This is precisely and spectacularly wrong. It’s not just a slur, it’s a well-known one.
Also, your understanding of the underlying motivations behind current UK educational policy is about as grounded in reality as your assertion above. In fact, it’s worse - it’s not just wrong, it’s not even wrong.
Plus, you’re behind the times. All the proper racists have left the Conservatives to join UKIP. The Tories are mostly about persecuting the poor these days, regardless of what colour they are.
Yeah…no. Common to you, perhaps. Which is no surprise.
The only example of what Alan-a-dull (his new nickname, I propose) describes that comes to mind is dialogue from Glengarry Glen Ross in which the character of Ricky Roma says at least once “Let’s go eat at the Chink’s” (emphasis added), in reference to a Chinese restaurant across the street from the office. I can’t say I’ve ever heard Alan’s version, but then I’ve only been using the internet for 25 years instead of his 30.
I may have used the term “gook food” in the 1970s but grew out of it by the time I turned 22. I canot believe what insensitive little pricks we (white middle-class teenagers) were back then.
I believe that curent white middle-class teenagers will be embarrassed about how they were a load of pricks at that age, just over different things than I did.
Indian? Not Pakistani? Does the word even apply to you? Or is “Paki” used in the UK to refer to anyone from (or ancestrally from) the Subcontinent regardless of which country or religion? Serious question.
The latter: it’s used as a catch-all slur for anyone of South Asian extraction. There’s a sort of reclamation project going on these days among young Pakistani Britons (as with the N-word in the US) but it’s still hugely offensive to the vast majority of people.
Because the full title doesn’t fit into the header row of a spreadsheet, and I do a lot of work w. demographics. However, to please you, I will use the full term. Not so much of the social outcast … I am highly regarded as a Mathematician and IT expert and circulate among various social groups wherever I am based… my political views (US) appear to be prevailing (the GOP majority in Congress and today’s rejection of Obama’s (widely known in the UK as O’Barmy) illegal and unconstitutional plans.) The same in spades in the UK where UKIP achieved its position as 3rd political party.
You cn see in his wds that he nds to use abbreviations where necessary in rendering hs commentary w/ optimalized efficiency n properly maintained currency.
There are four kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, statistics, and atruelove’s posts.
I realized around the age of seven or so that using offensive terms for people is offensive.
Yes, you are. No, you are not. That’s quite doubtful. You obviously do not understand American politics. You’re still offensive. Two other things you do not understand are American law and the US constitution. UKIP…you’re hanging your hat on those bigots?
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No, it most certainly is not acceptable, either in the UK or on this board. This is a formal warning not to use it again. Failure to follow these instructions may result in a suspension of your posting privileges.
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