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wannago
Joined: 16 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
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| Neil wrote: |
| It's really quite simple...the words that are offensive are the ones you wouldn't say to someones face. I'd wager those who say Jap from behind a keyboard would be quickly be holding back the tears if they used that word in a bar and found out a Japanese bloke was in earshot. I have noticed a lot on here have issues with Koreans/Europeans/Muslims/Americans/Canadians ect.... but tend to work and live in countries full of the groups they dislike....they must keep their lips buttoned whenever they shut the computer off I guess. |
No, I don't have issues with anyone really (maybe an arrogant European or Canadian at times) but I know that words only cause offense because someone told us we should be offended by certain words. Then, the truly racist actions are ignored. There are people who are being murdered for their ethnicity and we worry about calling someone a "jap". Maybe we should concentrate on the REAL racist acts the Japanese perpetrated on the Chinese during WW2 instead of silly name-calling cry-babies. |
Yes let's all focus real hard on something that already happened. That will change...what, exactly? Racist speech? Not a big deal, you see, because of the Great Leap Forward and the Rape of Nanjing. Because people kill other people in large numbers, racist speech is not worth "focusing" on. Brilliant. We need to focus on these events until we travel back in time like JCVD and stop them from happening. |
OK, einstein, why again are some words considered "racist"? Because of things that happened in the past, according to the PC police. You really haven't given this much thought, have you? See, this is the problem with those so easily offended by words: they react with their gut and emotion never giviing a thought as to leaving the past in the past. |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Another Black bro who couldn't say no in Oki-no-wa.
While what allegedly happened is reprehensible, I'll bet half the pink collar workers (i.e. Japanese secretaries) are having more Yellow Cab fantasies over this one, priming themselves for their vacations to Waikiki and Bora-Bora.
Gotta love the sudden and selective moral indignation of the Japanese legislators.
Meanwhile, hundreds of whales continue to be slaughtered as the Sea Shepherd lies in drydock in Sydney. And yet another Japanese high court denies a hearing to Chinese families of those who served in forced labor in Japan. And it refuses to grant Chinese requests for a joint investigation into what actually caused the poisoning of isolated packages of frozen dumplings in Japan. |
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