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Originally posted by budski
Originally posted by backinblack
reply to post by budski
Get off a plane, walk up to an asian man, call him a "paki" and see what happens.
I've done it many times..Spent half my life overseas..
You're dreaming if you think most consider the word paki racist..
I had many "pakis" working for me and never have I heard that...edit on 25-2-2011 by backinblack because: grammar police check
i'm not dreaming - I was talking about the UK.
Try it here and see what happens.
It stems from just after the 2nd world war, when many asians came to the UK.
As racism became more prevalent, "paki bashing" became a huge problem - this is why today the use of the word is considered racist in the UK, because it has its roots in racist violence.
Originally posted by wayno
Originally posted by Vicky32
Originally posted by wayno
I can't speak for GB which seems to harbour a lot more prejudice in its population than here.
You're #ting me, right?
Canada is regrettably very culturally close to its neighbour to the south as far as prejudice goes. You're just bigger hypocrites about it.
Americans let their seething cauldrons of prejudice and hatred boil over all the time. Canadians lie.
Hmmmm, if we are as prejudiced as Americans, then why was it that the underground railroad brought escaping slaves to Canada -- to my area of the country to be specific????
History proves the majority of Canadians are nothing like the Americans in this and many other areas. You could have given no greater insult to the average Canadian than accuse him of being American.
i'm not dreaming - I was talking about the UK.
Originally posted by Vicky32
For the last time, men, plurals don't take apostrophes! What is so hard to understand about that?edit on 25/2/11 by Vicky32 because: Trying to fix formatting!edit on 25/2/11 by Vicky32 because: Trying to fix formatting! and it wouldn't work, sigh
Originally posted by Doomzilla
reply to post by justyc
I"M white and I find the p word offensive AND ignorant .
Im with you I believe its wrong .
Originally posted by backinblack
reply to post by budski
i'm not dreaming - I was talking about the UK.
No, you said get off a plane..So I'm assuming you mean overseas..
Originally posted by budski
reply to post by AlienCarnage
I see where you're coming from, but you should also understand that purely from a UK perspective it is considered an extremely racist thing to say, context or not - in the UK it's on a par with the "N" word.
It's extremely difficult for posters from the UK not to see it that way, simply because of its historical context regarding racist groups such as the old national front.
Originally posted by woogleuk
It's not like calling an American a Yank..