Scooby96

Tough **** mate, I've had a JAP import MR2, now on my second JAP import - a WRX and I will continue to buy JAP imports and call them JAP imports.

I think referring to a car using the word JAP is in no way racist. If someone asks me where it was made I will reply, "Japan" just as I would reply in the same manner if my car was made Pakistan I would reply "Pakistan".

And tomorrow night I'm gonna order a takeaway "CHINKY" for dinner or might go out for a RUBY.

Get a grip FFS!

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Racism isn't tolerated here...it's all in the scoobynet T's & C's along with xenophobia etc.

Tell you what....lets modify the swear filter to filter out jap, yank, pop, brit, scot, kiwi, limey

Keigo

To clear things up, yes I am Japanese, and yes, I do take offence when people refer to me as Jap. Why can't some people just take a fact and accept it. Just because you didn't think it's racist, now you know that people take offence from it, can't you just lay off using a word?

I initially wrote slightly jokingly, so that people would read it and learn, but for those of you, who retaliated with idiotic comments about what, in my books, is quite harmful and serious issue, and decide to continue to use the phrase knowing that people take offence from it, then I shall flag you as racist. How would you like that?

Scooby96

what like this:

j@p

y@nk

br1t

sc0t

k1w1

1imey

amanda6192

Oh dear,
What a sad world we live in.

IN THE STICKS

off to Muppets.....

Scooby96

Call me what you like, as I will call anyone else what I like but hactually I havent referred to you as a JAP at all just the car I drive being a JAP import - theres a huge difference here and thats CONTEXT!

Thehut

Too right some people need to grow a thicker skin.

MattW

So what do you think of the term "gaijin"???

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

LOL @ scooby But then you can be termed racist as your intentially by-passing the filter

Not that anyone here probably gives a ****

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

I'd refer to a car a Jap, I'd refer to yourself as Japanese.

Scooby96

AliB

Thats absolute b0ll0cks

[Edited by Scooby96 - 10/30/2003 11:46:00 AM]

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

I suppose we can't call ned's Novaboys as that's car-ist

Luke

We won the war..we call the shots.

Fatman

I really don't see the problem myself (but I'm not Japanese). It's just an abbreviation. Jap... Japanese, Brit... British, Aussie... Australian. Etc, etc...

A good friend of mine is Chinese and apparently the term 'chinky' (often said absent-mindedly in UK as slang for Chinese takeaway food) is offensive to some Chinese people. That's rather different to the 'Jap' reference here, though!

MattW

OMG Luke, harsh very harsh.

Thehut

Yeah, a Japanese guy I work with was talking about cars the other day and he mentioned "Jap imports".....go figure.

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

I do see the word '*****' that was mentioned earlier as a racist term! Why is it racist, because I'm offeneded by the term. In the same fashion that 'Paki' is also a racist term.

Brit, Jap, Aussie, etc I do not see as a racist term.

This is just my opinion!

Scooby96

I used the word referring to food.

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ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Well it looks like Keigo will have to take the world on. I've just got my dictionary out (I've got waaaay to much time on my hands)

and...the official abbriviation for Japanese IS JAP!

[Edited by ALi-B - 10/30/2003 11:55:18 AM]

RB5320

dont put that dictionary away just yet you dozy pom

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

As some people don't mind being all sorts of names, I'd expect there will be people who don't mind. I on the other hand have only ever heard that comment said to me, when associated with hate and anger. I would let it go if a friend said it to me, but it would leave me angry.

Call me a 'Chinky' to my face and see what happens! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Sorry I forgot to say, that I will let the term go in reference to food, but only because it will linger around forever since the late 60's/early 70's!



[Edited by Andy Tang - 10/30/2003 11:59:22 AM]

MattW

Lmao @rb5320

Scooby96

AndyTang:

"Call me a 'Chinky' to my face and see what happens!"

Precisely I was referring to food and not any person including you!

Mice_Elf

Wasn't this discussed on here some time ago?

I drive a JAP import, JAP being short for JAPANESE. There is absolutely no insult intended.

I think some people spend far too long LOOKING for things about which to complain.

It's the same as someone calling me "love, chick, dear, duck" etc. Depending on the person and the manner in which it is meant, that could be an insult or it could just be a tag.

"Paki" I think has different connotations now because it HAS been meant as an insult in the past. "Jap" however, is largely used in referring to the origin of some cars.

pugoetru

i work in a chinky resturaunt and the young boy there goes on

about jap cars the punters come in for a chinky they just get used to it

they are not trying to be offensive they have worse words for that!

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

I dont give a flying **** about my spelling RB5320

I type far too fast to check everything (thus the edit)

jgc

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=jap

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

Refer to the food, restaurant and takeaway that way, *IF* you must.

Refer to a person that way and even my dad (who is 63) will get pissed off and angry! I don't know any Chinese people who would let that comment go, without at least having a go back!

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Oh, and if you really want to be pedantic RB5320

try using an apostrophe in don’t