Yeah but it needs to be funny. This is cornball!So I guess calling the Yonge St attack "Bowling for People" is completely ok with you too? It's a bowling joke...
Yeah but it needs to be funny. This is cornball!So I guess calling the Yonge St attack "Bowling for People" is completely ok with you too? It's a bowling joke...
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.
+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.
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?
Just so we are clear........*sigh *I cant believe I'm back here again
1.) Thank you for confirming which food was served at the restaurant .
2.) I wasn't trying to be racist . I was simply using a short term as NO ONE among my age group has a problem with me using it .
3.) I wasn't correcting smallestcocks English - I said it was old English and not relevant to today as the usage of the term "methinks" has significantly decreased over the years. Only time one hears about this term is when they are studying Shakespeare as many of you have pointed out
4.) I have no problem admitting I'm wrong - when indeed I did something wrong. I was not being racist in my post - you guys labelled me that way .
5.) I'm not saying I'm wrong for using the word - however if I did OFFEND anyone I am sorry - I was simply describing the ethnic groups that eat there.
Thai, as ive said you are generally a negative person. BTW the term SNOWFLAKE is also a derogatory term. So before you come at me for using the "p" word I suggest u take a look in the mirror.
I'm sure nobody would ever do that - as ive said before I did not mean/ use it in a racist way.
I think Sweetiepie has a bit of an abrasive, in-your-face way of dealing with things. I agree that if she had just said, “Whoops. Sorry. I didn’t realize that was a racial epithet” that woulda been the end of it.Comments like "I won't back down" and repeatedly trying to explain what she meant instead of just saying "whoops I didn't realize it was racist..." made me think otherwise
I'm not saying she's racist. I'm just trying to explain to her that no matter what you meant to say you are walking a minefield by choosing that word.
I think Sweetiepie has a bit of an abrasive, in-your-face way of dealing with things. I agree that if she had just said, “Whoops. Sorry. I didn’t realize that was a racial epithet” that woulda been the end of it.
Instead...her response is more along the lines of, “I didn’t mean it as an insult so go fuck yourself”...So it elicits a different reaction from others.
I don’t think SweetiePie intended any harm with the p-word. I also think she kinda enjoys the debating back and forth and the whole “I’m an sp who stands up to men on a review board” personna. I just say good for her; go for it...LOL.
Sometimes it’s fun to argue when you know perfectly well that you’re wrong cuz you really can’t lose.
Eid is the last day of Ramadan. What you're trying to describe is iftaar. Iftaar is term used when ppl are breaking fast. It's still late though, as Iftaar happens at 845ish.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.
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Sorry, I thought your user name ended as "Pixie", I see it's actually "Pieexo". My mistake!Thank you again. lol but pixie ? what do you mean....
You’re right that Eid is the last day of Ramadan. My mistake.Eid is the last day of Ramadan. What you're trying to describe is iftaar. Iftaar is term used when ppl are breaking fast. It's still late though, as Iftaar happens at 845ish.
Going into a resto and yelling how it's great Paki food isn't the same as what Pixie was saying as you can see from her entire post she wasn't being racist. Shes giving way more context.
Again, some of you are just really trying to justify your own blatant racism in other posts, it's pathetic. We know who you guys really are
Sorry, I thought your user name ended as "Pixie", I see it's actually "Pieexo". My mistake!
I mean, Paki is kinda annoying as a term to use for east indians, I think brown is better. It depends on how well you know someone and the context. It's kinda borderline racist but just from her post you can see that's not the caseIt’s news to me that “Paki” is an innocuous contraction for ‘Pakistani,’ but you learn something new everyday. In no way did I think she was ‘being racist.’ It appeared to me that she may have inadvertently/mistakenly/accidentally sounded like one by writing that particular ‘short-form,’ but if there are appropriate situations to use that word, I’m interested in learning more.
Plus, she’s made it very clear that people in her generation use that word and it’s not offensive. Must just be a trigger-word for old X’rs like me.
I’m going to stick with PK or PAK, but I appreciate the intent of the lesson.
You have a shitty way of apologizing*sigh *I cant believe I'm back here again
1.) Thank you for confirming which food was served at the restaurant .
2.) I wasn't trying to be racist . I was simply using a short term as NO ONE among my age group has a problem with me using it .
3.) I wasn't correcting smallestcocks English - I said it was old English and not relevant to today as the usage of the term "methinks" has significantly decreased over the years. Only time one hears about this term is when they are studying Shakespeare as many of you have pointed out
4.) I have no problem admitting I'm wrong - when indeed I did something wrong. I was not being racist in my post - you guys labelled me that way .
5.) I'm not saying I'm wrong for using the word - however if I did OFFEND anyone I am sorry - I was simply describing the ethnic groups that eat there.
Thai, as ive said you are generally a negative person. BTW the term SNOWFLAKE is also a derogatory term. So before you come at me for using the "p" word I suggest u take a look in the mirror.
I'm sure nobody would ever do that - as ive said before I did not mean/ use it in a racist way.
Yup that pretty much sums her up.I think Sweetiepie has a bit of an abrasive, in-your-face way of dealing with things. I agree that if she had just said, “Whoops. Sorry. I didn’t realize that was a racial epithet” that woulda been the end of it.
Instead...her response is more along the lines of, “I didn’t mean it as an insult so go fuck yourself”...So it elicits a different reaction from others.
I don’t think SweetiePie intended any harm with the p-word. I also think she kinda enjoys the debating back and forth and the whole “I’m an sp who stands up to men on a review board” personna. I just say good for her; go for it...LOL.
Sometimes it’s fun to argue when you know perfectly well that you’re wrong cuz you really can’t lose.
Oh BOO HOO, buddy. She apologized didnt she??!! And now its still not good enough for you.You have a shitty way of apologizing
People like you is the reason why I dont apologize for anything anymore.STOP with the racist comments
Phil..... smallcock gets it.Unfortunately Sweetiepie demonstrates many of the stereotypes attributed to millennials in this thread:
1) Rude (calling people names, abrasive, for differing opinions)
2) Illiterate (unfamiliar with rudimentary Old English)
3) Delusional (sees people "coming at her" - i.e. attacking her - when they're just correcting her mistakes for her benefit)
4) Undignified in defeat (wrong about words and their meanings but won't admit to it)
But these shortcomings are typical of youth. She will improve as time goes on.
Maybe.
HOLY SHYTE! You just summed up Trump. Is he a millenial per chance?Unfortunately Sweetiepie demonstrates many of the stereotypes attributed to millennials in this thread:
1) Rude (calling people names, abrasive, for differing opinions)
2) Illiterate (unfamiliar with rudimentary Old English)
3) Delusional (sees people "coming at her" - i.e. attacking her - when they're just correcting her mistakes for her benefit)
4) Undignified in defeat (wrong about words and their meanings but won't admit to it)
But these shortcomings are typical of youth. She will improve as time goes on.
Maybe.