Comments on: This is about etiquette, not equality

By: pete ess

pete ess — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:34:55 +0000

Someone still cares what a royal prick says or thinks?
Someone still thinks anyone royal has an IQ?
What a waste of oxygen they are.

I disagree the “PC lot” are equivalent to the aristocrats of old. Striving for fairness is easily mocked, but what would you have instead?

I agree we cheerfully shoot women and children (especially if it can be with missiles or mortars from afar) rather than “offend them”: Utterly sick, innit?

By: Hugh Robinson

Hugh Robinson — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:21:57 +0000

>>yet it says little, if anything, about the British state’s stringent border controls or its penchant for arresting, imprisoning and deporting “illegal immigrants”.

By: lyndall beddy

lyndall beddy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:25:03 +0000

Harry looks exactly like his uncle (Diane’s brother) to me. They must have terribly boring press in Britain if this is news!

By: Verbsap Sapienti

Verbsap Sapienti — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:27:18 +0000

@ Hein

That name implies that you are a person of Teutonic extraction, the same background as the current British Royal Family.

They bring in millions of pounds a year through tourism; what is “an honest days work”? Digging a ditch or living on the dole… sorry, benefits, like so many fellow Brits?

I certainly agree with your comment regarding the leeches in this country…they don’t contibute a cent to our wellbeing.

By: Odette

Odette — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:52:00 +0000

@ Johan

The N word is a source of much debate within the African American community. Popular media’s depiction of the word as being standard usage among African Americans should not be taken as gospel truth.

Words do have power and when you have been at the receiving end of racial slurs you get really tired of being told to ignore it or not take it seriously. How about telling the people saying it to just stop because it’s not ok and never will be?

By: brent

brent — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:05:37 +0000

Huge PC storm in a tea cup, young people shoved together bond by ‘mocking’ each other and others. Wiliam only did what 90% of humankind do when together in groups and under some pressue; be it war, sport or social. Wonder what Pakistani, Arab etc etc groups call whities, blackies other groups when they are alone together? Bet mostly sentiments that would not be printable or videoable on main news.

Also whould you like to go to war with that p…k who has his instant 15minutes of fame and yes bet you piles of cash for doing the film undercover? Hope he gets group justice for his huge bravery

Brent

By: Hein

Hein — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:49:26 +0000

Harry who? Who cares what the poms do or don’t do, nevermind their tax sponsored Royal family. Come to think of it, what have they contributed to anything, just like the leeches we support every year with zillions of rands and all they try is to keep us in the third world. Let them go and do a honest days of work for a change.

By: mundundu

mundundu — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:05:12 +0000

heh. i was so waiting for a post like this about harry, because he’s almost certainly diana’s boyfriend’s kid — but he’s got chuck’s dad’s sense of word selection.

lolz.

By: johan

johan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:42:16 +0000

and pls, before i get crucified, im not a racist. I consider everyone equal and judge on personality alone. Every race has their perceived derogatory slang. But its what they make of the word. In the usa, african americans seem proud of being called niggas. Again, my post was to prove a point, and not intended in any derogatory vein towards any race or nationality. Hopefully society can rise above that.