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Are Some Being Too Over-Sensitive Over This?
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/// WHAT THE WIGAN OWNER SAID...
On the Chinese
If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying. There is nothing bad about doing that. It is like calling the British Brits, or the Irish paddies.
On the Jews
The Jews don’t like losing money. Nobody likes losing money.
Do you think Jewish people chase money a little bit more than we do? I think they are very shrewd people.
I think Jewish people do chase money more than everybody else. I don’t think that’s offensive at all.
It’s telling the truth. Jewish people love money, English people love money; we all love money. ///
The Scots have been accused of being 'tight' for years.
/// WHAT THE WIGAN OWNER SAID...
On the Chinese
If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying. There is nothing bad about doing that. It is like calling the British Brits, or the Irish paddies.
On the Jews
The Jews don’t like losing money. Nobody likes losing money.
Do you think Jewish people chase money a little bit more than we do? I think they are very shrewd people.
I think Jewish people do chase money more than everybody else. I don’t think that’s offensive at all.
It’s telling the truth. Jewish people love money, English people love money; we all love money. ///
The Scots have been accused of being 'tight' for years.
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Never used "chink" in my life -- never even heard of it -- although when younger the phrase "chogi nosh" was sometimes jokingly used in our family, meaning "Chinese takeaway". Not used in in ages, not, preferring to use the simpler "Chinese takeaway".
If anything, the man's views are offensive to Englishmen by assuming that they must necessarily use such words if they want to be called English...
The whole thing looks like the rant of someone who is a bit out of touch.
If anything, the man's views are offensive to Englishmen by assuming that they must necessarily use such words if they want to be called English...
The whole thing looks like the rant of someone who is a bit out of touch.
It has been a fair old while since I heard the local Chinese take-away referred to as the Chinkey. Not that I consider it offensive.
That said a guy in the public eye ought to know better than to refer to folk in ways that some might take offence to. It's fine to banter with friends who give as good as they get, less wise to use the same terms generally.
And I should say that reputations/generalities apart, I'm unaware that one religion is more money oriented than another. I suspect it simply comes from a time when immigrants found the only/best way to make a living was to get involved in the finance industry, loans and suchlike, since they were less likely to find decent employment in a land foreign to them, due to employers favouring natives.
That said a guy in the public eye ought to know better than to refer to folk in ways that some might take offence to. It's fine to banter with friends who give as good as they get, less wise to use the same terms generally.
And I should say that reputations/generalities apart, I'm unaware that one religion is more money oriented than another. I suspect it simply comes from a time when immigrants found the only/best way to make a living was to get involved in the finance industry, loans and suchlike, since they were less likely to find decent employment in a land foreign to them, due to employers favouring natives.
It's the usual PC noncence.
And I am sorry jim, I would suggest you are out of touch for not at least hearing it. Oddly last night I was talking to someone in the pub and maneitone dI was off for a Ruby, they replied we're off for a Chinky.
No offence was meant, simple conversation. But the problem these days is everyone want to take offence.
I dont take offence if the Aussies call me a pom or if the French refer to me as Le rosbif. Some people need to lighten up a bit.
And I am sorry jim, I would suggest you are out of touch for not at least hearing it. Oddly last night I was talking to someone in the pub and maneitone dI was off for a Ruby, they replied we're off for a Chinky.
No offence was meant, simple conversation. But the problem these days is everyone want to take offence.
I dont take offence if the Aussies call me a pom or if the French refer to me as Le rosbif. Some people need to lighten up a bit.
"...a guy in the public eye ought to know better than to refer to folk in ways that some might take offence to. "
Then he may as well adopt a "mute of malice" stance OG, and say nothing at all. There is always somebody somewhere eager to take offence on behalf of some other person or group (who themselves may not be offended in the slightest). It's becoming a very tiresome joke.
Then he may as well adopt a "mute of malice" stance OG, and say nothing at all. There is always somebody somewhere eager to take offence on behalf of some other person or group (who themselves may not be offended in the slightest). It's becoming a very tiresome joke.
god what is wrong with you lot
there are taboo words in every language - some of these attract criminal sanctions.
you might have luck, and like eating tuck but if you say F and are Andrew Mitchell, then you are [how can I put ....] in court and out of luck
a postman may be a postie and a metal merchant a scrappie,
but you know, call a Pakistani, a P#ki and you are really in trouble.
Even the Duke of Edinburgh had difficulty in getting the slitty eyed joke accepted.....
there are taboo words in every language - some of these attract criminal sanctions.
you might have luck, and like eating tuck but if you say F and are Andrew Mitchell, then you are [how can I put ....] in court and out of luck
a postman may be a postie and a metal merchant a scrappie,
but you know, call a Pakistani, a P#ki and you are really in trouble.
Even the Duke of Edinburgh had difficulty in getting the slitty eyed joke accepted.....
