TSBD Doorway man - Oswald or Lovelady?

[James H. Fetzer]

Aren't there supposed to be moderators here? This is clearly a threat to assassinate me. Is that the new standard of acceptable behavior here? What a forum!

I've been waiting for you, James. In the tall grass. Keep it up.

For a guy I used to like, you are committing one blunder after another. That you cannot see the obvious about Oswald as Doorman is bad enough. That you cannot bring yourself to condemn Charles Drago for his juvenile conduct is worse. And when you attack a find man like Don Jeffries in a childish, immature fashion, which is simply and clearly deplorable, I know that you, like Charles, have lost your way. That's a pity. You used to be an honorable man.

Wow. So just because Charles is not ridiculing someone who is challenged, that makes his belittling references to "short bus" and "Special Olympics" okay? It's easy to aim humor at vulnerable targets. I guess some people think it's funny to laugh behind the backs of the hearing impaired. "Short bus" is an offensive term, period.

Monk is different from me. I recoil every time I hear the word "retard" or the obvious inferences in "humor" such as we've seen from Charles on this thread. And unlike your relatives, my niece instinctively knows what a bad word "retard" is and understands when someone is mimicking her.

Just as black people feel offended by the use of the "n" word, even when it's not directed at them, most of us who have loved ones with developmental difficulties (Monk being a very rare exception) feel offended by the very words "retard," or "short bus," regardless of the context. And even if I was being overly sensitive, any halfway decent person would respect someone's feelings and not want to offend them. Charles, however, clearly enjoys offending people.

Again, I am simply astounded that none of you have the courage to call this man out on his juvenile, offensive posts.

Perhaps...NOT!

I DO HAVE THE COURAGE TO CALL YOU OUT ON YOUR IDIOTIC APPLICATION OF ETIQUETTE ON A FORUM WHERE THOSE WHO ARE SO IMPAIRED COULD NOT EVEN COMPREHEND WHAT IS WRITTEN HERE AND THEREFORE COULD NOT BE OFFENDED BY IT!

Anyone riding the short bus due to the type of impairment sarcastically implied by Charles would not be offended. My nephew would not be offended for two reasons: The comment is not aimed at him and he cannot comprehend it even if it was. Same as you.