It Is Him wrote:GetterDragun wrote:I guess that is better than the German people buying "F-ck Vapor Cream" to rub on their nose.
I'd buy that.
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