Need i say any more on the sun???

GaZ · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Karma :

If you saw the front page of today's sun you would have seen 11 kids from different backgrounds holding signs oof racist/stereotypical names for their race. eg jewish lad holding up the word yid etc. All this was under the heading. "What have all these children got in common?" open up and it says they're all British and racism is bad etc etc.

Here's the good bit...

Go to do the crossword and the clue for 21 across (i think) was "jerk,tug" so i thought it might be pull. I check the cryptik clue to see if it could shed anymore light on the situation and it read (not an exact quote but nearly word for word) "American with a tendency to pull"

Guess what the answer was...

Yank, some nice double standards there eh?

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

Even more shocking is that they replaced Page 3 with the picture as well. Instead of being greeted at work by Keeley's magnificent breasts I saw a group of whinging kids Evil or Very Mad

Life can be so unfair sometimes.

TheShaggyDA · Repost Police Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

The Sun has a crossword?
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h00dwink · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 May 2006 Karma :

to be honest i felt that frontpage was a steaming pile of cock.

it was only in the wake of the "racism debate" that they bothered putting those words on the front cover. in normal standards there would be no point. the sun's just trying to see what pointless boundarys it can push by doing that.

and yes, +1 for Keeley Hazel. i would marry her. she's worth caps.
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killa · Won't Shut Up Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Karma :

A lot of us could say we don’t care, be adults and say ‘It doesn’t affect me, the Sun is just babble’, I’m above that.
But the truth is, this is affecting everyone, including anyone who says that it is simply a media influence that is only noted by the minority who don’t have the ability to think for themselves.
This Jade, white trash scum VS Bollywood ‘Paki’ has fuelled a fire which I think shouldn’t even be here

It shouldn’t be here because if the media are leading everyone to believe that Jade is the height of racism……..boy, have we got a lot to learn. Rolling Eyes

Every fucker knows racism is a bad thing, and when you want to say nasty things about someone, the odd comment could be thrown out. It should come as no surprise IMO.
Yeah, kick up a fuss if it leads to something more sinister, but jade is the lowest of the low, a Sun reader, and this is part of the problem.

It’s ripping the British culture apart, we have been taking the piss out of our selves and the rest of the world for years because the ol British mentality is that, we’re all a bloody lost cause and should stop taking everything so seriously.
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Mister James · I want to believe! Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Karma :

But it is commonly used as a derogative name, often said in conjunction with 'dumb' or 'clueless' or 'blundering'.

Paki is simply a shortening of Pakistani, just as Brit is of British, and yet people take offence at it. Why? Because of the intent.
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killa · Won't Shut Up Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Karma :

What do Pakistani people call us to be offensive?

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cestrian · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Karma :

Errr, this may already have been mentioned but, since when has refering to an American as a "yank" been racist or even offensive?

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st3v3 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

IMO page 3 is one of the sun's best attributes, and there aren't too many, so yeah, they should have just keeley on it.
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An American from a Southern state would be highly offended at being called a "yank" or a "yankee". But that's just becuase of the connotation it means to them.

Most other Americans aren't offended at all. No more offended than any of you would be if I was call you a bunch of Limeys.

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california_rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Karma :

I'm not offended at all by the term 'Yank'. Then again, it's never been used in a derogatory way towards me, so meh. :shrug:
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killa · Won't Shut Up Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Karma :

Oh dear, i read in the paper the yesterday the contestants are to be quizzed by police and Jermaine is being questioned about possible racsit remarks made about Jades family.

Rolling Eyes

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