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uggabugga · 08-20-2012, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaggy001

Asia is a big place and there are many different ethnicities. People in Turkey look quite different to people in China for example.

but the PC police have forbidden the use of the much more accurate term 'orientals' for reasons that escape me.

MatildaLoo · 08-20-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by uggabugga

but the PC police have forbidden the use of the much more accurate term 'orientals' for reasons that escape me.

Because YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE what other people find offensive. If a member of a race finds something offensive, who are you to tell them how to feel?

jeffersondavis · 08-20-2012, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by shiftymh

. Racism is the belief that once race is superior to another.

Agreed and I see nothing in that ad that shows racial superiority.

uggabugga · 08-20-2012, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MatildaLoo

Because YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE what other people find offensive. If a member of a race finds something offensive, who are you to tell them how to feel?

i've decided that i find your post offensive.

see how stupid that sounds?

btw, please explain why 'oriental' is offensive. thanks in advance.

jeffersondavis · 08-20-2012, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by nighttrain55

If you have to ask if this advertisment is racist, than i think you know the answer to that question.

I only ask because the liberal fascist police at huffingtonpost say it is and I believe it isn't. It's just funny.

purehuman · 08-20-2012, 02:27 PM

I think it's in very poor taste....enough so that I'd never fly on that airline.

AnUnidentifiedMale · 08-20-2012, 02:29 PM

I don't think it's racist. Just stupid.

Dale Cooper · 08-20-2012, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MatildaLoo

Because YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE what other people find offensive. If a member of a race finds something offensive, who are you to tell them how to feel?

If you find it offensive, you're the one with the problem (and thin skin). Get over yourself.

ovcatto · 08-20-2012, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by uggabugga

but the PC police have forbidden the use of the much more accurate term 'orientals' for reasons that escape me.

I wonder why...

ovcatto · 08-20-2012, 02:38 PM

Poor taste, offensive and racist.

Now that wasn't hard, was it?