Is this racist?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

As an ethnic reference in Australian

Wog is also an ethnic slur in Australian English. The term traditionally denoted immigrants principally of Southern European Mediterranean and Eastern European origins (and since then, also their descendants). Among those traditionally included as wogs are Australians of Italian, Greek, Maltese, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Serbian, and Bulgarian descent.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

In British English, its a slur against people from the West Indies.

Didn't know it was also used against Greeks and people from the Balkans.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

He told us himself it's used against people of greek descent in Aus.. and now he's trying to tell me it means n****r.

[Heracles 417]

That is strange considering I have two pieces of papers with official stamps on them at home suggesting otherwise. Ranked 45 and 36th in the world, by a UK study.

MC if you are an example of the UK education system, it's no wonder the UK has fallen bellow the US, Canada and Australia in almost every international ranking. Not to mention no wonder why your fellow countrymen are migrating to places like Australia in droves.

Your opinion is your opinion and usually it's wrong. So don't sit here and claim you have some sort of edge over everyone else. Like with many here, who have a similar outspoken attitude, I am still waiting to know what you actually do and what your education is in. Until I find that out, your opinion is null and void. It's a check without a signature.

Keep waiting BY, I owe you nothing.

I may disagree with people but I don't talk down to them for having their opinions. I have been wrong on things in the past and changed my view. I let the facts guide my views, not the other way around.

The only people who are apparently spot on with everything, as in never wrong, is you and Pike. While you both may be well versed in the English language, you are far from being smart or even logical. Furthermore, you use this good command of the language to compensate for the lack of common sense or actual knowledge.

Edited October 21, 2009 by Booyah!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

when you say "latinos and education do not go hand in hand", how is that not talking down to people?

It drips with derision!

[Heracles 417]

In British English, its a slur against people from the West Indies.

Didn't know it was also used against Greeks and people from the Balkans.

Wog is a derogatory term used to describe: Greeks, Italians and Middle Easterners.

[Peikko 1,575]

That is strange considering I have two pieces of papers with official stamps on them at home suggesting otherwise. Ranked 45 and 36th in the world, by a UK study.

MC if you are an example of the UK education system, it's no wonder the UK has fallen bellow the US, Canada and Australia in almost every international ranking. Not to mention no wonder why your fellow countrymen are migrating to places like Australia in droves.

Your opinion is your opinion and usually it's wrong. So don't sit here and claim you have some sort of edge over everyone else. Like with many here, who have a similar outspoken attitude, I am still waiting to know what you actually do and what your education is in. Until I find that out, your opinion is null and void. It's a check without a signature.

Keep waiting BY, I owe you nothing.

I may disagree with people but I don't talk down to them for having their opinions. I have been wrong on things in the past and changed my view. I let the facts guide my views, not the other way around.

The only people who are apparently spot on with everything, as in never wrong, is you and Pike. While you both may be well versed in the English language, you are far from being smart or even logical. Furthermore, you use this good command of the language to compensate for the lack of common sense or actual knowledge.

If you feel that you are being talked down to, I would suggest you step up a little. No one is always right BY, but in the case of statistical analysis I can safely say that you are ALWAYS wrong.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

In British English, its a slur against people from the West Indies.

Didn't know it was also used against Greeks and people from the Balkans.

Wog is a derogatory term used to describe: Greeks, Italians and Middle Easterners.

In Australian English.

In British English it refers to blacks from the West Indies.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

In British English, its a slur against people from the West Indies.

Didn't know it was also used against Greeks and people from the Balkans.

Wog is a derogatory term used to describe: Greeks, Italians and Middle Easterners.

And you're Greek. And you unabashedly say racist things about other groups all the time. So calling you a wog is quite fitting.

[Heracles 417]

when you say "latinos and education do not go hand in hand", how is that not talking down to people?

It drips with derision!

Once again you missed the point and once again you have proven another point of mine. Left wing 101: someone stating something, be it an opinion or whatever, give you the right and green light to attack them personally.

The context of the short statement should be self-explanatory; as in, it shot from the hip; as in, it was a pub like statement.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

when you say "latinos and education do not go hand in hand", how is that not talking down to people?

It drips with derision!

Once again you missed the point and once again you have proven another point of mine. Left wing 101: someone stating something, be it an opinion or whatever, give you the right and green light to attack them personally.

The context of the short statement should be self-explanatory; as in, it shot from the hip; as in, it was a pub like statement.

BY if you are overheard making loud racially charged comments in a pub, you can probably be expect to be challenged over them. Given the multi-racial / multicultural makeup of a site like this one you can hardly expect to be treated any differently.

Nothing in the above post amounts to a personal attack - I'd suggest you're being somewhat oversensitive.

[Heracles 417]

That is strange considering I have two pieces of papers with official stamps on them at home suggesting otherwise. Ranked 45 and 36th in the world, by a UK study.

MC if you are an example of the UK education system, it's no wonder the UK has fallen bellow the US, Canada and Australia in almost every international ranking. Not to mention no wonder why your fellow countrymen are migrating to places like Australia in droves.

Your opinion is your opinion and usually it's wrong. So don't sit here and claim you have some sort of edge over everyone else. Like with many here, who have a similar outspoken attitude, I am still waiting to know what you actually do and what your education is in. Until I find that out, your opinion is null and void. It's a check without a signature.

Keep waiting BY, I owe you nothing.

I may disagree with people but I don't talk down to them for having their opinions. I have been wrong on things in the past and changed my view. I let the facts guide my views, not the other way around.

The only people who are apparently spot on with everything, as in never wrong, is you and Pike. While you both may be well versed in the English language, you are far from being smart or even logical. Furthermore, you use this good command of the language to compensate for the lack of common sense or actual knowledge.

If you feel that you are being talked down to, I would suggest you step up a little. No one is always right BY, but in the case of statistical analysis I can safely say that you are ALWAYS wrong.

No you and pike talk down to anyone who you disagree with. Hello : Joseph. It's in the tone of your posts.

[Peikko 1,575]

You are now claiming you acted as if 'drunk'? Curiouser and curiouser. BY, the simple fact is that you made a racist statement which you continue to believe is 'justifiable' because of your failure to understand that the statistical data you presented as an explanation of what led to your statement simply does not mean what you think it means.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I think its even simpler than you make out BY. You don't show any respect (if you did - you wouldn't post offensive comments about minorities), yet for some reason you expect to receive it.

[Peikko 1,575]

That is strange considering I have two pieces of papers with official stamps on them at home suggesting otherwise. Ranked 45 and 36th in the world, by a UK study.

MC if you are an example of the UK education system, it's no wonder the UK has fallen bellow the US, Canada and Australia in almost every international ranking. Not to mention no wonder why your fellow countrymen are migrating to places like Australia in droves.

Your opinion is your opinion and usually it's wrong. So don't sit here and claim you have some sort of edge over everyone else. Like with many here, who have a similar outspoken attitude, I am still waiting to know what you actually do and what your education is in. Until I find that out, your opinion is null and void. It's a check without a signature.

Keep waiting BY, I owe you nothing.

I may disagree with people but I don't talk down to them for having their opinions. I have been wrong on things in the past and changed my view. I let the facts guide my views, not the other way around.

The only people who are apparently spot on with everything, as in never wrong, is you and Pike. While you both may be well versed in the English language, you are far from being smart or even logical. Furthermore, you use this good command of the language to compensate for the lack of common sense or actual knowledge.

If you feel that you are being talked down to, I would suggest you step up a little. No one is always right BY, but in the case of statistical analysis I can safely say that you are ALWAYS wrong.

No you and pike talk down to anyone who you disagree with. Hello : Joseph. It's in the tone of your posts.

Interpret it how you like, it's entirely in your hands.