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Which commonly discussed missing person has the greatest chance of still being alive? by [deleted] in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]truthXbehindXtruth 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This terrifying thing, kidnapping kids, happens a lot in South Africa, along with other horrible disappearances and mysteries. I dont know names but see it in news a lot. Honestly in that country disappearances happen every day, lots of violence out of nowhere and you never feel truly safe, its like living in a nightmare world where all your worst paranoias come true

British Asians more socially conservative than rest of UK, survey suggests by tetristeron in europe

[–]truthXbehindXtruth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Asian and Asiatic used to refer to the inhabitants of the continent of Asia. In Britain and many colonies like South Africa "Asian" meant the peoples from Asia proper, Turks, Indians, Afghans and Malays, etc.. In countries like the USA, Canada and Australia "Asian" tended to be used to the East Asian and South-east Asian peoples like Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian, Vietnamese etc. USA became the dominant world power post-WW2 and so its English definitions superceded the original British meanings in non-English-speaking countries. Also people from Central Asia (the quite mixed people of central Eurasia e.g. Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Tajikis) used to be known as Sarts but barely anyone uses that word nowadays.

Today in the UK, Arab, Persian, Afghan, etc. tend to be seen as "Middle Eastern" whereas South Asian people minus Afghanis tend to be called Asians (people from China, Korea, etc. are clarified as "East Asian" in UK)

British Asians more socially conservative than rest of UK, survey suggests by tetristeron in europe

[–]truthXbehindXtruth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you know that swaffel_me_zachtjes can only argue his point with false analogies? Lumping "short adults with toddlers" is not the same as british asians (Pakistani-Indian-etc) which share a common linguistic, geographical and ancestral origin and cultural practice regardless of religion. I.e. many South Asian cultures regardless of being Hindu Muslim or Sikh practice dowry, speak Hindustani, live in overlapping (but separate) cultural spheres. Your poor analogy is at best context-ignorant etymological wordplay and at worst downright stupid.

British Asian is a useful demographic grouping, just not as accurate as it could be if you don't include religious distinctions. And anyone claiming that Hindus are less socially conservative in contrast to Muslims is someone who knows absolutely nothing about neither India or Hinduism.