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To: Esteemed Colleagues, Scholars, Educators, Students, Poets and others who may enjoy the beauty and elegance of ideas in words illustrated by fine arts. 
  
From: W. Wertelecki M.D. 

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	   Stupid Cretin Idiot


OLIGOPHRENIA from OLIGO for deficit and PHRENIA for MIND is a term that offers inSIGHT to what today is referred to as "mental retardation", a term increasingly objected to. The terms STUPID, IDIOT, CRETIN, MORON add perspectives but are even more offensive. In the past, the much gentler term "INNOCENT" was used to refer to oligophrenic persons. ...


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