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From: Ivor Jones on 20 Aug 2006 12:44 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:_bGdnY2NRYF6DXXZnZ2dnUVZ8qudnZ2d(a)bt.com > Ivor Jones wrote: [snip] > > > > Why does someone from Pakistan consider being > > > > called a "Paki" an insult..? > > > > > > They don't, mmany use it to describe themsleves and/or > > > their businesses. > > > > Hmm. I work with several and none of them consider it > > acceptable. > > When coupled with other words intended to be insulting > then I would agree. Howevr, when simply used as an > abbreviation of Pakistani then how can it be an insult? I don't know, you'd have to ask the individuals concerned. However I respect their wishes even if I don't understand them. Why can't you do the same..? Ivor
From: Brimstone on 20 Aug 2006 12:45 Ivor Jones wrote: > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:CNCdnXtjvoVdEnXZRVnyrg(a)bt.com > > [snip] > >> Saying that you are not European is both an untruth and a >> denial of the truth. > > It is not. > >> Do you habitually tell lies? > > No. > > Do you habitually insult people and go against their direct wishes..? I haven't yet, but there's always the possibility.
From: Ivor Jones on 20 Aug 2006 12:46 "mattic" <this(a)wontwork.com> wrote in message news:Qm0Gg.15117$rP1.4713(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au [snip] > Stop denying that you are a European, it is insulting to > me. It doesn't matter if you don't understand why I > consider it an insult, merely that you know I do. Tough. You insulted me first. You apologise and I will. Ivor
From: Richard Brookman on 20 Aug 2006 12:47 Ivor Jones wrote: || "Richard Brookman" || <THErichard.brookmanOBVIOUS(a)btinternet.com> wrote in || message news:4krfi0Fd7mr0U1(a)individual.net ||| Ivor Jones wrote: || || [snip] || ||||| I do not relate to the continent known as Europe ||| ||| You live there. Whether you "relate" to it in a ||| congnitive/political/historical/ethnic sense is another ||| matter, and is irrelevant. || || I do not. It is very relevant. Please stop insulting me. || || Ivor I have never insulted you. You are saying you live in England, but not in Europe? Is that it? -- Rich ============================== Take out the obvious to email me.
From: Brimstone on 20 Aug 2006 12:47
Ivor Jones wrote: > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:rJqdncf3saS5EnXZRVnyig(a)bt.com >> Ivor Jones wrote: >>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:4KudnezT37GKEXXZnZ2dnUVZ8sidnZ2d(a)bt.com >>>> Ivor Jones wrote: >>>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:49WdnQksSL0VFHXZRVny1Q(a)bt.com >>>>> >>>>> [snip] >>>>> >>>>>> What insult is being levelled at you? >>>>> >>>>> You know perfectly well. Answer the question. >>>> >>>> If we knew why you consider being a European an >>>> insult we might be able to understand. >>> >>> You don't have to understand. How do you know what my intellectual needs are? >> A refusal to understand other people is why there is >> conflict in the world. > > Precisely. You are refusing to understand that it is irrelevant why I > don't wish to be called a European. The fact that I don't should be > enough. Try providing some supporting information. >>> Besides, if you don't by now you never >>> will. >> >> Since you've not given a reason how can anyone know? We >> mat have suspicions however. >> >>> A decent human being would respect my wishes regardless, >>> considering it would have no adverse reaction to them. >> >> As said before, the individual's wishes have no bearing >> on the matter. > > They do to anyone with a speck of humanity. Since there is an awful lot that happens to us outwith our wishes, humanity has nothing to do with it. |