I honestly thought "Dour Presbyterian Scots" was potentially offensive. Paki is obviously offensive and it is now understood to be so by almost everyone, so only a racist would use it in today's world. Whether it was correct to link the two or not is debatable, but the point I guess was that if enough Scots began to complain about the phrase then it would eventually be highlighted to such an extent that people would think twice about its use. I have no knowledge on this but logic suggests that "Paki" was once a shortened version and later became recist as a result of it being adopted by racists. As for Annaj's comment - you can make a comment about an individual being a dour scot, but to make a general comment Dour Scots, suggest they are all dour and is for me technically racist. As for the I'm one myself so its not racist defence, well I don't think it matters a jot that the person who used the phrase was himself Scottish and he was speaking on behalf of the national broadcaster. And yes I like a good argument.