1969912 0 #26 October 21, 2011 The first time I heard the "doctor" joke was from a Pakistani PhD nuke engr, working for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. on a project in colloboration with Bechtel USA "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #27 October 21, 2011 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteWhich "they"? The US gov, the Paki gov, or the Paki people? Are you having a HISTORY FAIL ??? Who created and fostered the Taliban??? Directly? The Paki gov. Indirectly? US gov. As willing accomplices (more often than not), the Paki people. Are you aware that Paki is a racist derogatory term like Nigger? That is weird wild stuff...I did not know that! I always wondered if the word nigger originally reffered to people from Niger or Nigeria...or was it just derived from the spanish word for black? When I was a kid I got told off for innocently asking the same question when looking a Niger on a globe.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #28 October 21, 2011 Growing up in the 70s in London theres not a Paki joke I haven't heard.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #29 October 21, 2011 QuoteI've heard that. But, having trained with Pakis who called themselves Pakis and referred to their countrymen as Pakis, who told me to keep it short and call them Pakis, I don't have any issues calling them Pakis. I also know that unlike pretty much the rest of the region, the country is not named for being the "land of the Paks." A very unique and troubled country in the land of the stans. I'm surprise Jeanne hasn't had anything to say about the qurannic version of norsefire, and their motto: Unity, Discipline, Faith. So Jamal, you know the Dari for "fellow traveller"? You're correct, its not named for being the land of the Paks. The name as you may know means 'Clean (or Pure) Land' it was named so as it was to be a Muslim homeland bereft of Hindus, and as such was a clear insult to Hindu India. I knew a White DJ once who had the same argument as you about using the word Nigger, he had some black friends and they called each other Nigger so he did on occasion too, they ignored it as he was a bit of a prick with ethnicity confusion issues. One day he went to a night club and after a decent set was walking back to his car when he saw the black resident DJ across the car park, he called to him 'YO NIGGER!' It took five guys to drag the offended black man off the confused and battered idiot.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #30 October 21, 2011 If anyone has a problem with me typing in short hand, I'll discuss it with them. If anyone is so thin skinned that they get set off by names, they have my pity and my sympathy. However, I'm also not British. I understand it's mostly an insult in the UK. QuoteThe name Pakistan means Land of (the) Pure in Urdu and Persian. It was coined in 1933 as Pakstan by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, a Pakistan movement activist, who published it in his pamphlet Now or Never.[21] The name is an acronym representing the "thirty million Muslim brethren who live in PAKSTAN—by which we mean the five Northern units of India viz: Punjab, North-West Frontier Province (Afghan Province), Kashmir, Sind, and Baluchistan".[22] The letter 'i' was later added to ease pronunciation. from Wikiwitty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
