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Retarded Women Used To Set Off Bombs in Iraqi Pet Market
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:10 pm
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
Retarded women used to set off bombs in Iraqi pet market:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/International ... id=4226818
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:27 pm
by mrkelley23
Is it really bad of me that I read the header and said to myself, "So what do they do now?"
Sorry.
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:39 pm
by a1mamacat
ummmm
PSM, nothing personal, but...
I actually found that subject line quite offensive, using the term Retarded as a descriptive.
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:15 pm
by Appa23
a1mamacat wrote:ummmm
PSM, nothing personal, but...
I actually found that subject line quite offensive, using the term Retarded as a descriptive.
In PSM's defense, the article repeatedly uses the term "mentally retarded".
(Although there is mention of Down Syndrome elsewhere)
"Women Diagnosed with Down Syndrome Used to Blow Up Iraqi Pet Market" is a bit more unwieldy.
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:15 pm
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
a1mamacat wrote:ummmm
PSM, nothing personal, but...
I actually found that subject line quite offensive, using the term Retarded as a descriptive.
I am sorry if I offended you. The term was used throughout the article and so I used it on my header and I probably shouldn't have.
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:17 pm
by flockofseagulls104
Nothing personal, but I found the body of the article much more disturbing than whatever title it was given. I guess my priorities must be out of whack.
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:25 am
by peacock2121
Some talking head guy actually spun this in a way that made me stop dead in my tracks.
If they are resorting to using people who have no clue what is happening to them - then they are running out of people who would volunteer to be suicide bombers and that is a good thing.