hav. a. word.

joe was trying to make a point though....people use words like this on the board alot, i think he proved his point quite well...considering he got banned for it!

No need to use that sort of infantile terminology whether you're on a message board or not. The term 'wog' is a blatent racist remark. However, I wouldn't call Joe a racist. REPEAT: WOULDN'T CALL HIM A RACIST!! He just needs to chill out (a lot). He always lets himself get really wound up. If he thinks someone is more uneducated than is being objective, he should learn to ignore it or inform us of truths, rather than blowing his top.

Don't quote me on this but, doesn't the 'Stan' in Pakistan translate to mean land?? If so, proof Paki is an a-ok term to use.

wog = Working on Government Service - origin - british occupation of egypt -i think-

racist? :spangled:

oh, i agree entirely, joe does this well, and to those who know how he is and what was actually meant - you can see what he was getting at - however the point that those who are new to here - probably will not, and the use of such terms naturally has to carry a consequence...

and it seems he is the first to fall foul of these rules...

Good point...

Afghanistan - referred to as "afghani's"
Tajikistan - referred to as "tajiki's"
Turkmenistan - referred to as "turkmeni's"
Uzbekistan - referred to as "uzbeki's"

Kurdistan - referred to as "kurds"

Not sure about Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Pakistan - generally referred to as "pakistani's" but on the evidence of the above... "paki" used to refer in a non offensive way could be a legitimate description of a person from pakistan?

I thought WOG was Western Oriental Gentleman?

I always thought "wog" referred to gollywog but i'm probably wrong

You are right. That's why they're not on jam jars anymore.

Ahhh i see... but they still had them on food in france when I went in the summer...

...highlights again that its one rule for one country and one for another... bloody french

Don't you mean one rule for ALL counties and one for France!

Haha thats the one

Should have left the germans to make one big trench of it in WW1... the south collaberated with the nazis in WW2 anyway

basically you are expected to remove any racist material. however, in reality the law is to prevent isp's letting webmasters run hate or racist sites, not to shut down messageboards with the odd throwaway slurs.

i would be amazed if any governing body were to try and enforce such a law over a situation like the one on this board, it would be another case altogether if it were to be a combat 18 or a nazi messageboard though.