Ooooh, What happened to the KFC thread?

Azari

Moglex wrote: »

That's because 'redneck' is used to indicate an attitude of mind or mode of behaviour rather than a race or religion. Someone is only a redneck if they behave like one, it doesn't come automatically with their domicile.

That seems reasonable provided that you don't refer to everyone from Texas or wherever as a redneck.

I'm sure I've heard people do that.

giraffe69

Sometime about 45 years ago Emperor Hirohito visted these shores and some had not forgotten his role in WW2. Private Eye had a picture of him at Heathrow coming down the aircraft stairs with the caption "There's a nasty Nip in the air"
Some were amused and others not but in those days the PC faction was yet to bring their infiuence to bear so heavily and unhumorously.

Gothicfairy

I find P1key / Gypo offensive but that is life is it not ? what one person finds offensive another finds normal but that does not mean stop using the words.
We should be able to talk about it like adults and explain why something offends as it might just make someone change their mind or view.

System

giraffe69 wrote: »

Sometime about 45 years ago Emperor Hirohito visted these shores and some had not forgotten his role in WW2. Private Eye had a picture of him at Heathrow coming down the aircraft stairs with the caption "There's a nasty Nip in the air"
Some were amused and others not but in those days the PC faction was yet to bring their infiuence to bear so heavily and unhumorously.

I'm confused by this. Are you saying you are annoyed that these sort of headlines are no longer acceptable? Do you not think the newspaper article would have been better if it had stated its objections intelligently as opposed to a cheap racist gag?

Shevchenko01

I'd never call anyone a P**i or a N****r - hateful offensive names with no place in today's cultures.

That said, I have on more than one occasion been called "whitey" and "cracker" and in manners that were clearly meant as insulting. Aparently though, I am not allowed to be offended.

Azari

Shevchenko01 wrote: »

Aparently though, I am not allowed to be offended.

Of course you're allowed to be offended.

You just go right ahead and don't let anyone stop you.

Zanzibar

In your opinion.

Not in mine and many others.

But you only think that because you are ignorant. You need to resarch it and have some idea what you are talking about before posting. Looking up 'Jap' in any dictionaory may be a good start for you - its always described as 'offensive' or similar - so no, not just in his opinion.

Its explicitly NOT like the other abbreviations listed (Turk, Brit, Swede, Scot).

Shevchenko01

Azari wrote: »

Of course you're allowed to be offended.

You just go right ahead and don't let anyone stop you.

Um, yes...what I said...that was sarcasm.

Truth is though, no-one (as in pressure groups, agencies, etc) takes anti-white racism seriously though, do they?

tommyknocker

Shevchenko01 wrote: »

. . . . truth is though, no-one (as in pressure groups, agencies, etc) takes anti-white racism seriously though, do they?

I'll just phone a couple of jocks up that I know and ask them :rotfl:

System

Azari wrote: »

The trouble is, where do you draw the line?

Suppose someone tells you that 'Brit' is now offensive? Should eveyone stop using the term?

What about 'Scot'?

Obviously if I knew someone of a certain race and they expressed some feeling on the matter I would act on that.

And as a matter of courtesy I would automatically use the full version of descriptions such as 'jap' 'swede', or 'turk' in the presence of people of that nationality. (Probably not 'aussie' or 'scot', though as these are contractions used by the natives of the respective countries.)

I may have misread this but it sounds like you wouldn't call a Japanese person a 'jap' to there face, however behind there back you are happy to use the term? If this is true you really want to have more courage in your (racist) convictions.