Transformer 'Spastic' cancelled in UK

[SofaMan]

Well, it's only a repaint anyway. No loss really.

[kaiden]

You'd think they could have spun it in a positive direction like this decepticon spastic is such a badass. he's overcome his disabilities by combining with drones to live life to his fullest potential - destroying autobots daily and doing it with a smile.

and that is the example to live by

[VERT]

But PCC are Spastic! For once the name tells the truth. I want one now Must import

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I think this just goes to show how lacking Hasbros language skills really are. I mean come on, spastic has been taboo for ages now. Even if Tiger Woods does say his skills were 'spaz' that doen't quite justify it.

What the hell were hasbro thinking? I bet they wouldn't call a TF 'AIDS' or Cerebral Palsy....

Be curious to see his bio though.

the name choice is just another reason as to why PCC suck so hard...

[SharkyMcShark]

I want one as a collectors piece.

But then I'd need MISB Erector to go with it. And maybe Discharge. And Windbreaker.

[kup]

I think this just goes to show how lacking Hasbros language skills really are. I mean come on, spastic has been taboo for ages now. Even if Tiger Woods does say his skills were 'spaz' that doen't quite justify it.

What the hell were hasbro thinking? I bet they wouldn't call a TF 'AIDS' or Cerebral Palsy....

Be curious to see his bio though.

the name choice is just another reason as to why PCC suck so hard...

The Tiger Woods incident was not without well publicized controversy so it's really hard to justify why they went with that name as the smallest amount of research will inform you that the name could be offensive.

[FFN]

I think this just goes to show how lacking Hasbros language skills really are. I mean come on, spastic has been taboo for ages now. Even if Tiger Woods does say his skills were 'spaz' that doen't quite justify it.

It's been taboo in the UK and derived countries (except Canada). It is not taboo in the United States, Canada and I imagine some other english-speaking countries. My research suggests that North Americans are genuinely unaware that there is any problem and are unaware that this would cause offense.

Regarding the Tiger Wood thing - even if that incident was huge and massive in America as it was in the UK (and so on), I don't think such well-publicised incidents would be so big that they would make a significant, lasting impact upon their vernacular and stay in their memory. Basically, they're probably not going to remember and change their culture accordingly (at least not this quickly) because of these incidents.

What the hell were hasbro thinking? I bet they wouldn't call a TF 'AIDS' or Cerebral Palsy....:rolleyes

That's a silly example, because they clearly know what those illnesses/conditions are.



BTW, regarding somebody commenting on Hasbro not doing due research on Nexus Maximus - obviously, Hasbro's lawyers searched google with safe search on.

[kup]

I think it's silly that they didn't even bother to look up the name in Google US.

[griffin]

It's been taboo in the UK and derived countries (except Canada). It is not taboo in the United States, Canada and I imagine some other english-speaking countries. My research suggests that North Americans are genuinely unaware that there is any problem and are unaware that this would cause offense.

You still haven't responded to my request for a postive useage of the word in American verncular. Every example is still for the purpose of chastising or insulting someone, or themselves.

[GoktimusPrime]

Even with safe search on you'd still find the wikipedia page on Spastic as the first result which gives you information about the controversy surrounding the word in certain regions. Living in the age of search engines like Google, doing basic research only takes about a minute. (-_-)