# If "Paki" is acceptable to use then what other slurs are? Nigger? Spic? Homo? Jap? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 16, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-paki-is-acceptable-to-use-then-what-other-slurs-are-nigger-spic-homo-jap/628375 "2012-07-16T02:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 125
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-paki-is-acceptable-to-use-then-what-other-slurs-are-nigger-spic-homo-jap/628375/125 "2012-07-16T19:23:09Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Well, what is the most offensive word you can call a South Asian. “Paki”. Really? That’s the single most offensive word you could call any South Asian person even though it’s specific to Pakistanis and people from Pakistan use it without considering it a slur? It’s the most offensive word for South Asians even though a significant number of English speakers are unaware it’s even an insult? That’s quite a bold claim! I think at this point you’ve overstating your case. I’m not interested in going around and around on this subject, so I’ll say this one more time: we’re aware the word can be used as a slur and we moderate it accordingly. I think the moderation in this case was appropriate, and frankly, since you’d already taken the thread off topic with this gem: > [@What is the future of Egyptian-Israeli relations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-future-of-egyptian-israeli-relations/626173/19): > > Are you sure it was a “paki” and not a nigger, spic, or kike? I didn’t think it was necessary to press the point that “Paki” can be offensive. You’d already made that point in much more inflammatory and distracting terms than I would have. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-paki-is-acceptable-to-use-then-what-other-slurs-are-nigger-spic-homo-jap/628375)._