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From: Jeff.Salzberg@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jeff Salzberg)
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Subject: Re: public relations
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Date: 17 Jun 91 20:29:35 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 SG> I have heard the term Mentally challenged before and do not use
 SG> it professionally. Aren't we all mentally challenged?

 Thank you.  "Mentally challenged" and "physically challenged" are two
 of the more obnoxious examples of Politically Correct socio-babble.

 I hope I die before I ever stop being mentally challenged; if I'd lose
 a little weight, though, I might be less physically challenged.

 Hey, maybe the blind should be referred to as "differently sighted"....

 Susan, we may not be as far apart on this as I thought.

... "No good deed goes unpunished." - C. B. Luce

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