nealglover - MemberSorry, I'm far too stupid too understand....
I'm sure not too stupid to understand.
But you don't seem to have read enough of the thread ?
Try the first post on page one for clues.
Ah I see your point. So you think the reaction to the OP was assumptive, by the fact that is wasn't actually directed at a person and therefore can't be racist? In which case, this whole thread is a bit like VettelFlagGate - the last 15 pages have been a waste of time.
Lots of people talking about calling "people" chinky.
Nobody saying they actually do that.
Those people being called Racist for calling food names.
Blah blah blah.
.It's the social context nealglover if someone is offended by whatever term you use they have as much right to say so as you have to carry on using the term. What you do with your food in private is up to you. If there is any food reading this thread I can only warn it that things can get much worse than being spoken to no matter how impolite the conversation. Things can get much much worse for the poor defenceless takeaway 🙂
Precisely, it's only fair that someone defends the foods honour...
I'm ashamed to say, I was involved in an honour killing of some chips and curry at lunchtime.
wow, this is the thread that keeps on giving.
Like a one of those all you can eat chinese buffets.
Drac - Moderator
Like a one of those all you can eat chinese buffets.
Excuse me? *flirts with danger* .....
Er maybe not...
lol! the mods won't close this one down on account of seeming racist. Just type any old shizzle, My cat ate a racist hamster, it's name was Brian, and he was a right bastard.
Had shreddies at breakfast time, I'm a cereal killer 🙂
After all this we've booked in for a [s]ni[/s] bit of African food [url= http://www.habesharestaurant.co.uk/ ]here.[/url] 😉
lol! the mods won't close this one down on account of seeming racist.
Thats where I was going, with Drac's mention of particalur kind of food in exclusion of all others if you get my drift.
If I'm not around for a bit, see you at Swinley... 😕 😆
Until a man's skin has no more significance than the colour of his eyes , there will always be..........war...
Until a man's skin has no more significance than the colour of his eyes , there will always be..........war...
True.
But does what people call food matter ?
reckon it does, especially if it has other connotations ....do ya not think ?
But does what people call food matter ?
When it's the same word as a racial slur used to denigrate people of a certain race, and a significant number of people of that heritage have said they find it offensive? Are we really still debating this? Oh dear.
Are we really still debating this? Oh dear.
Of course we are. Turns out it actually is quite complicated. Also, it relies on people's feelings, opinions and individual experiences rather than black or white (ahem) right or wrong facts.
and a significant number of people of that heritage have said they find it offensive
Have they ?
Or have they all actually said that they [b]would[/b] find it offensive if someone called [b]them[/b] the word in question.
I'm having Faggots and Chips for tea.
And I would expect someone who is gay to be offended if I called them a Faggot.
(Not a perfect example admittedly, but it kind of gets the point accross)
Subtle, but I like it.
nealglover= you are like the proverbial scarecrow having a tug--you're clutching at straws again..
And I would expect someone who is gay to be offended if I called them a Faggot.(Not a perfect example admittedly, but it kind of gets the point accross)
like the scarecrow havin a tug, you're clutchin at straws again...
and a significant number of people of that heritage have said they find it offensive
A few have on here and as pointed out some of those few were actually talking about themselves being called by that name. You sound like a Loreal as with your significant number.
Went out for a curry last night, can I call it that racist derogatory term for people who wear turbans?
The term you'd expect a stereotyped 1980's skin head to describe anyone that wears a turban.
why was my post removed..?
It made a valid point and the controversial word used was no more or less offensive than the numerous other times it has been used in this thread.. and possibly no more offensive than some of the other words being discussed..
I got a lovely jerk chicken and callaloo from that new place in town the other night..
That particular piece of moderation seems bananas (or was it plantains..?)
nealglover= you are like the proverbial scarecrow having a tug--you're clutching at straws again..
It's a valid example of the difference between calling a [b]person[/b] something, and using the same word to describe [b]food[/b].
Nobody here has said they call Chinese people by that word.
And nobody Chinese has commented on being offended by what people call food (yet)
Well surely you can call it what you like piemonster, we all have the right to free speech so if you say something or post something that might cause offence don't be surprised if it does we are all responsible for our own actions
I wondered that Yunki, why I just posted in fact
seems that what we describe food as IS offensive enough to have the post removed from the forum..
why was my post removed..?
Was it removed?
Well I guess it [b]is[/b] offensive to use a racial slur to talk about food.
Who'd have thunk it?
I wonder who complained about that, but not about the views that support the removed post.
Well surely you can call it what you like piemonster
Doubt it, they wouldn't serve me if I called it that.
seems that what we describe food as IS offensive enough to have the post removed from the forum..
Presumably there is a Broacasting Standards Commission report saying that "N*****r Food" is an accepted term that "when used as the name of a type of restaurant or meal, rather than as an adjective applied to a person or group of people, the word carries no racist connotation."
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