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OI FRED! How did you get pictures of my boudoire? Did Hora give 'em to you? Have you got the ones of my phallus-shaped swimming pool too?
That's weird.......
I have a swimming-pool shaped phallus.
So now I'm chastised for using the word 'coloured'?
In the interests of cultural enlightenment, I'll just say that such a term is very outdated, and not considered acceptable as a descriptive term these days. Hence the 70s reference. If you are suggesting that 'non-White' people are 'Coloured', then doesn't that then lump all 'non-White' people in together as some sort of single homogenised group? It's a term that was used by White people to describe other ethnic groups, but it makes no recognition of the diversity of their ethnicities. It also has negative connotations with the Apartheid regime of South Africa.
This word was used as not to make a distinction between yellow, black, or 'brown' as is your choice of word to describe skin colour tonight.
I do not wish to be described as 'coloured'. Brown, I'm ok with, as I use this term to describe myself. I'm not sure if other Asian people would agree, however.
Again, I think the term 'Yellow' to describe people of Oriental origin is no longer in vogue. Again, it's a word used by others, without consideration for those it actually described. Words are funny things sometimes. They can be completely innocuous by themselves, but very powerful within particular contexts.
`Please don't crucify me for this.
I watched a Kiwi comedian at the Beehive in Bradford. Bear in mind that Aussies & Kiwis put an i's on the end of everything.
He pointed out that the word **** is not the offensive part its the F*****g in front of it thats the problem!
lol @ Mugboo
Just got round to reading the OP's link.
Isn't the clue in the 'small' part of small minority?
Surely if he meant to vilify a race he would have missed the small bit out..
There was a documentary covering this subject which was pulled shortly before broadcast a few years ago due to fears that it would incite further race riots. [url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3602854.stm ]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3602854.stm[/url]
I expect that Jack Straw is in a position to know about the issues - he was home secretary after all. This kind of thing is, however, gold dust to the BNP, EDL etc.
I expect the majority of people who have got a reasonable idea of whether it's a case of common or garden perversion or a cultural issue are extremely unlikely to stick their heads above the parapet.
I think we'd be better off if we did discuss these issues more openly and stopped thinking so bloody oddly as soon as race or religion enters the equation - things like not airing that documentary gives racists a bucket full of "This is what they don't want you to know" ammunition.
And another thing, if someone in my area turned out to be abusing young girls, I know they wouldn't go and find the vicar, chair of the neighbourhood watch committee etc. and stick them on the telly as a "Community Leader". Could you get any more patronising?