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Originally Posted by Michael1954
Is it really OK to call someone a mong? How about spastic? I remember during my school days that calling someone a spastic, or spas, was frequently used as an insult or put down, but nowadays, quite rightly, it is seen as insulting and upsetting to those with Down's Syndrome and their families. I think there is a big difference between using unpersoned and mong.
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In our household the term 'mong' meant mongrel...and it was used if any of us were displaying feral habits, or bad manners......or sometimes if we were sitting around doing nothing...because that is what mongels do...they sit by the fire and toast their belly.
I have no recollection of using the term 'spastic' or 'spas' in a derogatory manner at school(or anywhere else for that matter).