To: bogusname
It's funny how the use the term "Asian."
I thought the same thing...the perps, Amjad Qazi and Wasif Khan don't seem very "Asian" to me. I guess "Asian" is the least offensive euphamism for Islamonazi these days.
9 posted on
10/21/2009 3:09:03 AM PDT by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!!!)
To: rottndog
Right. The Daily Mail is being rather politically correct itself.
11 posted on
10/21/2009 3:21:38 AM PDT by
bogusname
(Banish All Lliberals)
To: rottndog
It is historical in Britain call someone of India, Pakistan Sri Lanka etc Asian other far east coutries we tend to call them oriental. It just states the difference between the races.
15 posted on
10/21/2009 5:03:32 AM PDT by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
To: rottndog
For example we would call someone from Pakistan Asian but someone from China or Japan oriental or far east. If anything you could say it is discriminating against them by making a distinction.
16 posted on
10/21/2009 5:06:08 AM PDT by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
To: rottndog; bogusname
No its nothing to do with that. It’s a legacy of Britain’s colonial history. “Asian” in Britain means “someone from the indian sub-continent”.
What in the USA are called asians are known as orientals in the UK.
24 posted on
10/21/2009 7:28:08 AM PDT by
Vanders9
To: rottndog
Asian is the usual term for Pakistani and Indian muslims in England. That area is in western Asia.
There is nothing unusual about the use of the word in England.
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