tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post4910663575945829371..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: It's all in a nameTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-34643466136736971912009-01-12T20:41:00.000+00:002009-01-12T20:41:00.000+00:00NickI can't see anything to disagree with here. Th...Nick<BR/><BR/>I can't see anything to disagree with here. This is the reason why Harry should have apologised, as he did, and why he, the Royals and the army will want to make sure the apology is seen to be sincere.<BR/><BR/>But its also possible to think that and also that the media and political response risks going over the top, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Of course, we could dispatch the young Prince on a Boris Johnson style educative apology tour of the sub-continent, but I am not sure this particular incident would necessarily be top of the list of misdemeanours!Sunder Katwalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671411534003530927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-33383200604856393792009-01-12T19:19:00.000+00:002009-01-12T19:19:00.000+00:00When you say ‘civilised society has deemed them in...When you say ‘civilised society has deemed them inappropriate’ what you really mean is that the left-wing establishment has done so, and woe betide anyone who disagrees. <BR/><BR/>I would agree that the term Paki or raghead is offensive in a way that Brit or Ozzy is not, merely because of the way the term has been used in the past. <BR/><BR/>However, you really ought to take into account the context in which such remarks are made. Clearly if someone shouts ‘paki’ at someone they have just bumped into in the street then the term is being used in order to be offensive and as such the person using it is probably racist and should be shunned. <BR/><BR/>However, to call a friend Paki in a private context is quite a different matter since it could be a mere joke among friends. I certainly know that among my friends we make comments to each other that in ordinary circumstances would be considered far more racist than paki. I, for example, often get made fun of for being Jewish and thus, apparently, big nosed and stingy. But I don’t get offended, instead I laugh because I know the comments are meant as a joke and its only a bit of fun, often such comments are made as a clever play on a stupid stereotype anyway. <BR/><BR/>Amusingly, the only reason any of my friends use such terms (being the largely libertarian group that we are) is to have a dig at you pain in the arse lefties who can’t help but concern themselves with things that are none of their business.A Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270418291773702864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-71079005084170629022009-01-12T18:18:00.000+00:002009-01-12T18:18:00.000+00:00Did you just delete a post about the NPF?Did you just delete a post about the NPF?Dave Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876639425450919663noreply@blogger.com