Comments on: Paki The Hippo http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/ A British freelance writer living in New York Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:48:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: pdberger http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/comment-page-1/#comment-121366 pdberger Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:22:36 +0000 http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/#comment-121366 Bill, I am English. I spent the majority of my life living in the UK. I can state unequivocally that the term "paki" is only ever used in a derogatory manner. Here is a <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pakis" rel="nofollow">good example</a>. Nothing to do with the thought police or PC run amok. Bill, I am English. I spent the majority of my life living in the UK. I can state unequivocally that the term “paki” is only ever used in a derogatory manner. Here is a good example. Nothing to do with the thought police or PC run amok.

]]> By: Bill McLane http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/comment-page-1/#comment-121330 Bill McLane Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:50:57 +0000 http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/#comment-121330 Paul, Your link in no way establishes that the term is racist. Saying that it is racist is not the same as establishing in what its racism consists. This thing of declaring terms racist because someone somewhere claims them to be racist seems totally out of hand, and the notation that the term can be used by members of the offended group but not by others, made famous by American Blacks calling each other nigger, ought to be the necessary proof that ordinary intimidation is at work. I reached my limit when Anna Quindlen's sister tried unsuccessfully to explain to me why "oriental" was offensive but "asian" was not. I'm no longer tolerant of these people who want to control everyone else's language even when it is harmless. It just one more power play. Stay clear of it unless you can tell me what is inherently racist in "paki." Paul, Your link in no way establishes that the term is racist. Saying that it is racist is not the same as establishing in what its racism consists. This thing of declaring terms racist because someone somewhere claims them to be racist seems totally out of hand, and the notation that the term can be used by members of the offended group but not by others, made famous by American Blacks calling each other nigger, ought to be the necessary proof that ordinary intimidation is at work. I reached my limit when Anna Quindlen’s sister tried unsuccessfully to explain to me why “oriental” was offensive but “asian” was not. I’m no longer tolerant of these people who want to control everyone else’s language even when it is harmless. It just one more power play. Stay clear of it unless you can tell me what is inherently racist in “paki.”

]]> By: Beau http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/comment-page-1/#comment-121201 Beau Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:47:07 +0000 http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/#comment-121201 Christ, do they actually have Hippos in Zoos?? That is nothing short of criminal. I bloody hate Zoos. They should have been universally banned years ago. Christ, do they actually have Hippos in Zoos?? That is nothing short of criminal. I bloody hate Zoos. They should have been universally banned years ago.

]]> By: pdberger http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/comment-page-1/#comment-121200 pdberger Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:31:13 +0000 http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/#comment-121200 Bill, it might be harmless in the US, but in the UK it is most definitely a racist term. For more info, see <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Paki">here</a>. Bill, it might be harmless in the US, but in the UK it is most definitely a racist term.

For more info, see here.

]]> By: Bill McLane http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/comment-page-1/#comment-121168 Bill McLane Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:19:26 +0000 http://pdberger.com/paki-the-hippo/#comment-121168 Not one of a hundred Americans would associate "Paki" with a nationality. I suspect this is why the offense is "unintentional" and why only race hustlers like John Wiley Price want to declare words like "paki" or "black hole" off limits. By the way, are all shortenings of names racist? Is "Yank" racist? Not one of a hundred Americans would associate “Paki” with a nationality. I suspect this is why the offense is “unintentional” and why only race hustlers like John Wiley Price want to declare words like “paki” or “black hole” off limits. By the way, are all shortenings of names racist? Is “Yank” racist?

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