Americans, take note:<\/p>\n
\nPrince Harry has apologised for using offensive language to describe a member of his army platoon.
\nThe News of the World has published video in which the prince calls one of his Sandhurst colleagues a “Paki” in commentary he made over filming. <\/p>\nbbc<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Now, help me out here, citizens of the UK and colonies and former colonies: How bad is this?<\/p>\n
I had always assumed that “Paki” was a slur. I have seen the word used mainly in novels in which Brits or Americans were speaking distainfully of the Pakistanis, usually in spy novels and such, but I never knew if “Paki” was really bad (like the n-word bad) or not so bad at all (like calling Brits Brits) or highly variable (like the word “frog” for French of Kanook for Canadians).<\/p>\n
The reason I ask this is the following: Some years ago, George Bush was being interviewed and in that interview made specific mention of the “Pakis” for the Pakistanis. No outrage was claimed, no apologies were asked for, no backpedaling happened. It was like “Paki” was perfectly normal and acceptable. That made me wonder.<\/p>\n
So maybe now we should be going back over the old newsreels to find George Bush using the P-word?????<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Americans, take note: Prince Harry has apologised for using offensive language to describe a member of his army platoon. The News of the World has published video in which the prince calls one of his Sandhurst colleagues a “Paki” in commentary he made over filming. bbc Now, help me out here, citizens of the UK … Continue reading Bush and Harry Use the P-Word<\/span>