Nintendo: you're a spastic

[Monster Bonce]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6253688.stm

[esteban]

Will someone please tell me what the word in question was? Or am I too much of a 'tard to figure it out on my own?

[nodtveidt]

I wanna know too, but I already know I'm a 'tard.

[FM-77]

Maybe it's "spastic".

[nat]

Oh, boo f*cking hoo.

If it offends you, don't play it.

People like the woman in that article really piss me off.

I bet the word is "retard."

To put things in perspective: my brother has cerebral palsy. I still use the word "retard" and I don't get offended when I hear or read it somewhere. He doesn't either, unless someone is maliciously poking fun at him.

[Monster Bonce]

Maybe it's "spastic".

Correct.

The word "retard" is not really in common use in Ireland. Spastic is verboten but people still know and use it.

[nat]

Either way, same difference. Your spastic is our retard.

[Monster Bonce]

Yeah, I know. I'm just not sure how the word would go down—maybe worse, maybe better. It fell out of use at a time when spastic was still considered OK. It's making a reappearance as a result of the internet and some popular US TV shows, though.

[Black Tiger]

I'd love to play a game that called me retarded if I did really bad. 

[Keranu]

I'd love to play a game that called me retarded if I did really bad. 

Me too!

[Turbo D]

I think that story is kind of funny

[esteban]

I'd love to play a game that called me retarded if I did really bad. 

Me too!

Me three!

[FM-77]

This is dangerous. Political correctness must be the most horrible thing in the world. Damn.... people!

[Kitsunexus]

I'd love to play a game that called me retarded if I did really bad. 

If you lose in a Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing tournament on PS1, the game calls you a "loser with no talent". First time I snapped a PS1 controller.

[Black Tiger]

Its okay for games to call you a/the 'loser', even though many kids who play games are already bullied at school and called a 'loser' on a daily basis.