tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post5398222493764411330..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Card The StarsDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-59935367362148231782009-02-02T17:37:00.000-05:002009-02-02T17:37:00.000-05:00Since it's a lot easier to get people to do someth...Since it's a lot easier to get people to do something, rather than stop doing something, I suggest filling the vacuum by creating a blog entry/ad campaign/contest etc. to find a replacement word that describes ignorant behavior. It could even be a slightly tongue in cheek vocabulary lesson.<BR/><BR/>But then I'm the mother of a kid who uses the word 'bleep' as an obscenity right now as in "I don't want to do my bleeping schoolwork now." while I shake my head and refuse to cop to the fact that he gets his irreverence genetically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-39086940243869585212009-01-29T01:04:00.000-05:002009-01-29T01:04:00.000-05:00Wow, this is really exciting! Thanks Dave, and I'l...Wow, this is really exciting! Thanks Dave, and I'll definitely be sending in r-word "sightings" for the campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-65817794605131983362009-01-27T13:44:00.000-05:002009-01-27T13:44:00.000-05:00Thankfully the R word is rarely if never used in t...Thankfully the R word is rarely if never used in the UK. Infact'disablist' language as a whole is rarely heard either. Such abusive terms have been so stapmed upon by schools, the media and sociaty that people are generally shocked and outraged at such phrases. The same progress is also being made with homophobic remarks as well.Dr. Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513202784931937125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-1421341382005751342009-01-27T10:04:00.000-05:002009-01-27T10:04:00.000-05:00Dave, Bill Maher has been even more appalling in h...Dave, Bill Maher has been even more appalling in his use of the word "retard" - read this transcript - he compares "retarded children" to dogs - hundreds of people from the "disability world" bombarded him after this...as we should have.<BR/><BR/>http://www.wsf.org/family/news/mahercomments.htmBetsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993936253314777950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-18720500211125174272009-01-26T17:46:00.000-05:002009-01-26T17:46:00.000-05:00I love this idea!!!I love this idea!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-16819721254519775582009-01-26T16:35:00.000-05:002009-01-26T16:35:00.000-05:00It's also worth remembering that a lot of the prog...It's also worth remembering that a lot of the programmes they appear on and the channels who book them are commercially sponsored. For particularly stubborn cases, it might be worth considering sending your card to the commercial sponsor, explaining why you are now choosing to boycott their product after they chose to associate it with someone who uses derogatory terms such as ret@rd.<BR/><BR/>Likewise, a person being paid to market a product has a certain amount of responsibility to ensure that they behave in a way which doesn't cause people to associate negative behaviour with that product. Copying someone's agent in on a letter to their sponsoring company indicating that their behaviour is costing that sponsor revenue can be extremely effective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-57436605762580790112009-01-26T15:01:00.000-05:002009-01-26T15:01:00.000-05:00update:We have found the column referred to by Cyn...update:<BR/><BR/>We have found the column referred to by Cynthia and the letter and card are being prepared for Mr. Savage.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-56020907227428343142009-01-26T14:47:00.000-05:002009-01-26T14:47:00.000-05:00Great idea!Great idea!FridaWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03321658097813377806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-35507229590400454842009-01-26T12:33:00.000-05:002009-01-26T12:33:00.000-05:00i think the show was "politically incorrect"i think the show was "politically incorrect"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-712300294984169382009-01-26T09:58:00.000-05:002009-01-26T09:58:00.000-05:00I would definately participate, I like you simply ...I would definately participate, I like you simply turn away and don't view any content from the celebs that misuse the word but often feel how do they know that I have turned away. Excellent Idea=)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-54441244689772978192009-01-26T09:28:00.000-05:002009-01-26T09:28:00.000-05:00Dave, I think that is a great idea. I absolutel...Dave,<BR/> I think that is a great idea. I absolutely hate it when I hear someone on TV or radio use that word. And I wish all those comedians would get a clue as well. Rest assured I will be sending names the next time I hear it.<BR/>LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-79026539812208063882009-01-26T08:37:00.000-05:002009-01-26T08:37:00.000-05:00It is a great idea. This is something that will ga...It is a great idea. This is something that will gain momentum, and the tide WILL turn.<BR/><BR/>I heard a great quote on a TVO program last night about the brain. A brilliant man who is disabled in some aspects of functioning in the world, a savant on whom the character in the movie Rain Man was modeled, said to the equally brilliant subject of the documentary, "You don't have to be disabled to be different. Everyone is different." <BR/><BR/>He also said to the man, as they parted,"One day you will be as great as me," and the brilliant man, from Britain, took it as a great compliment.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-47142238887212945622009-01-26T05:55:00.000-05:002009-01-26T05:55:00.000-05:00Mary, sure, send us the date, the name of the char...Mary, sure, send us the date, the name of the character who spoke, and an address for the show, it will go out.Dave Hingsburgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-3976432048672376372009-01-26T02:11:00.000-05:002009-01-26T02:11:00.000-05:00How about sending them to television shows as well...How about sending them to television shows as well? I know that the episode of Friday Night Lights that was shown in the US this past Friday had the word used in a derogatory fashion. Yet another show banned in our house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com