Posted by Genevieve Wildeblood on 04/19/07 07:14

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:25:32 +0800, Wise Old Man <wom@optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:19:52 +1000, F&C <none@hottmail.com> wrote:
>
>> UK people must hear that the killings were perpetrated by an "Asian"
>> person, and stupidly assume that the killer was Indian or Pakistani.
>>
>> Then they see the photo and get confused.
>>
>> People from the UK are so insular that they can't understand what an
>> American or Australian person means when we say "asian".
>>
>> One reason is that the UK is not a true multicultural country. It is
>> white people, with MASS IMMIGRATION of ONE other race (indian/paki).
>>
>> So they don't know anything about "orientals" from the "far east".
>
> You're an idiot.

He's not an idiot, he's right. I was surprized not so long ago by a
discussion I had on a web forum with some Pommies about whether a certain
celebrity had Asian ancestry. They made these, what seemed to me like
quaint Victorian-era language, references to "orientals" and the "far
east". And asserted that orientals were easily distinguished by their dark
skin.

They're not as insular as the Yanks with their idiotic notion that
everywhere south of the US/Mexican border is populated by generic
"Latinos" from the mythical country of "Latin America". (Except Cuba,
which is peopled by "communists".)

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