What does 'wog' mean in US English? In British slang, it's a bit old fashioned, but is a slur of about the same level as 'nigger'. It's the sort of insult that racists would use prior to a violent assault. It's really shocking for a Brit to read, even if it's being used ironically to mock racist thinking. I think there's a similar transatlantic gap in understanding of the word 'paki'. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/09/usa.matthewengel
To the point of the comment, your point about Tunisia's small army (and small, less militarised police?) makes sense. One lesson for dictators from the Arab Spring looks to me to be that if you're going to be corrupt, you want to at least share the spoils with a wide and deep military/security state, like in Egypt or Algeria, rather than just building palaces for your family like in Tunisia.
What does 'wog' mean in US English? In British slang, it's a bit old fashioned, but is a slur of about the same level as 'nigger'. It's the sort of insult that racists would use prior to a violent assault. It's really shocking for a Brit to read, even if it's being used ironically to mock racist thinking. I think there's a similar transatlantic gap in understanding of the word 'paki'. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/09/usa.matthewengel
To the point of the comment, your point about Tunisia's small army (and small, less militarised police?) makes sense. One lesson for dictators from the Arab Spring looks to me to be that if you're going to be corrupt, you want to at least share the spoils with a wide and deep military/security state, like in Egypt or Algeria, rather than just building palaces for your family like in Tunisia.
Muslim Gurkhas? In the US army?