Thread: Special Olympics aims at ending the derogatory use of the "r-word"
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Old 06-15-2009, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel View Post
Semantics rears it's ugly head again. Changing the name without changing the intended meaning only makes people feel better until they realize that the same thing is being said. Now "special" has an ugly sound to it.
Exactly.
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