Retard in the Ten Seat. Literally.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Also, is "retard" an acceptable description in the US? It's considered extremely offensive over here.

Oh, cut the PC crap. In this specific case, it accurately describes Sam's perception of the situation. Had he used "mentally challenged person" instead, that euphemism would have clouded what he saw, and the debate over what those words meant would have gotten in the way of the real point.

Besides, from my discourse with Sam on this board, I don't think he's a malicious person.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

For me life is too short to try and win money from someone who clearly does not understand the game

Interesting. From my perspective, life's too short to *not* do it.

[nicky g]

Fine. Next time I tell a story involving a gay woman or an Hispanic man, I'll call them dykes and spics just so as not to cloud the issue.
It's not a question of being malicious; it's one of carelessly using terms that are guaranteed to hurt affected people's feelings if they overhear it. Why is it that mental health is the one area where it's still ok to use out and out insulting terms?

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Perhaps "retarded person" would be better, I agree. However, there is no "right" to not be offended.

Where is Lenny Bruce now that we need him? [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[Rushmore]

I never, in my wildest dreams, expected to see anything so absolutely sensible posted here.

Thanks, Kurnson!

P.S. Lenny Bruce is dead. He couldn't tolerate the state of the world, so he shot dope til he turned up cold and dead on a bathroom floor.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

P.S. Lenny Bruce is dead.

Yeah, I know. Too bad. I ask the same question about Barry Goldwater when politics frustrate me.

[Rushmore]

I knew that you knew that Lenny Bruce is dead. My point was that his oversensitivity to everyone else's hypersensitivity seems have killed him. He could not believe that he wasn't allowed to say words. No, he didn't shout FIRE! in a movie theater. He just said that Jackie was RUNNING AWAY, not gathering up pieces of her husband's skull and brain. I guess it was a National Security Issue.

Sorry. Almost got, uh, political.

[HDPM]

Some of the other players were kind of smiling quietly, a few were bitching at him for slowing down the game, and a few others were egging him on to buy more chips, especially this old guy in the nine seat who was a dead ringer for Peter Fonda's bodyguard in The Limey.




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This is the paragraph of the post that both cracks me up and makes me ill. These are the people we play with. Unreal. Did anybody talk about jacking him in the parking lot next time? Or trying to run a scam on him outside of poker? Jeez, if you can't rob the elderly, infirm, or otherwise feeble, who can ya rob? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[ACBob]

Sam,

Was this at California Grand? If so, how did you like the game?

Bob Lewis

[Aces McGee]

Would you play your normal game, or would you lay off check-raising and other "tricks?"

Aces McGee