07-25-2003, 06:39 PM
In another topic Pervez wrote
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I would like to answer to this over here.
Since we show to the goras that we are offended when they use this term, they just use it to irritate us even more. Why not make this word something to be proud of rather than be ashamed of. The next time when anybody calls you a Paki, just smile and say "Thnx, i am proud to be one!" rather than show him that u have been offended. And shoot me if that person ever uses it again in a drerogatory manner.
It is the receiver who makes a word a Gaali, not the one who throws it. Only we can change this word from a cuss to something to be proud of by changing our own attitudes towards it. Around a hundred years ago, the word 'Yankee' was used by the europeans as a drerogatory term to address the americans. When the amercians showed them that they didnt give two hoots about the euros using it, this term automatically changed from a something bad to something to be proud of.
I was appalled to see that on the discussion board of Cricket365.com, PAKI is a cuss word and is automatically censored by the discussionboard script. So whenever somebody even writes 'Pakistan', it comes out like '****stan'!! Now the name of my country has become a Gaali. We ourselves have to change this situation and have to do it quickly.
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana" id=quote>quote<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Hi Paki( i wouldn't like to be called by that name at any cost!)<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana" size=2 id=quote>
I would like to answer to this over here.
Since we show to the goras that we are offended when they use this term, they just use it to irritate us even more. Why not make this word something to be proud of rather than be ashamed of. The next time when anybody calls you a Paki, just smile and say "Thnx, i am proud to be one!" rather than show him that u have been offended. And shoot me if that person ever uses it again in a drerogatory manner.
It is the receiver who makes a word a Gaali, not the one who throws it. Only we can change this word from a cuss to something to be proud of by changing our own attitudes towards it. Around a hundred years ago, the word 'Yankee' was used by the europeans as a drerogatory term to address the americans. When the amercians showed them that they didnt give two hoots about the euros using it, this term automatically changed from a something bad to something to be proud of.
I was appalled to see that on the discussion board of Cricket365.com, PAKI is a cuss word and is automatically censored by the discussionboard script. So whenever somebody even writes 'Pakistan', it comes out like '****stan'!! Now the name of my country has become a Gaali. We ourselves have to change this situation and have to do it quickly.
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
