That's quite an imagination, but it doesn't. It's much more psychological than that. That's the biggest irony of the U.S. police state. On top of being completely counter to the stated principles of the country, it's expensive and just doesn't work. Japan punishes the guilty and abuses the innocent alike simply…

out of control and dangerous youth subculture

Ask any blogger. Any real blogger. It doesn't matter if you get the story across in a sentence or a page. Writing's writing.

Clearly you have not followed the discussion. You're not adding anything new to it. Your opinion of me personally is frankly not interesting or relevant either. Thanks.

Read the rest of this thread. I've already addressed everything you've said here (right down to someone quoting the dictionary), in responding to people who were much more civil in saying it than you are being. Take you desperate high school essay logic and inability to stop posturing like you can't be wrong and go…

And that's just an answer to what's wrong with "cunt." Even accepting that, what's wrong with "Go fuck yourself"?

You say "too damned bad" like you've actually made me do something, though.

Moderate away. I'm didn't call anyone "c-word," I called them cunts.

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Unless its purpose is for people on side streets not to speed through it without stopping. Which is, I know, fucking inconceivable.

Expect whatever you want, but nobody owes you anything. I treated you like your comment was both condescending and misinformed, which is a combination that deserves no civility. Go fuck yourself.

You're right, I should totally investigate every claim every single commenter on the Internet makes to me, instead of expecting people to be able to provide proof of their claims without bitching about it when asked.

Plus Canada's always making fun of Russia, and when Canada's having its way with you, you know something's gone horribly wrong.

Addicts are covered in the Americans with Disabilities Act? Do you have any evidence of that, or are you just saying it because it feels good to say?

Who the fuck are you?

Kat and I already had an adult conversation about terminology. Your "for all intents and purposes" bullshit is not based on any real research on science or law. It's based on your ignorant feelings.

"A wider application of the idea of ableism," is what I'm opposing, here. Because if disability is expanded to "factors that affect an individual's ability to function within a conventional societal framework," then it loses its original (and still legal) meaning, and then we need a new word to refer to a specific…

I don't follow the logical thread in what you're saying. Ableism is often used to describe discrimination against people with a wide range of mental disorders, and addiction is certainly under that umbrella? That's not a proof, it's an a priori premise you're just telling me to accept. I'm telling you I don't agree…

Here's the whole problem, though — at no point do I say anything about others with addictions or disabilities. I'm only talking about myself and my experience and how I feel about the language. So take your own little lecture:

What are you talking about?