i'm a too often user of the r-word. i also just started a class on disablities and society. one of the articles i had to read today was about the r-word as hate speech. I have a nephew with profound developmental delays and my entire families over use of the word "retarded" enrages my sister. we dismiss this with thoughts like "jesus christ jules, we're not talking about ryan chill the fuck out". i might feel like an asshole now. i kind of feel like all the times i've called my brother with no developmental delays a "retard", its kind of as if i had just called him a "nigger". since i would never call him one, i shouldn't be calling him the other.

i cant link the article because it only exists inside my little classroom portal thing, but here is are some excerpts.

WHAT IS HATE SPEECH?
Hate speech occurs when a majority group freely makes jokes about a minority group including
negative stereotypes and negative images, not just language. It is commonly seen as harmless by the
majority, but it sets the stage for more severe outlets for prejudice, harm and abuse.

PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES ARE AT GREATER RISK OF
VIOLENCE.
- 1 in 3 children with disabilities are victims of some form of abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect.
(Sullivan & Knutson, 2000).
- Individuals with developmental disabilities are 4 to 10 more times more likely to be victims of a
crime than people without disabilities (Sobsey, et al., 1995).
- Children with developmental disabilities are at twice the risk of physical and sexual abuse
compared to children without disabilities (Crosse et. al., 1993).

PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES ARE DISENFRANCHISED
FROM JUSTICE.
- Many people with intellectual disabilities are not able to articulate the abuse they’ve sustained.
- Many victims with intellectual disabilities are not perceived as credible witnesses.
- Abuse often occurs as part of name calling, bullying, hazing, or other targeted attacks based on
disability status.

THIS IS A HATE CRIME.
ENDING THE USE OF THE R-WORD IS MORE THAN A “POLITICALLY CORRECT” NOTION.
- “Retard” and “retarded” are derogatory and dehumanizing terms– on par with the N-word when
used to describe African Americans, and various hateful terms used to describe members of the
Jewish, gay and lesbian and other minority communities.
- Self-advocates with intellectual disability have clearly stated that negative language leads to
harmful action, discrimination, abuse, negative stereotypes, disenfranchisement, and violence.

SHOULDN’T PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES JUST LIGHTEN UP? IT’S A JOKE!
- NO! People with intellectual disabilities have a history of institutionalization, genocide, forced
sterilization, segregation, and being regarded as ‘less than human.’
- More than any other group, they experience record unemployment, significant physical, mental
and sexual abuse, and limited rights.
- This discrimination and victimization continues, in large part, due to antiquated, discriminatory
portrayals in the media and pervasive prejudice.

I decided to answer like a dipshit. If you're tired of the P, try contributing a video or two.
>> ^triumphtigercub:

BTW, what the fuck is up with the stupid P next to my name? Don't answer dipshits, I know what it means. I'm just goddamn sick and tired of it. Just saying if you want new blood recommending your site to other poor fucks who will get a P on their stupid name, you'd quit with the fucking frat boy hazing, assholes.

BTW, what the fuck is up with the stupid P next to my name? Don't answer dipshits, I know what it means. I'm just goddamn sick and tired of it. Just saying if you want new blood recommending your site to other poor fucks who will get a P on their stupid name, you'd quit with the fucking frat boy hazing, assholes.

>> ^budzos:

>> ^NordlichReiter:
I was thinking of buying it. But not now.
When I bought Rainbow Six Vegas and I saw the add placement for Repo-men I was disgusted. Rainbow Six Vegas sucks too. The multi-player was horrendous.

What the hell could possibly offend you about this to the point where you're not going to buy the game? To me, having a real ad on the TV screen in an extremely realistic game only adds to the immersion. I know it's a fine line, but I seriously don't understand your reaction to this specific example.


For you it may make immersion greater, but for me it breaks the whole survival horror immersion.

It's like a salesman in a bright red leotard standing amidst the brown haze of a horde of zombies.

HOLY CHRIST, that seriously was not what I expected, that cloud was fantastic. " THE HAZE THE HAZE OH CHRIST THE HAZE !!!"

fantastical news bit.

Haha. That's awesome. By the way, those are all officer candidates. The enlisted never have the luxury of doing what those ding dongs do.

You think this is wasteful? Ha! Go out with a Naval ship and see how much they waste. I remember being ordered to jettison nearly countless 5 gallon buckets of old "haze gray" paint buckets into the sea.

Also we dumped plastic garbage bags filled with nasty trash into the ocean - and we were told to look out for green peace! Not kidding. I learned pretty early on that in order to be a part of the military, you had to take a big shit on mother earth.

I think the dad knew the risks.

>> ^honkeytonk73:
I saw Parliament Funkadelic in the 1990's at college. An AMAZING 4+ hours of tunes, they kept going and going and going FAR beyond their scheduled time. They were having a blast, we were having a blast.
That is.. when you could see the band through the haze LOL. It was an indoor concert, and damnit. The whole place was one BIG fishbowl. Felt a bit bad as at least one father brought their daughter to the concert. This young girl was up on his shoulders enjoying the show, but her eyes were RED from the second hand smoke.

Wait is this really from Canada? No I ask seriously. Just about anyone who lives here for more then a month already knows that you're totting around with a joint or two it's no big deal. Ah...that big concert in Toronto after that SARS thing, I was there. Open air and you could see the haze, it was pretty damn funky.

The only other thing I can think of is this is the stupidest person in Canada, and that's saying a lot.

I saw Parliament Funkadelic in the 1990's at college. An AMAZING 4+ hours of tunes, they kept going and going and going FAR beyond their scheduled time. They were having a blast, we were having a blast.

That is.. when you could see the band through the haze LOL. It was an indoor concert, and damnit. The whole place was one BIG fishbowl. Felt a bit bad as at least one father brought their daughter to the concert. This young girl was up on his shoulders enjoying the show, but her eyes were RED from the second hand smoke.

>> ^jwray:
more likely to break your forearm than break the bat


Then, with your shattered forearm and concussion, make a stunned move to break something with your other arm, waving it ineffectually through the air. Use the momentum the bat gave you to crumple to the ground in a haze, and CONTINUING YOUR MOMENTUM roll once to a stop face-up on the pavement.

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Given the cloudy haze rings shot at the beginning, I'm guessing this is a no sex before marriage video - ways to be physically close with your partner without actually having sex.

Given the cloudy haze rings shot at the beginning, I'm guessing this is a new way to exercise which incurrs highest possible rates of looking fucking ridiculous.

For those with math issues, Star wars did not actually come out 57 or 65 years ago. The 70s were not in a time warp--just a little drug-hazed.

*quality

(that made me laugh hard)

Now thank you!!!



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Though I'm no stranger to rock and roll, I was unable to recognize all the riffs, so I copy/pasted the below list from the Brodie Cumming web site for reference:

1 Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2 Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
3 Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns & Roses
4 Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
5 Layla - Eric Clapton
6 Black Magic Woman - Santana
7 No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
8 Beat It - Michael Jackson
9 Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
10 Dr. Feelgood - Motely Crue
11 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
12 Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
13 Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
14 Enter Sandman - Metallica
15 Mister Sandman - Chet Atkins
16 One Step Closer - Linkin Park
17 Back In Black - AC/DC
18 Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
19 Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
20 Crazy On You - Heart
21 Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
22 Bulls On Parade - Rage Against the Machine
23 Unchained - Van Halen
24 Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
25 Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
26 Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani
27 Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
28 Cult Of Personality - Living Colour
29 Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
30 Sunshine of your Love - Cream
31 Runnin' with the Devil - Van Halen
32 Hells Bells - AC/DC
33 Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
34 Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
35 Aqualung - Jethro Tull
36 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
37 Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
38 (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
39 Cemetary Gates - Pantera
40 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
41 Walk This Way - Aerosmith
42 Tonight 'm Gonna Rock You (Tonight) - Spinal Tap
43 Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles
44 Come As You Are - Nirvana
45 Zero - Smashing Pumpkins
46 Nothin' But A Good Time - Poison
47 Round n Round - Ratt
48 It's Not Love - Dokken
49 Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
50 Norwegian Wood - Beatles
51 Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
52 Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
53 Train Kept A-Rolling - The Yardbirds
54 Blackbird - Beatles
55 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
56 All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
57 Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
58 Ace Of Spades - Motorhead
59 Breaking The Law - Judas Priest
60 King of the Hill Theme - Brian David Blush/Roger Meade Clyne
61 All Right Now - Free
62 Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
63 When I Come Around - Green Day
64 Trilogy Suite Op.5 - Yngwie Malmsteen
65 Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
66 Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
67 Day Tripper - Beatles
68 Panama - Van Halen
69 Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
70 More Than A Feeling - Boston
71 Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
72 Bark At The Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
73 Hair Of The Dog - Nazareth
74 No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne
75 Just A Girl - No Doubt
76 Iron Man - Black Sabbath
77 Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
78 Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn
79 Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
80 Machine Head - Bush
81 Black Or White - Michael Jackson
82 Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
83 Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
84 Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
85 10 Years Gone - Led Zeppelin
86 Wild Thing - The Troggs
87 Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
88 Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
89 I Love Rock N ' Roll - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
90 Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
91 La Bamba - Los Lobos
92 China Grove - Doobie Brothers
93 You Really Got Me - Van Halen
94 Wipe Out - The Surfaris
95 House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
96 Dust In The Wind - Kansas
97 Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
98 Susie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival
99 Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix
100 Eruption - Van Halen

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