The Clown Circus

[Lewkowski]

You realize those people are from Pakistan and/or Bangladesh, right? South Asia != Middle East. But it's definitely Asia. While we're at it, would you like a thread on Muslim crimes in addition to one on black crimes?

Pakistan is part of the "Greater Middle East" and is culturally far more similar to places like Afghanistan than say... Japan or China. And ultimately if that's how the UK has for decades called people from Pakistan - fair enough different countries have different naming conventions. My question was in regards to if it was a modern invention for political correctness purposes.

[Aimless]

Pakistan is part of the "Greater Middle East" and is culturally far more similar to places like Afghanistan than say... Japan or China. And ultimately if that's how the UK has for decades called people from Pakistan - fair enough different countries have different naming conventions. My question was in regards to if it was a modern invention for political correctness purposes.

It's a stupid question that would only be asked by an absolute idiot. It's stupid in several different ways:

1. Pakistan is not in the Middle East—it's in South Asia.

2. India is not in the Middle East—it's in South Asia.

3. Bangladesh is not in the Middle East—it's in South Asia.

4. People from Israel and UAE aren't described as being "Asian", they are referred to by their nationality or ethnicity, or as "Middle Eastern".

5. Afghanistan is in Central Asia.

6. The asinine term "Greater Middle East" is a political term coined when we were teenagers—it is a modern political invention created for the benefit of butthurt morons who want to bomb Agrabah.

7. Even if you consider the term "Greater Middle East" to be a useful construct, neither Bangladesh nor India are a part of it, except possibly when someone has been huffing too much glue.

Stop being so fucking stupid, it's embarrassing.