Very specific
Neil points out that describing the failed Glasgow bombers as ‘Asian’ doesn’t exactly narrow things down much. Asia stretches from one end of Turkey to Japan, as far north as the former USSR, and south as far as Indonesia (I reckon Australia would’ve been considered part of Asia had it not been colonised by the Poms).
Bomb it all! Bomb us all.
(I’m the ‘right’ kind of Asian at the moment, so no petrol bombs will be lobbed at me. The worst racist treatment I get is shock that I’m on the wrong side of the counter at the Chinese takeaway.)
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I was a little worried about you catching some grief from the yobs until I read that the term generally meant Pakistani or Indian when used by UK news services.
In Australia, I was often mistaken for Vietnamese, and they get a lot of abuse. But I emerged unscathed. (o:
They could be more specific and say ‘South Asian’.
South Asian… does that count Australia?
A lot of north asians there now you know…
Tutu, dunno, do you consider yourself Asian?
I consider Australia and Australians as part of the Asian region. It’s where we do most business, most travel and is our most important political area of concern. It’s also a fact that I enjoy the “asian” lifestyle, people and food (of course).
So… yes I do consider part of the “new” asian scene… I think Asia-Pacific is a dying term.
Haha… didn’t think I could be serious did ya!
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