Prince Harry has apologized after the News of the World publicized an old private army video in which he referred to a colleague, apparently affectionately, as a "Paki." Once again the jovial prince has run afoul of Britain's relentless (and humorless) PC police. I wish for once someone (though not a member of the royal family) caught in this kind of pseudo-controversy, so frequent today, would refuse to apologize and tell these people exactly what they can do with their outrage. I'm sure lots of language gets used in the military that's less than edifying; why make such a fuss over it? Good grief.
This would seem like a good time to post the link to my article on the somewhat similar swastika row four years ago; I don't have much to add to what I wrote then, except that this time the "incident" is even more innocuous and the reaction even more ridiculous.
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It seems to me to be as bad as saying yank, pommy, frog, kiwi, aussie etc. I think it depends on usage, and I do not think the way Harry used paki had any bad intent. The media seem to blow things out of proportion.
This is dispicable! Th press are milking this for all they can get! A media invented storm in a tea cup!
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