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Old 10-18-2017, 10:09 AM
 
Location: NYC
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Yes, Pakistan is part of Asia, so Pakistanis would be technically Asian. The issue is most people think of East Asians when they hear the descriptor of Asian, so the use of such a broad term is confusing to many and only serves to obscure the reality of the situation.

Descriptors should serve the purpose of informing. The broader and less specific the descriptor is, the less value it has. If I said that a girl was raped by two humans, then how valuable is that?
i hope all the british ppl have become wise to this fact. Interesting how willing the media there is willing to alienate all the rest of asia in order not to offend Pakistan.
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Old 10-18-2017, 11:22 AM
 
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I seriously LOL at some of you who sit around fantasizing about a world in which there are no Muslims.....

Well, a perfect world will never exist, of course.


We will just have to live with the fact that 1/4 of the world will remain unproductive, non-innovative and chained to superstition and backwards belief for the foreseeable future.
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Old 10-18-2017, 11:23 AM
 
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Well, a perfect world will never exist, of course.


We will just have to live with the fact that 1/4 of the world will remain unproductive, non-innovative and chained to superstition and backwards belief for the foreseeable future.

Do you tell your Muslim friends/neighbors/colleagues this is how you feel?
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Old 10-18-2017, 11:31 AM
 
Location: Here and now.
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Is "Asian" the new Arab? Those men look very middle eastern to me
Read the thread. -_-
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Old 10-18-2017, 11:34 AM
 
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They sure are reluctant to accurately describe these men. Asian? Really?

"The first is described as Asian in his early 20s, approximately 6ft and of slim build. The second is also described as Asian, aged in his early 20s, 5ft 6in to 5ft 7in with a large build and tight beard."

CCTV issued over separate attacks on Birmingham teenager - BBC News
It is British news. For Americans "Asian" mean east Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Korean etc), for the Brits, it usually means Indians or mid easterners.

A large built and tight beard doesn't sound like a Chinese or Japanese, does it. I won't have a tight beard even if I don't shave for 2 months.
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Old 10-18-2017, 11:51 AM
 
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Ah well. I guess you'll have to deal with your poutrage and offense in whatever way helps you get through the day.
Or we could go all "snowflake" like yourself and caterwaul endlessly over the supposed problem keeping you awake nights and hiding under your bed.

Strange, all of us old hippie cucks aren't obsessing over something on another continent while ignoring worse "statistical" crap on our own.
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