'Racist' Taxi Driver

[KimyReizeger]

Scotsman.com News - 'Racism' on trial… or a hammer to crack a nut?

What are your views?

I'm pretty sure there was a time when people took taxi drivers to court if they didn't lump all of society's problems onto minorities.

[idol_wild]

Well, I guess if you take the literal meaning:

Pak·i /ˈpæki, ˈpɑki/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pak-ee, pah-kee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural Pak·is. Chiefly British Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. 1. a Pakistani, esp. one who has emigrated to Britain.
2. any emigrant to Britain from the Indian subcontinent.

Then it's considered an offensive word to use.

That sad, I don't think anyone can deny that the passangers in the taxi over-reacted immensely. Calling the police? The taxi driver is obviously just ignorant. It's something my father would say, yet I know that he's not actually a racist.

[Pierre Von Mondragon]

He sounds like a bigoted auld bastard, the court decision is probably right though, hopefully it will make these twisted fucks think twice about what they say, but given the difficulty they seem to have with any kind of thought, thats probably too much to hope for.

[Lucky Rathen]

Quote - "It doesn't matter where they're from, Pakies are pakis, chinkies are chinkies, darkies are darkies".

How can anyone question that this a racist statement? He sounds like a proper cunt.

[KimyReizeger]

Taxi drivers of his age, at this time, will always have these thoughts; frightening them into keeping their traps shut serves no positive purpose, other than as a reminder of the widening mistrust between members of this society.

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by KimyReizeger

Taxi drivers of his age, at this time, will always have these thoughts; frightening them into keeping their traps shut serves no positive purpose, other than as a reminder of the widening mistrust between members of this society.

True, but allowing them to air their bigoted shite and influence another generation in the same way is much worse. I know a guy who constantly uses all three of those words above (he's 28) and every time I pull him up for it I get the same excuse - "Well that's the words my dad uses, I was brought up hearing them".

[KimyReizeger]

Originally Posted by Elwood Cobra Kai

Quote - "It doesn't matter where they're from, Pakies are pakis, chinkies are chinkies, darkies are darkies".

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And stupid old bastards are stupid old bastards. There's no hope for him, why bother pestering? What would be achieved, were he prosecuted?

[Lucky Rathen]

Well I don't think someone should be above the law simply because they're old and stupid. Anybody else would be prosecuted for it so why shouldn't he?

[Sue Denim..]

You've got to understand, people of a certain age.. and mental aptitude are not going to become PC overnight.
They were brought up (as were my parents) with blacks being called Darkies etc.
Obviously this is a bit shocking to the sensitivities of a younger generation but they should just see it as being the spoutings of an older and less (PC) knowledgable generation and just appreciate that we still have some kind of freedom of speech. Whether we agree with it or not.
Calling the Police.... fuck sake. Get over it.

[JaseyBoi]

In my honest opinion i reckon more than half of us if not all of us have parents or grandparents who would be concidered racist to a certain degree....Fuck my my entire female side of the family were given golly wogs as dolls right throught the 80's....Racism is a difficult and complicated subject..

I was pulled up at work one time for saying "there was a coloured lady on the bus" instead of the word 'black'..It was found to be hurtful and very racist...I honestly felt fucking taken aback and was made to feel like i had to take a step back on my self and appreciate wether i was racist or not...

I came to the conclusion that NO im not racist just bloody ignorant.....I dont mean ignorant as in the bad way just ive never really been friends or knew many "black" people so didnt realise that calling them "coloured" was totaly rasict......I was brought up to say coloured not black...........

On another note i know of a few older people and are all on the feeling that if there traveling on the bus to he bingo and certain nationalitys are on the bus with rucksacks they feel very uneasy...Now is this racism or the lack of education?.....THese older people are all above 65....