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- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: More Things Learned at the Exploratorium
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- References: <1993Jan24.081244.27278@netcom.com>
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.051903.23784@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 05:19:03 GMT
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- W. David Rohwer (rohwerwd@netcom.com) wrote:
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- : In article <1993Jan24.063040.854@wetware.com> drieux@wetware.com (drieux, just drieux) writes:
-
- : >Also Worth Noting, It is Prudent NOT to have a
- : >gathering at the Exploritorium with a Collection
- : >of Net.Nerds the same day as there is a Special ED
- : >class full of folks who are mentally challenged.
-
- : Don't you mean "mentally retarded"? Are you turning into a PC
- : nut now?
-
- Now, now, now - you, too, could be hit by a car tomorrow, or have a stroke,
- (CVA for the medical folks out there), or a heart attack and have your brain
- deprived of oxygen for 5+ minutes or so, and you would be mentally
- indistinguishable from those you so callously call "mentally retarded".
-
- That phrase went out (thank diety!) a while back - too many derogatory
- connotations.
-
- We now return you to our regularly scheduled flame war.
- --
- Ed Carp erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com 801/538-0177
-
- "It is your resistance to 'what is' that causes your suffering." -- Buddha
-