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Noggin wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2019 11:52 am

WildBill wrote: ↑Wed May 09, 2012 6:52 pm

philip964 wrote:Story refers to the men as Asian. I guess Pakistan is in Asia.

Although we Americans don't normally think of India or Pakistan as Asia, it is.

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a sovereign country in South Asia.

It is perhaps worth mentioning that when people in the UK talk about "Asians" they mostly mean people from Pakistan, India or Bangladesh etc. Brits are not likely to refer to people from the Western Pacific Rim as "Asians" They will generally refer to them either "Oriental" or Chinese/Japanese even if they are actually from Korea or Viet Nam etc.

Even on official government forms when checking the box to indicate race, there will be box for "Asian" and another one for "Chinese". As a Brit it took me a while to adjust to the American idea of calling people from Japan and China "Asian"

I guess the reasons for this are fairly simple. Even 25 years ago there were many more Indians and Pakistanis in the UK (more than a million) than Chinese (most of those from Hong Kong) who numbered a few hundred thousand.

Jim Beaux wrote:Political Correctness is nothing more than oppression.

C-dub wrote:

59-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons

What kind of legal reasons could there possibly be for not naming him? Are they afraid they're going to offend his wife or children or employer?


This whole thing is disgusting!

philip964 wrote:Story refers to the men as Asian. I guess Pakistan is in Asia.