It says on my very first post, if your easily offended then leave...
got to love all the pc tools around here dont like it dont read it
Exactly I was directing it to ANYONE on these forums nor any of the race.
oh noes, it's PC gone mad!!!!1!shiftone!roll back the clock so we can call them niggras and shoot them if they look at a white woman.yeah, things were better thenthats the thing, im NOT easily offended, and the vast majority of this thread has been great. but im no shinking violent and i call things as i sees them.i dont see any other race but Maori mentioned on that form, i dont see why a blind eye should be turned on something as blatant as that.
Well while we're on the off-topic of racism: I hate how people are allowed to be racist towards white people or people of their own race and get away with it.For example: NZ's who are white are called "Pakeha's", which I absolutely hate, it's fucking offensive that I'm called the following by government census's and all the rest:"pig", "white", "unwelcome", or "stranger".The way "blacks" call each other "nigger" and nobody complains. If I did that they'd go absolutely mental!
Origins of the wordThe origins of the word Pākehā are unknown, although the most likely sources are the words pākehakeha or pakepakehā, which refer to mythical human-like creatures, with fair skin and hair, sometimes described as having come from the sea.[3] When Europeans first arrived they rowed to shore in longboats, facing backwards while rowing the boats to shore. In traditional Māori canoes or "waka", paddlers face the direction of travel. This is supposed to have led to the belief that the sailors were supernatural beings. Popular misconceptionsThere have been several dubious interpretations given to the word Pākehā, including: * That it derives from poaka the Māori word for (pig), and keha, one of the Māori words for (flea), and therefore expresses derogatory implications. There is no etymological or linguistic support for this notion - like all Polynesian languages, Māori is generally very conservative in terms of vowels; it would be extremely unusual for 'pā-' to derive from 'poaka'. The more common Māori word for flea is puruhi. * That it means white pig or unwelcome white stranger. However, no part of the word signifies "pig", "white", "unwelcome", or "stranger". * The claim that it is a Māori transliteration of the English-language insult "bugger ya". It is alleged that hearing this insult being used by sailors, the Māori applied it to them. This has the hallmarks of a back-formation by an English speaker trying to arrive at an explanation after the fact; it also fails to account for the two long vowels in Pākehā.
The way "blacks" call each other "nigger" and nobody complains.
while i think a simple "facepalm.jpg" would accurately refute your argument....i accept the bait;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakeha
dont ya just love it how somany of the good threads turn into some political/racsism/and so forth debate =/
lol, everyone, winge to each other via PMs, it only takes one idiot to get offended by something in here for the whole thread to get HOSd. If you dont like racism/sexism or anything offensive THEN LEAVE, dont tell us because we dont care!Now...lets get back onto having a good laugh without all the bitching and moaning.
