I am utterly luvid.This is the last time you will hear from me on this system.I am out! See if you agree with?

Question

2 days someone put what was a joke on the system which was racist and old fashioned,what we may have heard in the 60s or 70s. It included the 4 letter word that is short for a person from Pakistan.I replied that I was suprised the Yahoo system had not blanked out this work as only the week before I had innocently tried to use the short word starting with f that ,in England anyway,was the usual name for something we smoke. I honestly was not aware this word had been hijacked,and was now a bad word for a sexual group.I didnt know,honest. Several others replied,some saying it was a huge joke.I was the only one to caution him against it.I dont use offensive words and jokes. I have been astonished today to get a "violation notice"the only one I have ever had. They seem to be blaming me for this joke somehow,and for my reply.I am utterly livid.Their rotten system allows people to use swastikas in their name,and allows them to discuss court cases still to go to trial. I

Answer 1

Let it go - the anger only harms you!

Answer 2

yeh i can imagine you are annoyed but to be fair the system probab;ly automatically blocks therefore it wont have taken into account who started it. and btw i didnt know that word mean that either!!

Answer 3

In Britain the term p**i is not racist....as ruled by the law lords....as calling a pakistani a p**i is no different to calling someone from Britain a Brit.

Answer 4

I know how upset you are and feel for you because you are trying to have a bit of fun.It especially hurts when you know for a fact that there have been far worse questions and answers that have not been  removed.However please don't make a hasty decision about getting out.Wait until you have calmed down and given yourself time to think and then appeal the decision.I have received two violations since joining YA.The first one I didn't appeal because it was early into my account and I hadn't worked ou t how things work, but I received a 2nd one a couple of months ago which I did appeal and was successful.Good luck and hey....don't leave us !

Answer 5

p**i can be honestly construed as an abbreviation, and even if it is said with malice, it is still just an abbreviation. you must be the only person in the world to not realise that f*g refers to g*y people.

Answer 6

The word f-g is offensive only in the US. The last time I looked I was resident in the UK. Why the h-ll should we have to understand what might pass for offensive in the US? A long time ago, I got caught by this as well. Take note folks! it isn't offensive in the UK.

Answer 7

Calm down dear.

Answer 8

i can see why you are so upset, i am australian and we use

the word that you are refering to, i know you mean cigarette,

but people of other countries would take it to mean a derogatory term, you have to be aware of your language

when you use a site that people all over the world use, the

political correctness in the world today has gone to far, but it

was put in place for a reason, don't take it to heart, you know

that you didn't mean to offend, by not using something that

you enjoy you are only punishing yourself, just remember

that every race of people have different slang words and if

you aren't sure of a word don't use it

Answer 9

Well you deserve a violation for this because it has nothing to do with current events. Anyway, if it's your last time on the system it's good riddance. p**i is just an abbreviation for Pakistani. Anyway, what are Pakis doing in the UK and Ireland group?

Answer 10

Well I was about to leave, until I checked my suggestion on the forum,I'll be damned if I'm going to let a bunch of people upset me, I've calmed down this morning.|I'm taking up the suggestion ignore and move on if I don't like the Question, and if someone offends me I will simply block them. and ifs its against the guidelines God help them because the gloves are coming off and I will make use of the report flag.

Answer 11

I remember Nasser Hussain, the ex-England cricket captain talking on the TV about playing the Pakis.

Big deal. I'm g*y, white English and put up with all sorts of sh*it.

Toughen up!

Answer 12

it just depends on who is doing the reporting

it seems it is okay to insult some ethnic groups without recourse whilst others scream 'racist' and report everything they think is an insult to them or their faith ..... they happily ridicule and insult others though

just be careful which questions you answer and if it is racist say so without resorting to a retaliatory rant

and remember it is easy to see offence where none was intended....

some words we have been told are racist (as the example you quote) are as pointed out by many abbreviations ......

Answer 13

If only the world was flat and not round then they can only hit you from four sides .

Answer 14

forget it ,  pick up all your toys and get on with life ..............

Answer 15

The door is that way---------------> please close it on your way out.

lol @ eco.

Answer 16

You weren't the only one - I reported that question too.  You have to ignore the ignorant racists on here.

Answer 17

Hi,its not worth getting annoyed over.have a cup of tea

& calm down.

Answer 18

yahoois like life there is always going to be somebody who is offensive

yahoo is more liberal than most sites , things are discussed on here that other places would delete . i agree with your comments and i am sometimes offended by some of the things you mention but we need to debate and inform people that they are ignorant and offensive

you seem reasonable stay and discuss the issues you raise

Answer 19

Its only a website, its only a violation, get over it surely you have more in your life to worry over! x

Answer 20

What you are missing is that Yahoo is basically a US biased organisation and you are posting on the US specific site of Yahoo Answers....so US language trends tend to be those followed.

And yes, the word you mention is considered unacceptable in the US though I realise it's a common term for a cigarette in the UK.

There are other words that fall foul of the same issue...try calling a female dog by it's correct term here and see it get blanked out.

Again, common term in the UK but not so in the US.

On the other side of the coin you get away with the word "c**p" here....can't see why it's any worse that sh*t myself.....means the same thing.

Finally of course always remember you are dealing with Yahoo....nobody ever said they made any sense.

Answer 21

get a grip

Answer 22

I take it the question was removed and everyone who answered it got a violation - yes, just for answering it.

I would say it's nothing to do with your answer, you're not to blame for what you said.

I agree the system is cr@p, the wrong things are generally removed while the vilest of stuff is left on, mainly because it's all automated.

Answer 23

There does seem to be a lot of injustice at times, especially when there are users who only want their 'two' points and those who continually abuse other users with their nasty and personal comments and the no-go areas where the trolls will pounce on you if you dare to have difference of opinion. But for those decent users who appreciate that opinions do differ and that it is good to hear from all sides, it makes that bit difference... Good luck x

Edit: I agree with anne s

Answer 24

Don't let it bother you so much. Every body on current events is used to it now. Some people like reporting for the sake of it. The trolls will be glad they've upset you.

Filya p**a, everytime I see you your number's gone up! lol

Answer 25

I have been there many times so i know how you feel .Yesterday i lost all my questions for the day and well over 80 points due the the site maintenance .That made me want to quit but i like it here and so do you or you wouldnt be upset ,just give it another go.

Answer 26

put your dummy back in, and get on with it, the way the rest of us do - go on take a chill pill, you'll feel better in the morning!

Answer 27

you are now one of us.. a fully fledged member of the vio club..stay with us .. don't go.. pleeeease.. if everyone left for this reason there would be no one here..

Answer 28

Words are censored according to US vocabulary. The word for a cigarette is censored because it's widely used in US against g**s, but not so much in UK. The 4-letter word for a Pakistani was allowed, i guess, because this isn't a typically derogatory words in US.

Life isn't fair and never more so than on Yahoo Answers. If you find that difficult to deal with, then you should probably leave.