23 Mar
2009
23 Mar
'09
6:10 p.m.
On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 20:48 -0400, William Donzelli wrote:
Like the word "spastic". I went to uni with a guy called "Jim the
Spastic". As he said, he didn't like being called a "cerebral palsy
sufferer" which was what the politically-correct term was at the time.
Great fun getting into clubs with him, whenever he got the KB from the
doorman ("Sorry sir, I think you've had enough") he'd start with the
"What? I'm not drunk, I walk thith way an' talk thith way becauth I'm a
*THHHAPPPAAAAAATTTHHHHTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCC*!!" while flapping his arms in
a particularly theatrical spastic way - devastating if he was holding
his crutches at the time.
Takes all sorts.
Gordon
Same goes for
the word "hacker".
Anyone that uses the old definition of "hacker" these days is a fool.
Too many negative connotations - it is just not worth the trouble to
explain (that is, clear the air) to people.