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The Official Complaint Thread!

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TBLeafer said:
All about context.

Jew? Canuck? Pol? Ruskie? Jap?

If just meant to be taken as an abbreviated identifier with no offence intended, no offence need be taken.

#WhenPoliticalCorrectnessGoesTooFar
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No, it's not about context. If the people it refers to feel it's an offensive term for them, then it's an offensive term. It's really that simple.
 
TBLeafer said:
All about context.

Jew? Canuck? Pol? Ruskie? Jap?

If just meant to be taken as an abbreviated identifier with no offence intended, no offence need be taken.

#WhenPoliticalCorrectnessGoesTooFar
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But some of those abbreviated identifiers were created with negative connotations to them.  You can't ignore that.

I didn't realize not calling people offensive terms was taking Political Correctness too far...
 
bustaheims said:
TBLeafer said:
Tigger said:
Japs?
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Honda and Toyota.  Japs are to Japanese what Canucks are to Canadians.  :)
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Let's ease off on the casual racism, shall we?

EDIT: Also, let's avoid its use for the females of Nik and my people, as well - though, I don't think they're making any sort of concerted effort to get into the fuel cell game.
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Huh. I'd never heard that term before. Mind you, we don't allow your people in my city, but nonetheless....
 
Bullfrog said:
Huh. I'd never heard that term before. Mind you, we don't allow your people in my city, but nonetheless....
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I think that's because of the A in the middle. It tends to be a New York thing.
 
Go ahead then and ask a Japanese Jap if he is offended.

An American or Canadian born Japanese might in today's society, because they consider themselves Canuckleheads, or "Muricans, not Japanese, so they don't want to be lumped in with them.
 
TBLeafer said:
Go ahead then and ask a Japanese Jap if he is offended.

An American or Canadian born Japanese might in today's society, because they consider themselves Canuckleheads, or "Muricans, not Japanese, so they don't want to be lumped in with them.
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TBLeafer said:
Go ahead then and ask a Japanese Jap if he is offended.

An American or Canadian born Japanese might in today's society, because they consider themselves Canuckleheads, or "Muricans, not Japanese, so they don't want to be lumped in with them.
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Japanese people don't refer to their own country as Japan unless they're speaking English.

But if you're actually interested:

http://www.spectator.co.uk/2011/04/letters-229/

Not acceptable

Sir: I refer to the article by Rod Liddle in the 26 March edition of The Spectator. Although the focus of the article is on the events unfolding in Libya, Mr Liddle makes passing mention of the recent disaster in Japan, including use of the expression ?white-coated Jap bloke?. May I point out that most Japanese people find the word ?Jap? offensive, irrespective of the circumstances in which it is used. At a time when many people in Japan have had their lives devastated by the earthquake and tsunami, while others are working tirelessly to secure the safety of the stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima at considerable risk to themselves, I find the gratuitous use of a word reviled by everyone in Japan utterly inappropriate. I strongly request that you refrain from allowing the use of this term in any future articles that refer to Japan.

Ken Okaniwa
Minister, Embassy of Japan, London W1
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TBLeafer said:
Go ahead then and ask a Japanese Jap if he is offended.

An American or Canadian born Japanese might in today's society, because they consider themselves Canuckleheads, or "Muricans, not Japanese, so they don't want to be lumped in with them.
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Dude. Just accept that you screwed up, you were wrong to use the term, apologize, and move on.

Trying to defend yourself on this just makes you look so much worse.
 
Yes, it seems pretty clear that you should listen to the people of Australia on what is offensive to Japanese people instead of a Japanese person who has been hired by the Japanese government to represent them internationally.

As someone who actually lived in Australia I can say that they are not a nation anyone should look to for cues on racial sensitivity.
 
And, from the second "answer" in that link:

"Because for some reason (and I'm sure this is not peculiar to Australia) a lot of Australians have yet to realise that the one who makes the judgement on whether or not something is offensive is not the speaker (writer, instigator) of the offensive word or deed, but the subject/target of it.

While it may not be used with offensive intent - or even awareness of potential to offend - that doesn't mean people can't be offended by such terms (actions etc.)."
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