Side effect of banning of poker(is obviously FTR turning on each other)

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What is an Asian? Does it include people from say India?

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What is an Asian? Does it include people from say India?

Technically, yes, as that is part of Asia. However, no, it is never used like that. There isn't really a non-offensive word that groups people from that region. Like Most of the mid-east is in Asia (I say most since Egypt, etc, are often considered part of the mid-east) but people from there are called "Middle Eastern", not "Asian." For countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, etc, there isn't really a term to call those people aside from "Indian, Pakistani, etc" respectively.

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Actually, the same goes for the former Soviet countries in Asia, like Uzbekistan.

[rong]

Technically, yes, as that is part of Asia. However, no, it is never used like that. There isn't really a non-offensive word that groups people from that region. Like Most of the mid-east is in Asia (I say most since Egypt, etc, are often considered part of the mid-east) but people from there are called "Middle Eastern", not "Asian." For countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, etc, there isn't really a term to call those people aside from "Indian, Pakistani, etc" respectively.

I'm not sure you have the right to take that title away from them. We need more asians on here to give an opinion (asians being Pakistani/Indian etc as opposed to chiese or Korean etc)

And what's wrong with the term oriental? Is that only allowed for inanimate objects? Who does it offend? Is that like people calling me British?

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o·ri·en·talnoun /ˌôrēˈentl/ 
orientals, plural

1. A person of Far Eastern descent

adjective /ˌôrēˈentl/ 

1. Of, from, or characteristic of the Far East
   
   • - oriental rugs
   
   
2. Of, from, or characteristic of the countries of Asia
3. Of, relating to, or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Asia south of the Himalayas and Indonesia west of Wallace's line. Distinctive animals include pandas, gibbons, tree shrews, tarsiers, and moonrats

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What is an Asian? Does it include people from say India?

As far as I know, the only people who commonly refer to people from the Indian subcontinent as Asian are the English.