cheatonus

Hi Colin, wife and I love Eureka, sorry to see it coming to an end. I've always thought you remind me of Scott Bakula, from an acting standpoint. Who are your favorite actors? Here's my vote for you to play Sam Beckett in a Quantum Leap reboot.

Well, lets say you're talking a literary context with no pictures. How would you describe a person? If I said the person had dwarfism, or was a "little person" or "midget" you would instantly get the picture in your head without having to write a dozen descriptive terms. So categorizing people on appearance isn't a totally impractical exercise. The important thing is using the least offensive version of the categorization, unless offense or depicting a literary character as a rude or ignorant person is your goal.