Spastic transformer toy

[DinahRod]

a tad unfortunate

Why on Earth would they call it 'Spastic'??

I thought that word left us in the 80s.

Well they are American's and it doesn't have quite the same meaning and level of offence over there.

They're probably just as bamboozled as to how we sell food called faggots.

i cannot believe the Daily Mail are using it as an example of 'political correctness gone mad' and their readers are saying people are too easily offended.

On second thoughts, yes I can

Hasbro haven't actually said that they did have plans to release the toy here under that name, so insinuating that they've changed their minds is a bit of a stretch of the truth.

It's not an offensive term over there.
I can see why they have chosen not to distribute it on this side of the pond though.

Just out of interest, what does spastic mean in the USA? Is it just a name like 'George'?

Why are they calling it Spastic?

Is this toy being sold here with this name?

No I don't think so vixel, and I don't think it was ever intended to be sold here.

I may be wrong.

makes me glad that I don't have to buy crap like that

Is the term considered as offensive in America as it is here

who cares, if they want to sell it over here, it is offensive

Is it being sold over here with that name

Afair, an American MNer used this term and was rounded on, but for her it just meant clumsy, and she provided a dictionary definition.

great
bloody great, so the word will now be in common use agian.

For some reason they don't seem as sensitive to this stuff in the US. There's a couple of episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer which were edited for UK transmission because they use the word "spaz" as an insult.

2shoes- I don't think it ever stopped being in common use, my dad still uses it and its shortened version sadly.

nice bloke.......not

I would never use this term or sell a product under it but I did see this the other day and was quite as the guy is disabled himself.
www.laurenceclark.co.uk/index.php

a disabled person can use what ever term they like.
but I thin the non disabled shouldn't

Is there difference though between this and that toy, the word is still be used to sell a product.
Just musing a loud not sure of the answer

Thought the word had been lost in the midst of time. But talk about nations divided by a common language.

Do medical professional ever use the term 'spastic'?

it is a type of CP
so yest a medical person would use it.
but it is also an insult used my idiots who think taking the piss out of disabled people and their families is fun.
yes my ds has come up against this a lot in his younger years.

2shoes- how do you feel about this comedian using the term to help sell his comedy tour?