Same reason they put the age limit in. Because they have to be protected from themselves. Also, can we finally start talking about how Brad Stevens is kinda over hyped?
Whaaaa? Bird and Steph are going to kill you outside. Which will open the middle for Wade. Then you got PnR for Malone with all 3 of those of those guys. And Hakeem will just do Hakeem things. Malone, Wade and Olajuwon are pretty good defenders too. Hard to bet against MJ, but Team 4 could pull it off.
My sister had Down Syndrome, and technically, she was retarded. But I never had a problem using it or hearing it used to describe someone who said or did something dumb/stupid. Because my sister damn sure wasn't dumb. She taught me quite a few times that just because she was slow, it didn't mean she was a fool. Not everyone who has/had a special needs family member is offended by simple words. So if you want to use it, use it. If you don't like hearing it, then so be it. Add it to the list of other things you didn't like that day. Either way it don't a shit. Live your life.
Your story reminds me of the when we moved to the country. There was no running water in the house. So, while that was being fixed, every morning I had to catch water. When it was bath time, I would have to catch enough for 4 people in the foot tubs. Then cover the tub with plastic so the damn grass hoppers wouldn't get in. Then, later on, we had a calf who couldn't suck because her momma tit got too big. So first we started off with the big ass baby bottle, then we moved to the bucket with the nipple. She would conveniently knock it off the fence if I didn't watch her. And if it didn't matter how hungry she was, I still had to catch her ass every morning.
Because it causes non-WNBA people to talk about it. Those ladies are good at what they do. But it's ridiculous that they always have to roach off the NBA to get attention.
People who smoke weed. Not because they smoke weed but because they stank! Coming out of the cigar bar, after smelling all those beautiful aromas and right into the aftermath of some stanky sumbitch. I haven't smoked in close to 18 years. But I don't remember it being that funky. I just want to take those lil stanky bastards and spray them with Fabuloso and the pressure washer.
And it doesn't matter where you are, there is always some stank-ass crop dusting the place.