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Honouring Japanese people
Mar 16^th, 2011 at 12:42pm

I grew up in the post WW2 years and it was a long time before I could have any respect for the Japanese.
One looks at the manner they are dealing with this catastrophe with a great deal of awe & admiration.
It is obviously a culture of great respect for each other in the community. The stoicism (a word used heavily atm but the only one that seems to fit) with which they are accepting their homelessness and grief just make you wonder if you could cope in the same way.

I hope our govt is very generous with financial & other aid towards Japan. We are a very wealthy country.

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Reply #1 - Mar 16^th, 2011 at 10:52pm

Well said Bogarde73.
I tend to call them Nipponese, although some 'Westerners' call me a RACIST for doing so. Mind you, most people I've met from Nippon here in Australia tend to feel flattered that I would call them by their proper title. Maybe some Westerners think they know everything, like how they still think in Imperial but expect everyone to be Politically Correct upon their behalf.
I dislike Nipponese Whalers immensely and how the Politicians of Nippon are guilty by association with this and long with the Fishing attitudes.
In fact, I dislike Nippon's attitude of 'greed' and over-powerment that goes along with their over-population based upon a sexual immaturity that finds itself doing weird stuff to robots dressed up as school girls.
I disliked Nippon's stupidity in WW2 when they would rather commit suicide than be taken prisoner and how they peppered Australia when they really had no intention to invade because they knew that Ferals lived here.

...I dislike a lot of things about Nippon and the Nips, but I would like to visit Tokyo one day because I think it is one of the best cities in the world, would like to watch a Sumo match and I don't think I will ever stop calling them by their rightful name.

So I wish them all the best, and hopefully the overpopulation with minimal gene pool immigration hasn't rendered them totally stoopid and the get the message that all things 'Atomic/Nuclear' just doesn't gel with them.

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Honouring Japanese people Reply #2 - Mar 17^th, 2011 at 5:06am hear hear bogy.. I do have great faith in them though they have survived some traumatic history... Hiroshima being one.. however I trust we never see anything of this magnitude again..this will have to be one of natures largest disasters to befall us... it is us after all said and done the ripple affect will be enormous.
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Reply #3 - Mar 17^th, 2011 at 12:27pm

Australia is possibly in the most 'secure' region of the world, besides Bushfires, Floods, Droughts and Cyclones.
But if Australia starts to shake, vulcanise and cop Tsunamis

...then the world is well and truly in for a major belting.

Good to see the Nips 'jilt' the Military pride for a more 'Rescue' approach to matters.

I think Australia should make Military service 'Volunteer'
and S.E.S a paid vocation.
...seems the S.E.S are more busy.

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darkhall67 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1935	Re: Honouring Japanese people Reply #4 - Mar 17^th, 2011 at 7:57pm Despite what you think , the term "nips" is offensive and racist. And they are not "nipponese". They are "japanese". Any other term used to describe them is for the purpose of belittling and insulting.
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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: Honouring Japanese people Reply #5 - Mar 17^th, 2011 at 9:06pm darkhall67 wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 7:57pm: Despite what you think , the term "nips" is offensive and racist. . For bugger's sake, why is everyone so precious about insulting each other these days. Whatever happened to the days of just calling a spade a spade and everyone gets on with life??
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Reply #6 - Mar 17^th, 2011 at 10:39pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 9:06pm:

darkhall67 wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 7:57pm:

Despite what you think , the term "nips" is offensive and racist.

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For bugger's sake, why is everyone so precious about insulting each other these days.
Whatever happened to the days of just calling a spade a spade and everyone gets on with life??

Because some of us dont get our jollies by insulting people.

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Reply #7 - Mar 17^th, 2011 at 11:32pm

darkhall67 wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 10:39pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 9:06pm:

darkhall67 wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 7:57pm:

Despite what you think , the term "nips" is offensive and racist.

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For bugger's sake, why is everyone so precious about insulting each other these days.
Whatever happened to the days of just calling a spade a spade and everyone gets on with life??

Because some of us dont get our jollies by insulting people.

well, some of us DO get our jollies off by insulting others.

And the nips have taken the belting very well.
they have had 3 major hits and the 3rd is rearing as the worst.

terrible time for the nips, hard to imagine much worse.

hope your times of trouble pass quickly jappos.

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Re: Honouring Japanese people
Reply #8 - Mar 18^th, 2011 at 7:14am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 9:06pm:

darkhall67 wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 7:57pm:

Despite what you think , the term "nips" is offensive and racist.

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For bugger's sake, why is everyone so precious about insulting each other these days.
Whatever happened to the days of just calling a spade a spade and everyone gets on with life??

well I cant imagine any Japanese having the time to be offended by that term right at this moment to be honest with you...

however it would have been more appropriate if those coming on this thread had the decency to praise the people instead of turning this into a race thing.

for political point scoring..

the horror of what we are seeing

as well we know could happen to any of us..just because this country doesnt happen to lie on a major fault line.. does not mean we are safe from a tsumani.. and dont you forget it.

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Reply #9 - Mar 18^th, 2011 at 10:51am

cods wrote on Mar 18^th, 2011 at 7:14am:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 9:06pm:

darkhall67 wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 7:57pm:

Despite what you think , the term "nips" is offensive and racist.

.

For bugger's sake, why is everyone so precious about insulting each other these days.
Whatever happened to the days of just calling a spade a spade and everyone gets on with life??

well I cant imagine any Japanese having the time to be offended by that term right at this moment to be honest with you...

however it would have been more appropriate if those coming on this thread had the decency to praise the people instead of turning this into a race thing.

for political point scoring..

the horror of what we are seeing

as well we know could happen to any of us..just because this country doesnt happen to lie on a major fault line.. does not mean we are safe from a tsumani.. and dont you forget it.

There's nothing political about protesting against racism.

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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Honouring Japanese people Reply #10 - Mar 18^th, 2011 at 11:18am darkhall67 wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 7:57pm: Despite what you think , the term "nips" is offensive and racist. And they are not "nipponese". They are "japanese". Any other term used to describe them is for the purpose of belittling and insulting. So says the gwai lo.
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Reply #11 - Mar 18^th, 2011 at 11:57am

Adj. 1. Nipponese - of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; "the Japanese Emperor"; "Japanese cars"
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It would seem that it is not an insult, however I prefer to call them Japanese people. They have surely been through some dreadful calamities and I sincerely hope they get all the foreign aid (including ours) they will need to recover from this awful tragedy.

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Reply #12 - Mar 18^th, 2011 at 12:07pm

... wrote on Mar 18^th, 2011 at 11:18am:

darkhall67 wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 7:57pm:

Despite what you think , the term "nips" is offensive and racist.

And they are not "nipponese".

They are "japanese".

Any other term used to describe them is for the purpose of belittling and insulting.

So says the gwai lo.

That's Chinese.

But all those little asian fellows are the same arent they?

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Re: Honouring Japanese people
Reply #13 - Mar 18^th, 2011 at 12:07pm

... wrote on Mar 18^th, 2011 at 11:18am:

darkhall67 wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 7:57pm:

Despite what you think , the term "nips" is offensive and racist.

And they are not "nipponese".

They are "japanese".

Any other term used to describe them is for the purpose of belittling and insulting.

So says the gwai lo.

LOL....

You really know how to spook someone, wes.

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darkhall67 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1935	Re: Honouring Japanese people Reply #14 - Mar 18^th, 2011 at 12:09pm "Jap; Nip ((offensive slang) a person of Japanese descent)" http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/nipponese.htm
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