HomeschoolrsRUs
07-03-2005, 12:27 PM
This could fit equally well in either the Religion, Education, or Culture Forums, but I'll post it here since I am a Mod for this forum, and hope that others venture here to read it, because it is DEFINITELY worth it . . .
Dr Timothy's sociology class
Mike S. Adams
June 21, 2005
Good morning class. I want to start with a clarification of my remarks from the last class period. Towards the end of our discussion, I referred to religious persons as “moral retards.” The point I was trying…
Excuse me, could you please stop using the term “retards”? My nephew is mentally retarded. Could you please show some degree of sensitivity? I mean, you are a sociologist, aren’t you?
Well, Adam, yes, I suppose I could. But, please, hear me out. My point was that religion often functions as a sort of a disease that…
But, professor, retardation is not a disease, it is a defect. The former can be cured but the latter cannot. Could you please use your terms properly? Yes, Barak, but, please, remember that we do have a speech code here on this campus.
The rest of this article found here (you have to laugh, otherwise it would be quite sad):
Mike S. Adams: Dr Timothy's sociology class (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/ma20050621.shtml)
Dr Timothy's sociology class
Mike S. Adams
June 21, 2005
Good morning class. I want to start with a clarification of my remarks from the last class period. Towards the end of our discussion, I referred to religious persons as “moral retards.” The point I was trying…
Excuse me, could you please stop using the term “retards”? My nephew is mentally retarded. Could you please show some degree of sensitivity? I mean, you are a sociologist, aren’t you?
Well, Adam, yes, I suppose I could. But, please, hear me out. My point was that religion often functions as a sort of a disease that…
But, professor, retardation is not a disease, it is a defect. The former can be cured but the latter cannot. Could you please use your terms properly? Yes, Barak, but, please, remember that we do have a speech code here on this campus.
The rest of this article found here (you have to laugh, otherwise it would be quite sad):
Mike S. Adams: Dr Timothy's sociology class (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/mikeadams/ma20050621.shtml)