Dukat
Resident Freddy
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- Jan 10, 2004
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Hey all!
I was wondering, how many of you lot consider the word "Pikey" to be a racist term?
Just interested in seeing how many do really - I'd never thought of it as such, as its my Source alias, never had any trouble at all untill suddenly one of my regular servers banned me for using it, saying its a "racist term" and is "derogatory to the irish and travelling community".
As its my online name, I'm kinda annoyed to learn that some may see it as racism, probably its just a sign of the "politically correct" times we live in, but I'm still interested to see if many people think the same way.
EDIT: gah, was trying to post a poll with this with "do you think this word is racist" as the question and yes/no as the answer, could a mod sort it out for me? np if not
I was wondering, how many of you lot consider the word "Pikey" to be a racist term?
Just interested in seeing how many do really - I'd never thought of it as such, as its my Source alias, never had any trouble at all untill suddenly one of my regular servers banned me for using it, saying its a "racist term" and is "derogatory to the irish and travelling community".
As its my online name, I'm kinda annoyed to learn that some may see it as racism, probably its just a sign of the "politically correct" times we live in, but I'm still interested to see if many people think the same way.
EDIT: gah, was trying to post a poll with this with "do you think this word is racist" as the question and yes/no as the answer, could a mod sort it out for me? np if not