why not if you can call scottish people scots, australians - auzzies, south africans - saf

its PC gone mad I tell ye.

Posted By: Tony Martin on July 23rd 2010 at 12:21:10

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Aussies 5wickets down. Could be a great win for the Pakis (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 12:14:19
- Clarke gone! 216/7 (n/m) (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 13:18:27
  - 6 down (n/m) (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 23, 13:20:20
    - oh yeah! massive wicket tho! (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 13:24:10
      - It does. (Other Sports) - Huge Small, Jul 23, 13:31:06
- word of warning, dont think you can say pakis any more mate (n/m) (Other Sports) - Only1Doherty, Jul 23, 12:18:56
  - Stewart Lee on political correctness (Other Sports) - BerlinCanary, Jul 23, 15:41:00
  - they would like it less if you called then Indian (n/m) (Other Sports) - south, Jul 23, 12:36:56
  - probably not in multicultural britain no. (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 12:27:55
    - Writing 'multicultual britain' in a sneery way doesn't exactly help your cause. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 23, 12:56:19
      - what is my cause? (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 13:02:50
        
        Paki has been an offensive word in Britain since the 1950s (Other Sports) - The Judge, Jul 23, 13:07:19
        
        Surely those two descriptions could equally be prescribed to you! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Sprouty from Lynn, Jul 23, 15:10:51
    - have you been away since the 70's then? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 23, 12:43:27
  - why not if you can call scottish people scots, australians - auzzies, south africans - saf (Other Sports) - Tony Martin, Jul 23, 12:21:10
    - Personally, I find "aussies" very offensive. (n/m) (Other Sports) - CB41, Jul 23, 12:50:08
    - As you well know, that is not how it works (Other Sports) - The Judge, Jul 23, 12:29:16
    - as a brit, i have no problem using the word paki. (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 12:23:59
      - just because you have no problem calling them that, it doesnt matter about them? (Other Sports) - Only1Doherty, Jul 23, 12:30:18
        
        what the fuck? fucking pakis? whats wrong with you? (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 12:34:05
      - Because they don't like it and it isn't up to you (pretty bloody obviously) (n/m) (Other Sports) - The Judge, Jul 23, 12:29:43
        
        labour councillor (Other Sports) - Tony Martin, Jul 23, 12:33:34
        
        quite. (n/m) (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 12:34:50
    - Because they find it very offensive (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 23, 12:23:19
      - i dont think they do, and if they do why do they. bloke sitting opposite me (Other Sports) - Tony Martin, Jul 23, 12:27:34
        
        It isn't about the derivation of the word, it's about the history of the usage of the word (Other Sports) - Arizona Bay, Jul 23, 12:34:49
        
        Exactly (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 23, 12:37:53
        
        it only became racist due to the abusive words put with the word paki (Other Sports) - Tony Martin, Jul 23, 12:46:14
        
        Yes, that is why it became racist (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 23, 12:51:04
        
        Of course it's racist lol (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jul 23, 12:50:16
        
        "brit-bashing" "Fuck off brit" "brits go home" (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 12:44:48
        
        Fucking hell are (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jul 23, 12:48:34
        
        you fishing? (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jul 23, 12:49:22
        
        your ignorance is astonishing. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Yellalee, Jul 23, 12:47:28
        
        his *willful and deliberate* ignorance is what is really astonishing (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 23, 12:51:49
        
        racists are ignorant (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 12:51:28
        
        Very little by the looks of it (n/m) (Other Sports) - The Judge, Jul 23, 12:56:59
        
        Great, you don't get it - so what? (Other Sports) - The Judge, Jul 23, 12:31:08
        
        whose they, a small minority. bloke sitting opposite me says its fine and... (Other Sports) - Tony Martin, Jul 23, 12:35:09
        
        Tricky! Tricky! Paging Tricky Hawes! (Other Sports) - Arizona Bay, Jul 23, 14:40:17
      - you think so? (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 12:26:37
        
        Lol at comparing yank with paki (n/m) (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Jul 23, 12:39:19
- racist (n/m) (Other Sports) - Rofl_Harris, Jul 23, 12:14:50
  - dont be daft (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 23, 12:18:03
    - Big lol! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Sprouty from Lynn, Jul 23, 15:13:58

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