You people in Australia will be totally amazed to find out that Prince Harry was caught (on his own home video) calling an officer mate of his "The Paki".

Isn't that what people from Pakistan are called?

Yeah... I saw that, and thought about bringing it up here, but then, I didn't wanna emulate the tabloids.

They've explained it, he's apologised, and even the friend has explained the situation, but the damn thing has still managed to take a life of its own

you can see it here.  Quite boring I thought, and certainly not news of any kind...

I'm amazed Harry and the royals haven't lost it and moved to Mongolia or something...

I *actually* feel sorry for them

Most certainly not news imo

possessing a celebrity status (nobility qualifies) = rest of the world judges you for stupid shit

If they world wants to judge, they should apply for jury duty.

The rest of the time they should just STFU

Sorry, I know I'm coming across as very grumpy in this topic...

The whole thing just makes me mad

I know what STFU means and I agree but I always read it as "stuff you".

hehhhe yeah, me too...

Works either way me thinks

Paki, seems a very mild term, considering the whole range of insults that exist and that could have been used.

If the person concerned didn't take offense at the remark, (at the time) then what right has anyone else (2years after the event) to drag it up and ridicule anyone. That's total bullshit..

In the late 60's early 70s there was a tv programme called 'Till Death Us Do Part' starring the ever so genteel Alf Garnet (Warren Mitchell) and a guy called Paki-Paddy (Peter Sellers) which was hilarious and I don't recall there being an uproar over that..

I got a reprimand for calling someone "China" a while ago. A term often used to refer to a "mate" ... or "China Plate". In any case if I can't say China anymore am I supposed to say ... "South of Russia and Mongolia, North of South East Asia and East of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan"? ... or will that just open up the whole jar of taboo?

Hahahaha, I still call people 'China' and if they don't like it, they can either get educated, or they can get stuffed.

You used to hear it a lot, a few years ago.....China that is, not get stuffed.......or on second thought, maybe both..

The excuse for the furore is that in the late 60's and 70's there was a bunch of morons going around who called themselves "Skinheads" (even at a young age I refered to them as fuckwits).  Anyway, their claim to fame was that they hated immigrants and they used to go around in gangs and beat them up.  It was refered to as Paki-Bashing.  Therefore (in the UK) the term Paki became politically incorrect.

It is weird though, I get called Taffy, a Scot gets called Jock, an Irishman a Paddy, a German a Kraut, a Frenchman a Frog, Dutchman a Cloggie an American a Yank, Chinaman a Chink, Japanese as Nips (or in Prince Philips case, slitty-eyed little fuckers) etc... but I never hear any complaints about that.  Even when the prefix "Fucking" is put in front of the name it still doesnt matter.  But Paki - no-way...

Geoff Boycott in his cricket commentaries refers to the pakistanis as Paki's. I've heard Warnie on Sky TV commentaries refer to Paki's,  I don't hear any complaints about that.

Just to illustrate the nonsense of it all.  Pakistani's don't, in general, get on with Indians (bombings, Kashmire etc...) yet nearly every Indian Restaurant I've ever been to in the UK is run by Pakistanis.

To commemorate this silliness, let us revert back to the 70s, the last time such a show could be made:

Frenchman don't mind being called frogs?  Here in the US calling a Chinese person a chink will get you in trouble.  (If not from the Chinese then the from the PC police.)  Americans have never minded being called Yanks, well, maybe those from the South do but that is just because they interpret it as meaning "Northerner".

People from the United Stated are ofter referred to here as Seppos.

You picked one of the wrong ones for me there drdec.  I don't care if French people like me calling them frogs.  If it winds them up. I'm happy.  On the other side of the coin, they can call me what the hell they like.

English are To & Froms

Canadians are Canucks

South Africans are Jarpies

New Zealanders whatever you like.

Irish are Bog Trotters

Q'landers are...?

Banana Benders

Difficult to know what to call a Welshman because you can never understand what he is saying in order to take the piss out of it.

You might be right there Ruskie.  Especially those ones from South Wales.

LOL!

Oh dear....

The worst I have been called is an Aussie ... or typical Aussie ... or typical fucking Aussie. Surely the ROW can come up with something better than that or do we have to do everything ourselves?

*edit*

Australian = Convict.

You Aussie Ruski!

Oh, and it seems now the Prince's dad has been pulled into it. Seems he calls one of his friends something. Can't remember, it wasn't a word I associate with anything.

And I can't be bothered to look it up.

Thanks Ruski (re the seppos), for a moment there I was concerned we hadn't done enough to piss people off to earn a proper slur.

Always a pleasure.

You Aussie Ruski!

Stop it ... I'm getting upset ... I think I'm going to cry ...  

LOL!

You baby!

(Oh wait.... will calling you a baby get me into trouble with the PC police?)

Depends ... do I get a baby bonus from the Government? In which case you get a commission.

If that's how it works, I'm in!

Baby!

Pensioner!

Oh, and it seems now the Prince's dad has been pulled into it. Seems he calls one of his friends something.

I think he called him 'Sooty'!

Woo hoo!

I get cheap bus fare!

I think he called him 'Sooty'!

Apparently that was the guy's nickname... he's said he likes to be called Sooty by his friends

I totally don't see how that is racist...

It's just the PC brigade again...(because the guy is dark skinned)