Pakistani people should logically be called Paks...
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:26 AM
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Pakistani people should logically be called Paks...
Afghanistan = Afghan Uzbekistan = Uzbek Turkmanistan = Turkman Therefore, Pakistan = Pak
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:30 AM
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1. Maybe they should be called what they want to call themselves?
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:33 AM
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2. NO! It's LOGIC! It's rules all!
The iron logic of the "-istan's"! How dare you challenge it! Oh, by the way, I've not yet linked this to the evil communist Chinese...:eyes:
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:33 AM
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Perhaps you should call them by their ethnicity like Urdu or Punjabi, etc.
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:36 AM
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They should be able to call themselves by their own definition.
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:38 AM
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5. Hmmm, my sarcasm fell limp
Tone in cybercpace...tone in cyberspace...
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:40 AM
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:56 AM
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9. Sarcasm doesn't solve the problem.
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Sun Oct-12-03 01:07 AM
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Yeee-ikes. Niether does humorless castigation, my friend.
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Sun Oct-12-03 01:12 AM
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11. Sarcasm is not real humor, my friend.
But I can put up with it.
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:43 AM
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7. "Paki" is a term of derision, at least in the UK....
It's a racist slam applied to many "brown" people--Pakistani, Indian, etc.
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:45 AM
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8. Actually they're called
Edited on Sun Oct-12-03 01:03 AM by Maple
Pakistanis The same way they are called Afghanis, Uzbekis and Turks.
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:46 PM
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Japanese people are not JAPS. It's just a shortened version but still insulting!
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Sun Oct-12-03 12:49 PM
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i really dont care. im not politically correct. nor do i wish to be. i have offended and i shall offend again!:smoke:
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Sun Oct-12-03 01:11 PM
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14. The term paks is a derogatory label, akin to Jews
being called kikes or izzies.
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Sun Oct-12-03 01:14 PM
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15. What a useless posting.
It seems to almost border on the bigoted side when you think about it. It reminds me of when the Japanese were called "Japs". Not very nice is it? Just my opinion John
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