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[Boxboy]

Because referring to Japanese as japs is somehow less moronic than showing Arabs on flying carpets? OK pot.

Kettle

Okay, that was kinda funny but really..... calling Japanese "japs" is same as referring to African Americans with the "n" word. I'm not the most politically correct person but there are lines out there that should not be crossed.

 

[kf4amu]

Okay, that was kinda funny but really..... calling Japanese "japs" is same as referring to African Americans with the "n" word. I'm not the most politically correct person but there are lines out there that should not be crossed.

What? Since when? All the old WW2 veterans are racist now?

 

[Esprit]

Okay, that was kinda funny but really..... calling Japanese "japs" is same as referring to African Americans with the "n" word. I'm not the most politically correct person but there are lines out there that should not be crossed.

LA Times racists...

http://framework.latimes.com/2010/10/28/the-war-is-over/

Those racists at the Williamsport Gazette...

http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/...&sort=items.id&sort_direction=ASC&per_page=30

and over at the Hartford Courant...
http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/...&sort=items.id&sort_direction=ASC&per_page=30

even in Paris..
http://research.archives.gov/description/531309

 

[Esprit]

Maybe its just somebody being too lazy to type out Japanese, or somebody not having enough room on a newspaper headline, or somebody not using it in an offensive way. Not everybody considers the term derogatory, and this was told to me by my Japanese friends. I do find it odd that you would stick up for what many consider the most racist people on the planet.

 

[ackattacker]

What? Since when? All the old WW2 veterans are racist now?

Yes. They are/were racist. You kind of have to be, in wartime. Otherwise you might get all emotional when you go out and kill a lot of people. Best not to think of them as people. Everybody was racist. The Japs, Chinks, Krauts, the Dagos, and the Yanks. All racist. Newspapers from that era, super racist.

Korean War? We didn't fight Koreans, we fought Gooks.

Vietnam War? We fought Dinks or Charlie not "Vietnamese".

Gulf War we went out and bombed the snot out of towelheads and Hadjis.

But guess what, the war is over and that kind of language is just divisive and offensive for the same reason it was necessary during war, using it implicitly states that the slurred group is not deserving of respect or being treated with decency.

 

[Boxboy]

Maybe its just somebody being too lazy to type out Japanese, or somebody not having enough room on a newspaper headline, or somebody not using it in an offensive way. Not everybody considers the term derogatory, and this was told to me by my Japanese friends. I do find it odd that you would stick up for what many consider the most racist people on the planet.

Dude, you just don't get it! Here's a litmus test for you. Why don't you go into a predominently asian neighborhoood and start calling eveyone "japs" or into Harlem or Compton and use the "n" word? Do you think you'll make many friends? I'd bet you'll come out of there in a body bag.

 

[Esprit]

Dude, you just don't get it! Here's a litmus test for you. Why don't you go into a predominently asian neighborhoood and start calling eveyone "japs" or into Harlem or Compton and use the "n" word? Do you think you'll make many friends? I'd bet you'll come out of there in a body bag.

Yep...cuz that's EXACTLY the same thing dumb¢$$. I hope my African American/ Hispanic wife doesn't learn I'm actually a racist. I just might have to skip out on the family reunion this year.

Can we get back to discussing how Asian pilots are inferior to western pilots?

 

[kf4amu]

But guess what, the war is over and that kind of language is just divisive and offensive for the same reason it was necessary during war, using it implicitly states that the slurred group is not deserving of respect or being treated with decency.

Only if you make it divisive and offensive in your own brain. Get over it.

 

[Esprit]

Only if you make it divisive and offensive in your own brain. Get over it.

Bingo! We have a winner.

 

[Esprit]

Simply amazing that people are able to ascertain somebody's beliefs over the internet without having met them.