Re: Japlish
Sledge Hammer! (hankwong@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU)
Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:19:34 -0800 (PST)
On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Walter Amos wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, avatar wrote:
>
> > > the names :) Aha! finally, a way to explain the Japlish!
> >
> > Please don't take this the wrong way since I'm not out to make accusations
> > nor make inference about anyone here on this list. The fact that our
> > taste in anime does credit to our sensibilities. Call it a note from an
> > anal Cal student or what have you but please don't use the abbreviation of
> > the term Japanese/Japan in the shortened "Jap" Hear alot of it out there
> > like Jap anime. And although I'm sure that there is not harm in t (whats
> > in a name?), it is by itself not altogether PC due to a certain recent
> > episode in American history. Thanks.
>
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> And out of curiosity, what "recent episode in American history" are you
> referring to? World War 2? If so you have a slightly different standard of
> "recent" than me. And in not mentioning its name, does this carry the
> suggestion that our participation in WW2 was in error? Now don't get me wrong
> from what I imagine the tone of this letter is coming out like - I am all in
I think avatar was refering either to the dropping of the atomic bomb on
Japan, or the internment of Japanese and Japanese-Americans during the
war.
> far. And the suggestion (though I am still not sure that the author of
the
> previous post is suggesting this, and if he is not I apologize, but in any
> case I *have* heard this view from some anime fans) that US participation in
> the Pacific theater in WW2 was intrinsically evil and therefore something we
> should feel collective guilt over is so patently ludicrous as to hardly bear
> discussion. And I say this not out of some brainless gung-ho patriotism, but
> out of a reasoned consideration of historical forces.
I could not agree more, especially considering japan's conduct during WW2.
-Hank
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