To be offended by the use of the term 'frape' on the BBC?

[puds11]

Watching silent witness, and the term frape has been used loads! I hate it!
WIBU to complain?

I am sure I have heard 'nigger' and 'paki' used in drama on the TV. No, it doesn't make it right, but it does make it authentic, because people do use those words in real life.

If you were making a programme about, say, how Asian people are treated in Luton, you would be more than justified in using the word "Paki". Is it a nice word? No.

But it would be ridiculous to have someone shouting "you fucking person who is either from, or whose parents or grandparents are from, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or another country in that region."

hackmum

So if they used the word "nigger" or "paki" in a fictional programme, that would be OK, too? After all, the words exist, people use them.

If it was in context, then yes it would be OK. The most famous example is the Dambusters where the dog has a name that mortally offends tofu-chomping Guardianistas. If there was a scene portraying Evil White People Being Racist (as there is bound to be on the BBC) then it's extremely likely one would hear that word.

I won't write it, of course, because some sanctimonious cow decided to report a post I had written a few months ago which she found 'offensive' because it included "The N Word" which I had written out in full. Apparently, merely writing the word when discussing it is a racist act in GuardianLand.

Oh - might I get a post deleted at last?