[JenB]

I'm sorry, but you have no idea what you're talking about. You may not find it offensive. That doesn't make it inoffensive.

Try looking at it from someone else's shoes. Sure, my little brother doesn't understand when people call him that, he's too young. But I understand, and I'll tell you what, the people who use the term bloody well know what it means.

[Condor51]

Look I don't use the term mongoloid, but the point is that in the not too distant past it is the term that the Medical Profession used. And BTW, my old boss has a son with down syndrome, the kid is cute as a button and it's a shame - but that's life.

That being said, I am sick and tired of every special interest group (and those are growing exponentially daily) being offended by something. PC has run amok and it's running our country. Case in point is Iraq, were we can't properly respond with enough force in fear of offending the islmao-fascists who want us all DEAD.

[Frapster]

I grew up using the term and until this thread had no idea of it's 'history'. So here's one person who's used the term and didn't know what it meant.