I would LOVE to trust that people would think through to the consequences of their actions/words, but given the resistance displayed by multiple commenters to the idea that, regardless of all the intent in the world, there are words that actively cause harm to others, I am very skeptical of this idea.

No matter how many times Leora has pointed out that, no, no matter what you think, lame and retarded are NOT divorced from the slurs on physically and mentally disabled people, the digging in of heels still goes on.