Pak court declares US drone strikes illegal, says they can be shot down

[ohiosmith]

11. This post was alerted on. The jury voted 4/2 to let it stand.

At Sun May 12, 2013, 02:37 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Fine by me. Let them shoot down the drones.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2833492

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

Obvious racial slur. I'm sure the poster did not mean it that way, but that doesn't make it any better.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sun May 12, 2013, 02:46 PM, and the Jury voted 2-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I agree, but they have only had a couple of minutes after being told to change their post. In addition the subject line/article of the OP contains a shortened version of Pakistani.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I doubt that the poster meant it as a racial slur. Leave the post.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT and said: Even though I do not believe that the person who wrote this had racist intentions, but the fact remains that 'Paki' is considered a derogatory term. Abbreviations are fine - as long as saving a few keystrokes doesn't create a bigoted term instead.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: If the alerted might not know it is a slur, give a few minutes for them to change it. Leave it.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given

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