[JeffAtlanta]

No it actually isn't. And if you would lighten up a bit, and not take the internet or yourself so seriously, you would see why it isn't. I actually have a good friend who suffers from Down Syndrome who thinks that particular image is quite funny.

Hand out prints of that image to the kids and parents at the special olympics and see how funny they think it is. You justify ridiculing a retarded boy because you know somebody with downs syndrome and he's ok with it?

[ghostmonkey]

Hand out prints of that image to the kids and parents at the special olympics and see how funny they think it is. You justify ridiculing a retarded boy because you know somebody with downs syndrome and he's ok with it?

I don't just know him, he's a friend. And again, it's not ridiculing the retarded, but rather people who should know better and think they are more important than they actually are.

There are people who take internet posts so serious that they will go into real world stalking and harassment. Some have even assaulted and committed murder over words on the internet.

Where does all that start? Yep, you guessed it, with people thinking that their words are so important and that a free exchange of ideas and discussion is a "debate" that they can "win."