It's not offensive to me, or a lot of people I know. I can think of far more offensive words to use for disabled people, but retard is just colloquial slang now AFAIC.
...And I'm being downvoted, as proof of what `otherusername2` said above:
"That's just because those of us who don't are afraid we'll get chewed out here, so we're not commenting."
Words have different meanings for different people it's that simple. These guys shouldn't have had to change their docs.
Where will this end? Will we not be able to use cretin next either? What about moron or imbecile? PC gone mad because some people don't understand a joke. Good job South Park isn't hosted on github...
"That's just because those of us who don't are afraid we'll get chewed out here, so we're not commenting."
Words have different meanings for different people it's that simple. These guys shouldn't have had to change their docs.
Where will this end? Will we not be able to use cretin next either? What about moron or imbecile? PC gone mad because some people don't understand a joke. Good job South Park isn't hosted on github...