citoeast wrote:Im_Spartacus wrote:citoeast wrote:The use of the word spastic in the title is totally inappropriate. This is an offensive and abusive term to those with disability. Have some decency and change it.
I won't be changing the thread title for a few reasons.
Firstly, calling someone who clearly isn't disabled, a spastic, is highly unlikely to be particularly offensive to him, (rather important given he is the one being called a spastic wouldn't you say?).
Secondly, I have a serious physical disability - I don't find the term
Spastic, spaz, spacker, cripple etc offensive, and friends frequently (and often inappropriately) call it me when they see me walking with crutches or walking with difficulty without them, so please don't pretend to speak for people 'with disability' - you don't. As a person 'with disability' I actually find your patronising and labelling rather offensive in itself.
Finally, the term is not me randomly calling him a spastic, it is an ironic reference to a comment another poster made about Dzeko some time ago (As explained in my 2nd post on this thread) I appreciate if you didn't see the original thread this refers to, you don't get that context.
However, if you're so easily offended that you feel the strong need to post for the first time since November 2012 to complain about another post, despite all the wonderful things at city you could have commented on in the 2 years since your last post, perhaps you have your priorities somewhat wrong for being a member of a manchester city forum.
Of course if the lads feel I've overstepped the mark, they are more than welcome to change the thread title
Quite frankly I find your remarks personally offensive.
It is totally irrelevant whether or not you have a disability or whether or not you think the remarks are offensive.
You are a coward making them hidden behind a keyboard. If not removed within 24 hours I will report the thread to the police, you were asked nicely.
It is because of the offensive nature of the thread title thatI posted.
Call my bluff and you will regret it, that is my promise to you - you will get a knock on you door from the police.
Do the decent thing and remove hate is hate even if you are just repeating what others said, same for racism you repeat it YOU offend.
Look, I'm sure your heart is in the right place, but a couple of points before you spontaneously combust with outrage:
#1 - You began all this claiming to uphold the honour of disabled people, all of them apparently, yet when I pointed out I'm disabled and that you don't speak for me, you then claim my opinion as a disabled person doesn't count. At least be consistent and get your story straight.
#2 - You'd have a hard enough job finding a copper in a British nick these days, but assuming you do, when he (or she, of course, I don't want sexism added to my rap sheet) finally stops laughing at you, my address is Villa 43, Al Rayyan Road, Doha, Qatar.
I'll be home all day. If I'm not in the house, tell them to pop round to the pool.
