2 males wanted after improvised explosive device detonated at Mississauga restaurant

[Insidious Von]

Silicon Valley's Kumail Nanjiani made the wonderful The Big Sick. You know a film is good when it makes even Ray Romano seem charming.

He also fucks, he really does!....and he's Muslim.

 

[jsanchez]

The "P" word is a derogatory and racist term and is meant to mainly offend immigrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Bangla Desh and Sri Lanka who immigrated to the UK. However, in the context that SweetPie mentioned it, she clearly stated that it was referring to Pakistanis and NOT MEANT TO BE USED IN AN ABUSIVE CONTEXT. If you go back and look at her Post, she mentioned the "P" word and the Indians. Now if she wanted to use it in a derogatory context then the "P" word would have covered both Pakistanis and Indians. So, please cut her some slack, as she really meant well, that her Prayers and best wishes were with the victims. That means all those injured in that restaurant and thankfully all were discharged from the hospitals. So SweetiePie, please continue posting on this board and ignore all the attacks on you. By the way I have Pakistani friends and they are okay with the use of that "P" term, as long as you are not trying to be using it in a racist context.

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I thought it was obvious she used it as a shorthand for Pakistani.

 

[sweetiepieexo]

thank you again

+1
I thought it was obvious she used it as a shorthand for Pakistani.

 

[tribunus]

Gentlemen, take it easy on our girl here. Based on the hobbying demographics in the west end, I suspect Pakis make up a good chunk of her clientele so she bears no malice towards them. It was merely shortland like others have stated.

 

[jsanchez]

thank you again

Attagirl, stand your ground and keep serving them some knuckle sandwiches :beaten:

 

[TeeJay]

+1
I thought it was obvious she used it as a shorthand for Pakistani.

It was obvious she used it as shorthand, unfortunately it is obviously a racist term, regardless of her knowledge.


Paki acquired offensive connotations in the 1960s when used by British tabloids to refer to subjects of former colony states in a derogatory and racist manner. In modern British usage "Paki" is typically a derogatory label referring to South Asians beyond Pakistan, including those from India, Afghanistan and elsewhere. To a lesser extent, it has also been applied to Arabs and others perceived to resemble South Asians. During the 60's many emigrants were also dubbed as "black" to further segregate them from the white community. Some would say such a division still exists in parts of England.

In recent times there has been a trend by second and third-generation British Pakistanis to reclaim the word, so that it can be used between young British Pakistanis, but not by outsiders, even Indians and Bangladeshis.

 

[jsanchez]

It was obvious...In recent times there has been a trend by second and third-generation British Pakistanis to reclaim the word, so that it can be used between young British Pakistanis, but not by outsiders, even Indians and Bangladeshis.

Good to know, I wasn't aware of this recent usage.

 

[wigglee]

It's a spicy food joke.

So I guess calling the Yonge St attack "Bowling for People" is completely ok with you too? It's a bowling joke...

 

[wigglee]

1.) this is a serious issue that is being investigated you guys need to stop making a joke out of it
2.) this restaurant is a pakistani style restaurant so STOP with the racist comments / jokes ( weren't you all just complaining about a restaurant downtown who had everybody dress like they were Asian - but here you guys are now constantly making fun of paki/ indian people?)
3.) The alleged suspects planted the bomb & then left before detonating it - do your research.
4.) there was all age groups in there and many were hurt .
5.) again stop making jokes about a serious issue , some things are just better left undiscussed on a review board. shame on whoever is making fun of this tragic event.
6.) my heart and prayers are with all the families of the injured right now.

Methinks Bombay is not a city in Pakistan....LOL

 

[wigglee]

thanks insidious I will never back down when people take something I say out of context and try to twist it . definitely not cool imo!

Fact is, you never back down no matter how badly you have stuck your foot in your mouth. The only reason you are not drawn and quartered by a huge majority of Terbites is because you are a female .... so enjoy your special status as the white knights will have your back no matter how stupid your posts are.

 

[lexicon4u]

Theres way more racist shit from the KKK members on this board and the use of Paki is what you all pick on? The ones nitpicking about this post some of the most offensive derogatory garbage here

 

[Insidious Von]

Pakistanis are among the most peaceable ethnic groups in Canada. They have no record of violence to speak of.

They are relatively new arrivals, they started coming here during the Pakistani Wars that founded Bangladesh. The stream accelerated when the military junta executed Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The oldest Indian sub group to come to Canada are the Gujaratis. Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier had a big problem, a vast country with a sparse population. To protect Canada's sovereignty he opened the immigration doors, the Gujaratis took advantage. Primarily to escape British tyranny in India, they were being used as slave labour for the tin mines and sugar plantations of Jamaica and Guyana. Neither the Pakistanis nor the Gujaratis are considered suspects in the bombing.

Here's a Gujarati for ya.

 

[latinboy]

Theres way more racist shit from the KKK members on this board and the use of Paki is what you all pick on? The ones nitpicking about this post some of the most offensive derogatory garbage here

Agreed.

Look no further than the OP, the resident idiot BIGOT using one of his multiple handles to make an ethnic slur/joke about a horrific scenario where many innocent people, including children, could have died.

Sick freak.

I guess it wasn't curry blasting from someone's rear...

 

[managee]

Methinks Bombay is not a city in Pakistan....LOL

Yup.

But technically it’s not a city in India either - Bombay’s name changed to Mumbai in the 90’s. Definitely a place to check out. All the flavours of India in a place home to 12-million. Then go to Goa as soon as you can.

But in sweetiepie’s defence, the food at Bombay Bhel is more Northern Indian, than Southern Indian. Tons of veg and (Halal) meat options with lots of heat if you want. So, I imagine both Indians and Pakistanis (and maybe Bangladeshi and Sinhalese and Tamils...) would find some tastes of home there. We used to cater from them at work, and I still get takeout from them if I’m in the area. Never been to this location.

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Here I go supporting Smallcock again... he didn’t call her out for being a racist. He called her out for using a “racial epithet” (he said this in #40 about her #39). If he implied she was intending to be offensive, that’s your read on it.

She then (seemingly mistakenly) tried to correct his English (“Methinks”) in #40, which though stale was entirely valid. In that post, she seemed to miss her own punctuation error, which I then tried to correct, in addition to defending Smallcock’s use of ‘methinks’ and his correct identification of the offensive word from her #39. I haven’t implied she was trying to cause offence, but I absolutely assure everyone here ‘that P-word’ is not the harmless/neutral contraction to “Pakistani,” or at-least not in Canada or the UK anyways. Even the definition sweetiepie posted in #67 reminds us that it is indeed “offensive.”

We all make mistakes. Only some of us admit to them, it would seem.

There is no “context” in which the term wouldn’t be a pejorative term, a racial epithet and/or offensive, obviously unless you were literally talking about the offensive term itself. Global News anchor Farrah Nasser explains the impact this word had on her as a child.

Or “Why the term ‘Paki’ is and Always Will Be an Offensive.”

Back to the English lesson that nobody needs, “just deserts,” “eke out a living, “sleight of hand,” “to and fro,” and “in the lurch” are all pretty old-timey (read: archaic/of middle-English origin), but generally understood by most adults who attended high school English in this country. For a fun article on other ‘turns of phrase’ you probably use and don’t realize that you’re actually quoting Shakespeare, check this Mentalfloss article out.

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Also, very glad to hear all 15 injured in the blast have now been released from hospital. No updates on the suspects, but the owners say they’ll be opening up again in the next few days.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bombay-bhel-bomb-saturday-1.4679510

It seems a little strange to me that police still haven’t identified/released a possible motive for this one. It’s entirely speculative at this point, but I’m with whoever here hinted at organized crime.

 

[thailover]

+1 wiggle
What kind of man I am?
Sorry little snowflake that cheapshot bullshit isn’t going to fly with me.
To the eunuch gelding white knights here who egg her on,I never back down also.
Paki was derogatory,not short form.

 

[Butler1000]

Ok defenders...

I dare you to go into a South Asian restaurant. Eat and then say......."wow! This is amazing Paki Food!"

Go ahead. I dare ya.......because hey you aren't a racist and are using it in a positive context right?

 

[managee]

Ok defenders...

I dare you to go into a South Asian restaurant. Eat and then say......."wow! This is amazing Paki Food!"

Go ahead. I dare ya.......because hey you aren't a racist and are using it in a positive context right?

^This

 

[black booty lover]

:focus:

 

[managee]

Also, very glad to hear all 15 injured in the blast have now been released from hospital. No updates on the suspects, but the owners say they’ll be opening up again in the next few days.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bombay-bhel-bomb-saturday-1.4679510

It seems a little strange to me that police still haven’t identified/released a possible motive for this one. It’s entirely speculative at this point, but I’m with whoever here hinted at organized crime.

That said, some of the stuff that still bothers me is that the bomb was planted at 10:30pm. Which is a little late if you were trying to cause maximum harm to customers. At the same time, it’s Eid, so that would be a pretty good time to hit that reataurant if you were hoping to attack people breaking their fast.

My gut still tells me it’s organized crime and the restaurateurs were the intended targets.

 

[HEYHEY]

Y'all motherfuckers need to get a life lol