Just a couple of points. I thought we went to war because Germany invaded Poland and that the apalling genocide of Jewish people was discovered afterwards.
Yes it is and I reckon you'd have to be a right James Blunt to be upset by it if you accept the word Yid.
I think it was meant as a joke as much as my Raspberry jus and Kendalls Mountain Dew was. To be honest, anyone younger than about 30, i'd be really surprised if they even made that connetion - hardly anyone since my grandad's generation has used a phrase like that.
Now this is something a bit different. 'Paki' is used the world over much the same as 'Aussie' and causes no offence at all. Yet misused by a minority of idiots in this country, it becomes derogatory and offensive.
As a cricket fan i know that it's not viewed as offensive by most, unless used in an offensive context but, lets be real, if required of me i don't doubt i could make pretty much any abbreviated country of origin sound offensive and it's not like you hear the French moaning about being dubbed "frogs" - they just slung it straight back, tagging us "Les Rosbif", which we also took in good humour or offense, depending entirely on it's context.
The crux of it can be summed up by Martin Luther King - "Racism is in its intent".
