Whitest place in the UK........?

[andy at handiwork]

Generally anywhere outside the major towns and cities. Been to the countryside recently?

[one eyed jack]

Buckingham Palace by the sounds of it.

Mind you I wonder what Harry gets called in the army.

Dont all blokes speak like that to each other there?

The days of referring to blokes as "old chum" seem a thing of a by gone era. Even the old terms like "the darkies" and "spear chuckers" seem to be a source of amusement more than it is offensive.

I wonder how the media would react if Harry got his rich ass whupped.

[JonnyHungwell]

It's par for the course for these misfits, his great grandmother was a racist old bat as well, although everyone seemed to like her ? and his mother wasn?t exactly the brightest spark. It's just the way they are - bred to think they're superior - same goes for all those who run the Conservative party. Quicker we're rid of the spongers the better.

The word 'paki' is offensive if used in a racist manner - but it's widely used in a non offensive way too, lots of people refer to 'the Paki shop'.

Not a word I've ever used myself, but some people will continue to use it whatever the PC view. Can't say this incident is shocking though, it's what I would have expected him to say.

[Peter]

JonnyHungwell wrote:


> The word 'paki' is offensive if used in a racist manner - but
> it's widely used in a non offensive way too, lots of people
> refer to 'the Paki shop'.


Its the usage and intent of the word that causes the offence, not the word itself. I used to work with someone (asian) who had a VIP membership to a night club, and would bore everyone silly by constantly telling them it meant "Very Important Paki". Is he racist for saying that?

Interestingly, the suffix '-istan' means land of, or home of. So Pakistan literally translated means 'Land of the Pakis' just as Kurdistan is Land of the Kurds, yet we commonly refer to people as Kurds without a problem.

But I agree, its usage has become derogatory and is not a word I would use, but I stand by my argument that its the intent and usage which cause the offense, not the word itself.

[colonel]

JonnyHungwell's house?

[max_tranmere]

The wealthy suberbs of London, particularly to the west of London, are totally white. Go to Denham and those rich commuter areas around Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, and there is not an ethnic minority person anywhere.

[we8derby]

well it aint brixton is it!

[Nob3y]

brentwood is quite white.

[andy at handiwork]

The Paki part of Pakistan means pure, hence land of the pure.