Did the Pakistan government know Osama bin Laden was there?

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Originally Posted by gayla

I admit that the use of "Paki" threw me off. It's not something I've seen before so I had to google. I understand shorting things is sometimes easier but everything I found said it's pretty much a racial slur. Most of what I saw was in reference to it's use in the UK, so I get that it may be different for other countries but it just "sounds" offensive to me, if that makes sense.

I don't think I've ever heard "Paki" as a British-only racial slur. It's commonly used here as well and I find it hard to believe that those who used it were completely unaware that it's a racial slur against Pakistanis and other South Asians. Especially in the extremely negative and derogatory context it was used in.

It's just as much a slur and just as offensive as using other supposedly oh so convenient shortenings of ethnicities/nationalities like "jap" and "spic."