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This is a link post Prince Harry's sort-of-racist home video.
This will be all over tomorrow/todays papers but I just thought it would be fun to be the first person to post it on b3ta. And maybe you haven't seen it, nobody's posted it at least. Any thoughts?
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 2:57, Reply)
This is a normal post That cannot be real.
Then again, I am really tired. And I can't really differentiate reality.
 (stinkbone : Devon's only wastrel (well in the posh bit), Sun 11 Jan 2009, 3:26, Reply)
This is a normal post It's real.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7822574.stm
 (I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 3:28, Reply)
This is a normal post My thoughts
If thats real (which I'm pretty sure its not) I have a new found respect for him - not for any racist comments but for having a sense of humour in other ways.
 (I helped save b3ta! PhoenixBlend, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 3:28, Reply)
This is a normal post LOLOL
wow, he's so racist i expect he's got combat 18 tatooed on his arse.
how pathetic is this story, what a top bloke though.
 (Nobody Likes Mortal Wombat, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 3:41, Reply)
This is a normal post It doesn't really seem like much when you watch it.
But the headline will inevitably be that he's called people a "paki" and a "raghead". Which, to be fair, he has.
 (I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 3:44, Reply)
This is a normal post I wonder
what The Mail will say...

Will it sort of combust in on itself?

And FWIW, I can't help liking the little ginger toff.
 (ArfurDaley Must try harder., Sun 11 Jan 2009, 3:49, Reply)
This is a normal post I know
I've always thought of him as a right knob, but actually he came across really likeable in this!
 (I helped save b3ta! PhoenixBlend, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 3:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Decidedly.
I particularly like the pubes comment. Sort of brings it all into context really.
 (ArfurDaley Must try harder., Sun 11 Jan 2009, 4:03, Reply)
This is a normal post A little
hypocritical coming from them I think ;-)
 (ArfurDaley Must try harder., Sun 11 Jan 2009, 4:19, Reply)
This is a normal post I just don't get it.
If your from Iraq, you're an Iraqi, Isreal, you're an Isreali, why, if you're from Pakistan, are you not a Paki?
 (Hairy Bob, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 12:12, Reply)
This is a normal post Actually
If you're from Pakistan you're a Pak.
If you're from Tajikistan - Tajik
Balochistan - Baloch (my favourite)
And so on.

Stan, with the -i- used to stick it on the end, is like 'ia' in Europe.
Romania
Russia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland...ia - okay, we stuck 'land' on the end of that one instead.
For some reason we put 'n' on the end of their names, except not for, say, Croats and Czechs (Czechia is a recognised name for the Czech Republic).

Pakistani means 'of Pakistan'; if you want to refer to the people that Pakistan itself is the land of then there's no reason why you can't say "Pak" except for being pounced on by a million different tabloids.

Iraqi is Arabic, Israeli is Hebrew, the 'i' ending is a semitic thing, the 'Israelite' seen in the bible, when referring to a man, is actually "Yisra'eli". For this reason I'm not so sure if Paki would be grammatically correct, although in semitic languages (which Iranian, Urdu and Pashto are not) it would be.

The real reason, however, is that it carries with it a whole load of racism due to "Paki" being a word used mainly by, well, racist people; as it is a diminuitive of Pakistan[i] and isn't really intended to be a politically correct term in the first place.
 (Frozen_Banana Shaved against the grain; thoroughly unrewarding., Sun 11 Jan 2009, 12:28, Reply)
This is a normal post erm... no.
Paki, Tajiki, Khazakhi etc are all linguistically acceptable.

Paki used to be in common use in the UK but it fell out of favour when it became overused as a derogatory term. See also "nigger" & "spastic".
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post well the chap in question did look like a paki
whats all the fuss about?
 (pissflaps. FSPW, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 13:26, Reply)
This is a normal post I said I wasn't sure if it was acceptable
but turns out it is, so thank you.

But the point remains that the word Paki now carries with it a weight of racist sentiment.
 (Frozen_Banana Shaved against the grain; thoroughly unrewarding., Sun 11 Jan 2009, 13:52, Reply)
This is a normal post ha!
Fuck the news of the world and their threats (right at the end)
 (I helped save b3ta! Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 6:54, Reply)
This is a normal post I have to say, I think hes a top bloke.
Hes just a normal guy.

"Granny I've got to go, send my love to the Corgis and Grandpa. God Save You ... yeah, that's great."
 (I helped save b3ta! lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 7:42, Reply)
This is a normal post except for the casual racism. or is that normal?
or is that normal?
 (I helped save b3ta! tickle I was away, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 16:50, Reply)
This is a normal post there's hope for the royal family yet

(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Sun 11 Jan 2009, 10:35, Reply)
This is a normal post Giles Wembly-Hogg
Shirley?

Cannot be real? It has to be a look alike.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 11 Jan 2009, 11:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Mr Bin says
that it is real as he has just heard the Price William has issued an apology.
 (I helped save b3ta! Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sun 11 Jan 2009, 12:00, Reply)
This is a normal post "Are your pubes ginger too?"
"Yes they are"
 (Sneezy Badger can't wait to quit his job on, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 12:38, Reply)
This is a normal post he does seem like a likeable person
zomg he said paki!! sue the bastard, etc. just like his grandad!

move over starvation in africa, cos we've got a racist in our royal family which is much more important!
 (I helped save b3ta! Captain Pilchard The king of B-movies!, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 16:45, Reply)
This is a normal post The boy's all right in my opinion. It could be worse.....
he could be a Paki!!
 (I helped save b3ta! Flash_Bastard, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 21:11, Reply)