Guest boo Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 From the complete absence of Aborigine people in the media i'm sure that's true but when i watched that video up there, the australian advert before it had an Aborigine accent voice-over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 really not a fan of the accent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 it's disgusting though the way that skank was talking... sad but i think these people are still in the majority. I guess it begs the question of how accurately she was quoting these guys didn't she say something like... "and there was 2 wogs there, 1 fat wog and one skinny wog, and the fat wog said 'bla blah blah' and the skinny wog said 'mu mu mu' etc" ... or something like that. it wasn't her quoting that contained the racial slur it was her description. i'm not watching it again to check, but that's how i remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 yeah you're right, she was referring to the 2 dudes sshe didnt know as wogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Space Coyote Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 In Australia I consider the word 'wog' to be slang at worst. I'd like to cite the following precedent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 hehe yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 italian australians hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 after immediately being pretty shocked by her wog this wog that statement, am i right in thinking that "wog" when referring to italians/greeks or whatever is no more racist than say "paddys" or "jocks" for irish and scots? because "wog" for blacks is seemingly a lot more offensive than "wog" for greeks or "paddys" for irish but then maybe that is purely cause of the cultural historical connotations viewed in the light of years of overcompensating political correctness in th ewake of british racist 70s culture etc cause i have a bit of a problem with me not being able to say "paki" which, when stripped of any connotations of malicious intent, is nothing more or less than an abbreviation of "pakistani" why is it that PC wankers can criticise the use of the word paki, but also slag off yanks (politically acceptable racism) and refer to paddys, micks, jocks, etc.... is telling a black joke any worse than telling a blonde joke ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 i dunno. i think it can still be offensive, depending on whos saying it/context of how its said, but for the most part its taken pretty lightly. i'm still pretty sure i've never really heard anyone refer to someone as a wog as casually as she did in that street interview. she could've gone with "there were two fully sicks". they sounded fairly full sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 i'm a wog! well, not in the stereotypical sense though, hahah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ward Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 oh so what 'we' used to fucking enslave people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Space Coyote Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 i'm sorry... does she say "i will call on my fully sick boys"? because i'd like to think she says that. Yeah pretty much, 'I will call all my fully sick boys' Actually you got it right the first time http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,...5014239,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EDGEY Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I think this is the first time I heard the word "wog", and immediately thought "why is everyone so upset over someone saying 'wog'"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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