What a weird story. Very classy people.

It's probably a transcript from a TV news segment as it is from KSL, a local news outlet.

I love that sign, it warns the neighbors as to the ignorance and hatred of the retards who live in the house.

Nice that the advocates for the kid talk about how he's being harassed, ignoring that he must have been doing some harassment of his own to get a sign hung up about him.

Something tells me the kid's parents aren't doing the best job of supervising their child, who they even state is basically a large three year old. Who lets a three year old wander around unsupervised?

don't buy in neighborhoods with chain-link fences

Dancin_In_Anson:

I'm rereading a compliation of stories about Lewis Grizzard. One of the things that stands out is when they talk about his time in the trenches (before his column) the editors were brutal and cut no slack.

Great guy... seems like no one reads him anymore. His autobiographical stuff like "My Daddy Was A Pistol..." is excellent. No, journalism is not what it used to be...

It's about time someone took a stand against those rock throwing retards.

People with disabilities are probably the last group for whom we continue to use language that is hurtful and offensive.

Tell that to the fags.

Also, this article is probably just a direct transcript from a video segment, hence the horrible quality. TampaBay's 10 dot com does this a lot too.

Action Replay Nick, don't forget about the fatties.

And of course the neighbours are too chicken shiat to give their names.

Too bad they've already bred, because the world sure doesn't need more idiots like them.

Based upon my knowledge of Nephi and the available evidence, I will suggest that everyone involved is an ignorant asshat.

I'd hit it.

Jiminy crickets.

Dancin_In_Anson: Guess the days of the old school newspaper editor are over.

If they weren't, they wouldn't be the "old school," would they?

Abagadro: It's probably a transcript from a TV news segment as it is from KSL, a local news outlet.

When I used to copy-paste news scripts to our local news web site, they looked exactly like this (before I edited them). It looks like most local news stations just don't give a fark.

What's somewhat funny is that when I read this story this morning in the Salt Lake Tribune one of the first things I thought was "This is going to go green." I need to get off of fark for a while.

It has apparently been taken down.

Salt Lake Tribune update

I think she took the it take a village to raise a child thing too literally.

Most of Nephi operates on the level of a 5 year old so I'm not surprised she thinks it's no big deal to have him wander around.

I thought the sign was just for all of Utah.

Franks and beans!

No one else noticed that is actually says "Retard's In Area"?

Fraser Nelson, Executive Director, Disability Law Center: "People with disabilities are probably the last group for whom we continue to use language that is hurtful and offensive. Instead of being someone who is mentally retarded, you are a person with a developmental disability and that means really what we are valuing is the person."

Tom Brownlee, Advocate for those with Disabilities: "When I was growing up, people always used that word in front of me and called me retarded."

Someone who knows how hurtful that word can be is Tom Brownlee, who today is an advocate for those with disabilities.

Tom Brownlee, Advocate for those with Disabilities: "I hate that word, it was very offensive and I just want them to see that people with disabilities deserve the respect that they are entitled to."

Both Brownlee and Nelson are hoping the community will stand up against any behavior that lessens the role of people with disabilities in society.

Fraser Nelson, Executive Director, Disability Law Center: "Regardless of cognitive disability I may have, I'm a person and people do not deserve to have signs pointed at them, making fun of them, scaring them, harassing them."

I think that writer might be a bit slow

Salt Lake Tribune Aritcle...
A Nephi family angry that their neighbor's autistic teenage son wanders the streets and rifles through nearby homes has taken down a sign in their front yard that said, "CAUTION RETARD'S IN AREA."

(later in the Tribune article)

"We talked to them I think they understood by using that type of wording they made a mistake," he said.

Well, duh....when will people learn about the apostrophies in words?

I'm not surprised the incident involves white trash.

I highly doubt the family who made the sign has anybody with an IQ over 70... so in a way it's kind of like Chris Rock saying attractive and successful African-American.

They just don't know it.

davidphogan Something tells me the kid's parents aren't doing the best job of supervising their child

Yeah, the guy never actually specified that he wrote the sign about the kid did he...?

What's asinine about having retards in your area? I think submitter's the real discriminator here.

I'm starting to understand why the terrorists hate us so much.

Oh a new filter.

Hahaha.

LOL! I think it's hilarious how the word "retard" got everyone going.

(Lighten up, people, it's just a less "politically correct" way of saying developmentally disabled or mentally challenged.)

maybe the neighbors were just warning others about themselves.

and you can bet all these people voted for Bush.

Okay, let me get this straight. Boy is mentally handicap. Throws rocks at neighbor's daughter and tresspasses. No one but the father of the daughter seems to care.

Father puts up a sign calling the boy a retard and now the police and lawyers are looking into what they can do to the father???

Is it just me, or should the police and lawyers gotten involved alot sooner? Like when the girl was hit with a rock?

I love when white trash fights.

Horrendously written article.

Bravo for the guy sticking it to the tard. In my day, we killed the little bastards in the cradle to save everyone time and money.

Rapmaster2000
I'm starting to understand why the terrorists hate us so much.

Why, because it looks like the dog is licking the woman's snatch?