Re: So Harbhajan is a Rascist is he?

by lardbucket Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:05

Bucky ... you really want to go down that line again? Yes he said it, and it's a form of praise?

by please don't yell Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:05

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_of_the_Rovers

by Paul Keating Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:06

JGK wrote:"Roy" is short for Leroy from Leroy Loggins - an American born negro basketballer who played basketball for Brisbane in the 80s.

Didn't he play like 500 games and is the NBL's leading game player?

by *Buckaroo* Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:07

I sometimes wonder if Sri Lankans refer to Murali as token ?

by Henry Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:07

JGK wrote:"Roy" is short for Leroy from Leroy Loggins - an American born negro basketballer who played basketball for Brisbane in the 80s.

Isn't the term 'negro' a little 1950's? Actually, isn't the term 'N*gger' an abbreviation of negro?

by please don't yell Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:08

JGK wrote:"Roy" is short for Leroy from Leroy Loggins - an American born negro basketballer who played basketball for Brisbane in the 80s.

from what i could find on the net

http://www.theage.com.au/news/cricket/australia-wallops-south-africa-in-twenty20/2006/01/09/1136771505307.html

2nd page.

by lardbucket Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:08

*Buckaroo* wrote:I sometimes wonder if Sri Lankans refer to Murali as token ?

Why would they do that?

by tac Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:09

lardbucket wrote:
*Buckaroo* wrote:I sometimes wonder if Sri Lankans refer to Murali as token ?

Why would they do that?

Token Tamil?

by Paul Keating Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:09

I've been to America many times and get conflicting views.

Calling someone "dark" is racist.

And in some areas, the use of "Black" is racist.

Everytime I go now, I simply don't refer to people's colour anymore.

by please don't yell Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:09

Paul Keating wrote:
Didn't he play like 500 games and is the NBL's leading game player?

He's a legend around these parts that's for sure.

by *Buckaroo* Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:10

tac wrote:
lardbucket wrote:
*Buckaroo* wrote:I sometimes wonder if Sri Lankans refer to Murali as token ?

Why would they do that?

Token Tamil?

Token Tamil and Token Hindu amongst team of Buddhists.

by JGK Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:11

Yousuf Yohanna got so sick of being called Token he converted.

by tac Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:11

*Buckaroo* wrote:
tac wrote:
lardbucket wrote:
*Buckaroo* wrote:I sometimes wonder if Sri Lankans refer to Murali as token ?

Why would they do that?

Token Tamil?

Token Tamil and Token Hindu amongst team of Buddhists.

Thanks for confirming that, lags . . .

by *Buckaroo* Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:14

JGK wrote:Yousuf Yohanna got so sick of being called Token he converted.

he was hounded by the rest. I have read horror stories about his car being smashed up and his wife and family harassed in public places by his team mates and their wives.

Wasim Akram's wife once refused to sit together with Yohanna's wife at a restaurant table.

Weird.

by Henry Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:14

Calling someone "black" seems to be racist in America these days, but in South Africa it is perfectly acceptable to still use the descriptions "Black, white, and coloured."

I guess it's a bit like how it's racist to say p*ki in Britain but apparently not so in Aus.

by *Buckaroo* Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:17

'Asian' is the term used in Britain akin to 'Subi' on here.

I have always wondered whether the avg Brit or Oz would like to be called Albo (meaning Albanian)

by JGK Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:18

"asian" in Australia generally refers to Orientals.

by Paul Keating Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:19

Ab0 is an offensive abbreviation.

by *Buckaroo* Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:20

'Asian' in US is also Oriental/Far Easterners.

But in Britain it referrs to all the riff-raff from former South Asian colonies. A glowing cover-all description.

by please don't yell Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:20

I don't mind being called a cracker or whitie.

by Paul Keating Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:20

Off Topic Question: Have we lost the American Election thread? Can't find it. Go Obama.

by Henry Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:21

'Jap' is meant to be an offensive term for the Japanese, but I have several Japanese friends and they don't mind it at all. In fact they use it a lot themselves when talking in English.

by *Buckaroo* Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:22

It'll be a cold day in hell before Mubarak Hussain Obama becomes president of United States.

by JGK Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:23

Henry wrote:'Jap' is meant to be an offensive term for the Japanese, but I have several Japanese friends and they don't mind it at all. In fact they use it a lot themselves when talking in English.

I would have thought "nip" or "slope" would be the offensive term for Japs.

by tac Sun 06 Jan 2008, 13:23

Henry wrote:'Jap' is meant to be an offensive term for the Japanese, but I have several Japanese friends and they don't mind it at all. In fact they use it a lot themselves when talking in English.

A lot of Japanese happily refer to themselves as yellow monkeys . . . they see it as showing them as clever

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