At the weekend Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, found himself in the middle of controversy over his use of the word "Paki" to describe a fellow soldier (read the story here). The "incident" in question happened several years ago but came to light after a video was given to a newspaper who then chose to make it public.
Predictably, the PC brigade were in uproar over the use of this word, saying how it was unacceptable and offensive to Asians.
Why are the same people invariably silent over the term "white trash" which is commonly used and offensive to white people? Why is it OK to describe white people as "trash" but unacceptable to use the word "Paki"? There is even a book called "Stupid White Trash" which is sometimes on sale in the humour(!) section of bookstores. Replace the word "white" with any other racial description and you would have the race relations people baying for blood and the book would be withdrawn and universally condemned as "racially offensive". But it seems that when the offence is directed at the indigenous people of this country it does not matter, indeed it is encouraged.
