Posted on 11/03/2021 11:19:51 PM PDT by RandFan
The England and Yorkshire batsman Gary Ballance has admitted using racial slurs towards his former team-mate Azeem Rafiq but said that the unacceptable language they exchanged with each other was part of their close friendship.
The crisis engulfing Yorkshire, who lost many of their leading sponsors yesterday, has intensified after Ballance was identified as the senior player who called Rafiq “a P**i”. Rafiq, the 30-year-old off spinner, spent two spells at the club from 2008 to 2014 and 2016 to 2018 and first gave evidence to the county in 2018 of what he said was racist and bullying behaviour by team-mates that reduced him to tears and left him with suicidal thoughts.
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I thought this article was interesting and another example where a word has become taboo.
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What is “a P**i”?
poni? pusi? pigi?
It’s a shortened version of a country that ends in ‘stan’...
Paki, a Muslim from Pakistan.
I don’t think it refers to religion specifically. Especially at one time a lot of people coming from Pakistan might have been Hindu.
Perhaps he can self-exile to the US and join the Baltimore Orioles; he certainly couldn’t make them any worse.
Maybe it’s what I call my cat! Oh I am a bad boy!!!
Where can I find the “Official Woke List of Bad words”?
And I have now begun to refer to all Libs and Dems as “it”.
Good question! :)
There is no list as such. When the media tell you it’s the “X” word then you know its bad..
Funny world we live in..
It’s not religion…my boss is a Muslim Indian, and I’ve heard the same expression from him.
From a time before thin-skinned A-holes took over the culture...
Paki. For some season that’s a terrible name.
Paki sounds too cute. They need to use “Packer”.
Maybe it’s what I call my cat! Oh I am a bad boy!!!
Is ‘Paki’ more insulting than ‘wog’?
Probably on the same level
OK, so the P-word got explained, but what is an off spinner? And does that mean being an on spinner is good?
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