User talk:190.2.207.75
The term is not univerally seen as an ethnic slur. What's more, we should explain what it means before discussing that. If you read the lead, that is what it does. The fact that it is considered offensive by people such as yourself is mentioned in the lead as the reason some papers don't use it, then is dealt with in more detail in the body of the text, which is where the discussion belongs. -Rrius (talk) 21:49, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
- Nonsense. PIG is an insult, and it is an insult commonly use by the Brits when referring to Mediterranean types. I don't know where are you from or how you feel about calling me, my friends an my family a PIG, but I'm Spanish and I can assure you that I feel insulted, and so does mot of the people living in any of those countries.
- The article is talking about the term used in economic contexts. If there is any such term in general use, either you need a new article or to move this one. I would note, for what it's worth, that it couldn't possibly be a true ethnic slur because even the four countries do not share a single ethnicity aside from being white. When you add the Irish in, it really doesn't make sense. -Rrius (talk) 22:10, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
- There is a Mediterranean ethnicity, that is why is call ethnic slur, and no racist. Irish is a later addition, probably include because they are also a Catholic country
- The article is talking about the term used in economic contexts. If there is any such term in general use, either you need a new article or to move this one. I would note, for what it's worth, that it couldn't possibly be a true ethnic slur because even the four countries do not share a single ethnicity aside from being white. When you add the Irish in, it really doesn't make sense. -Rrius (talk) 22:10, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
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