My ex-fiance left just weeks before our son was born. Quickly found a heartless, much-younger girlfriend, quit his career, the works.

I am so deeply saddened by this I don't even know where to start...this little boy was only four years old, and he may have/seems likely to have suffered most days of his preciously short life. And then he died in horrendous pain, which had been inflicted on him by those who were supposed to care for him more than…

Supposedly noun form is once again defensible as acceptable usage; however, it is utterly unacceptable according to my 11th grade British English teacher, whose adamancy on this particular point was astounding. It is considered unstandard in legal usage, also.

Except no one has "a myriad of social issues" or anything else. (It's "myriad social issues".)

Your argumentation is hogwash, hon. And it, and pigs, don't fly.

To the extent that this policy can be considered discrimination and in violation of State Department policies against antigay discrimination, World Vision could stand to lose significant USG funding.

Actually, no.

Conjecture, but I wonder if the term as used in the US came from Ireland...stereotypically it was Scots Irish who served as slave drivers/managed plantations in the South from early in our history (with others early on arriving in the US as indentured servants, so perhaps even serving as "mammys"?).

Actually, you are talking shit. Using the term "retarded" is ridiculous and offensive. Your arguments are ridiculous. Your complaints about a woman getting a cut and color for $87 (a STEAL compared to anywhere I've been or lived, where the same easily tops $200 at steep discount) are ridiculous.

That Wikipedia entry is notoriously MRA'd.

And when you go for your stoning, this follows: