Why don't people abort their retarded babies? I've never received a satisfactory answer to this question.

noumenal, that is my new signature. bravo

damn, that's a shift in tone...

i don't know-- i think some people do (there are genetic tests w/ the amniotic liquid)

it's kinda cruel to speak of "retards" (even though the picture made me laugh). i mean some "retards" can live pretty happy lives, in spite of their handicaps...

So, are you putting me on your ignore list atari? Please don't.

absolutely they can still live happy lives. that's a dumb question because retards can still be happy like any other person.

I heard a show on NPR with a Down's Syndrome guy who had a Master's degree. It was pretty amazing and made me reevaluate my views on the limitations of that particular birth defect.
Plus I had a girlfriend in high school with a DS brother, and he was a great guy.

OK, it's yours. :)

Anyway, they end up keeping them like pets, but I'd rather have a German Shepherd than a kid with Down Syndrome any day.

Edit: I'm just being cruel out of boredom....sorry.

what question?

I'd rather have a German Shepherd than a "normal" kid.

You should reevaluate your view on Master's Degrees instead. :)

man, this thread started funny, got funnier, and now that we're in subject of eugenics, ack....

reboot please?

Thanks for that, Savage Clone. I saved it to my computer.

in all honesty retarded people can still do pretty incredible thigns based on their handicap but god DAMN it's still fun to make fun of them

Don't worry; there was no water left to drain out of the pool of respect I had for academia to start with.

hah hah masters degrees are a joke-- i can attest, i have one

I've always felt free to make fun of handicapped people because my brother has Cerebral Palsy and I grew up making fun of him. He loves it. He insists on being called a "cripple" and he used to laugh when I'd trip him up while we were playing basketball or something.

My bandmate is a college art professor.
He still has to work weekends at a coffeeshop to make ends meet.
Nice.

Well, thank Jah that your brother can take a joke. I sure can't, obviously.

Life is a lot more fun when you can take a joke and when you don't care if everybody likes you or not. Some people will, some won't. Big deal.

hey, fun story. last night i was drinking at this kids houes and he started bleeding from the ear! it was wildly freaky. it turned out he just cut himself but it was wild for a second