"Sorry, he has a problem with his eyes!" says the passenger.

[LeighPing]

My point is that the driver of the car is many things. He's a dangerous tw8t, a selfish r's hole and total wakner.

SW brings race into argument, which is totally irrelevant. That's exactly what racism is.

I do see that point Alan.

Other than the naughty word, SW made a harsh, yet an interesting point. So let's consider that it may well be relevant.

Relevant to him driving in this country, whilst visually impaired. Relevant, in that he doesn't wind down the window and apologise in the English language, at least. Relevant to where he learned to drive and how he drives without due care and attention. He could well be born and bred here for all we know right now. I'm sure we'll find all the answers to these questions and more during the course of this interesting thread. Until then, stay tuned.

 

[LeighPing]

PS. In the post above, I meant the driver in the bike crash. Not SW.

 

[D8ve]

SW is a prat. Ok he uses words that many find offensive. Got it.
He is also helping others and straight.
I don't agree with all he does but he isn't so bad.
It's it worth getting into a fight over a lax use of an old term?
Let's just forget the term paki, I use monkey for my daughter.
If you find that offensive please explain why?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I wouldn'tbe offended if someone called me a Brit. What's wrong with calling a Pakistani Paki?

Is it wrong to call somebody from USA a Yank or an Australian an Ossie?

How come there's nothing wrong with calling someone a thick four-eyed bar steward, but you can't call him a thick four-eyed Welsh bar steward, when Welsh is the only true word, and you're allowed to call him a Welsh guy?

I think you correctness police have gone nuts.

 

[EddiePJ]

What's wrong with calling a Pakistani Paki?

A lot if that isn't even where they came from.

Also, just because you aren't offended by derogatory name calling, it doesn't mean that someone else wouldn't be.

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[Gubbins]

A lot if that isn't even where they came from.

Also, just because you aren't offended by derogatory name calling, it doesn't mean that someone else wouldn't be.

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Just because someone is offended doesn't make it racist.
Surely a racist person hates everyone not of his ethnicity. No exceptions.
I got in the way of a van driver and he called me a bald 4 eyed bstd. That doesn't mean hi is baldist or that he hates all fatherless bespectacled bald people. Just me at that time!

 

[Fordulike]

you just dont get it and i have more than proved it you are the racist i have more black brown orange friends than you will ever have.

the orange ones are fkn umpa lump as

I call the mother-in-law an umpa lumpa, but that's more down to her size than colour.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

A lot if that isn't even where they came from.

Also, just because you aren't offended by derogatory name calling, it doesn't mean that someone else wouldn't be.

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Hmmmmm! I thought all Pakistanis come from Pakistan.

 

[Gubbins]

Hmmmmm! I thought all Pakistanis come from Pakistan.

Actually no. A lot of them are born here... which makes them British but not everyone sees it so clearly.

 

[flecc]

Just because someone is offended doesn't make it racist.
Surely a racist person hates everyone not of his ethnicity. No exceptions.
I got in the way of a van driver and he called me a bald 4 eyed bstd. That doesn't mean hi is baldist or that he hates all fatherless bespectacled bald people. Just me at that time!

The addition of "ist" to a word is confusing and often wrong anyway.

Does an accordionist hate accordians?

Does an accupuncturist hate accupuncture?

Does an accompanist hate accompanying?

Of course not, they like those things, so presumably a racist likes anything to do with race?

Making all the entrants of the Tour de France racists.
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[Danidl]

I call the mother-in-law an umpa lumpa, but that's more down to her size than colour.

..... And you are still married?

 

[Gubbins]

..... And you are still married?

Probably not said to her face..

 

[flecc]

The addition of "ist" to a word is confusing and often wrong anyway.

Does an accordionist hate accordians?

Does an accupuncturist hate accupuncture?

Does an accompanist hate accompanying?

Of course not, they like those things, so presumably a racist likes anything to do with race?

Making all the entrants of the Tour de France racists.
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Of course some would say my post above is aist, since I only quoted words beginning with "a". So I'd better balance those three with Zeitgeist, Zitherist and Zoologist.
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[brightonebikes]

Could the matter here relate more to internet trolling than racism?
SW, are you PYSL at the fuse you light before standing back and watching the fireworks?

 

[LeighPing]

Of course some would say my post above is aist, since I only quoted words beginning with "a". So I'd better balance those three with Zeitgeist, Zitherist and Zoologist.

And pist.

 

[EddiePJ]

Hmmmmm! I thought all Pakistanis come from Pakistan.

They do, so in the context of this thread, why have you felt the need not to differentiate with the assumption made by SW? You are just as bad, by not pulling him up on it. But then I expected nothing less from what you have written above.

 

[flecc]

And pist.

Not sure, that was a heavy metal band in the 1990s.

There's pissed or piste as alternatives.
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[LeighPing]

They do, so in the context of this thread, why have you felt the need not to differentiate with the assumption made by SW? You are just as bad, by not pulling him up on it.

It's a derogatory term, in white usage. SW you're out of order! However, I do hear the youth using it a lot to define themselves. And also the N word. I suppose that by referencing themselves in this way, it numbs any intended pain.

 

[Fordulike]

..... And you are still married?

Unfortunately yes

 

[Fordulike]

Probably not said to her face..

No chance, she'd throw me in the chocolate candy guzzle wuzzle machine