[RedMonqey]

Common sense should remind us that when words offend, it is not the word that hurts, but what the word describes.


Brilliant!!


The word "crippled" is a perfectly good , honest word to describe a condition any person with an affliction that prevents them from doing what others in society can do. Changing the word to "handicap" "physically challenged" or my favorite" physically capable" (?) simply does not change the condition of the person.

It makes the "normal" person feel good about themselves and does nothing for the "physically challenged"

I know because I am among these ranks thus described.

Call me crippled because that's what I am.

The same goes for other pc names.

African Americans, rain-forests,urban centers, landfills, progressives, etc, etc.

[maica]

Will reply later. Will just say that we are all "crippled" in one way or another, some are more visible than others. It is a perfectly good word describing a bad situation.