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Old 03-07-2008, 05:13 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Default Re: 2008 Langley Summer League

OK, that's it, you're fcuking outta here.

This has absolutely no relevance to the context West Coast used.

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Originally Posted by The Big Dipper View Post
Surinder Banwait was called a “****ing Hindu” by respondent James Forsyth.

But in the particular complaint filed by Banwait, who is a Sikh and whose grandfather was an officer in the British Army, the slur was “made in the context of an isolated work place incident which escalated due to the actions and reactions of both parties”.

“This does not, in any way, excuse Mr. Forsyth’s issuing a racial slur: that comment is degrading, insulting and unacceptable” Judge Beharrell stated in his decision.
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Take the piss (out of someone) vb. British -- to mock, deride, poke fun (at). This vulgarism has been in widespread use since the late 1940s. The original idea evoked by the expression was that of deflating someone, recalling the description of a self-important blusterer as 'all piss and wind.'
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