can you get fiered for calling somone a spacca?

MortonF · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:30

as title really..

in this pc climate we live in, can you get fiered for using the word spacca?

even as a joke?

Robbo · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:31

Oh dear.

r2d2 · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:32

Never heard of anyone getting fiered for calling someone a spacca.

[FnG]magnolia · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:34

MortonF said:
as title really..

in this pc climate we live in, can you get fiered for using the word spacca?

even as a joke?

Do you have an opinion?

e : wait, how can a 28 year old use the term 'spacca' without realising how infantile he sounds? Is 28 a typo?

DcD · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:37

Yes, if the person is offended they could quite easily report you, so it all depends on how aggressive your employer is with these things.

PermaBanned · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:38

Well. Your post history looks... "promising".

Tefal · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:38

MortonF said:
as title really..

in this pc climate we live in, can you get fiered for using the word spacca?

even as a joke?

Is this pc climate to blame for your teachers not beating you with a stick?

If it is then it's gone too far.

Rameses · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:39

dowie · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:41

Erm probably...

Perhaps even more so if the person the insult was aimed at had a relevant disability/could crudely be defined as a 'spastic'.

Mattus · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:45

If you can't, you probably should be. Fairly sure the last time I heard the word 'spacca' was in the school playground...

Johnnytoxic · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:48

We don't do text speak around these parts buddy.

[FnG]magnolia · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:50

You probably can get fired yes, in the same way that you can probably be probated for using the term in a thread title.

MikeHunt79 · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:52

Yes, depending on the context

Hitman_Leon · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:53

It seems to be the default word used against anyone with a disability by the ignorant and offensive.

Been called it far too many times ever since I was very young as I have a type of muscular dystrophy. When I got to my teens and started boxing and using weights it tailed off, amazing how busting a few heads shuts people up.

Morgoth · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:55

MortonF, would you be offended if I raped you?

even as a joke?

d_brennen · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:58

Morgoth said:
MortonF, would you be offended if I raped you?

even as a joke?

It's alright if you shout "surprise!"

pingwing · 8 Mar 2012 at 00:58

Probably can be, defiantly should be for sounding like a cretin

Cosimo · 8 Mar 2012 at 01:01

I have no idea what the word means.

Hitman_Leon · 8 Mar 2012 at 01:03

A twisted offensive version of 'spastic'.

PermaBanned · 8 Mar 2012 at 01:05

simulatorman said:
I have no idea what the word means.

Slang for spastic, used (inappropriately) when describing someone who's done something that you disagree with.