The word 'Jap(s)'

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Edited Date/Time 10/26/2014 1:54am
You guys know it's a darogitory word right?



Just sayin.....
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hvaughn88 10/23/2014 11:47am
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Haha, urban dictionary, the trusted resource in all things grammar
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"No disrespect to the orientals . . ." - Bill Parcells
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toroP 10/23/2014 11:52am
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Language is a difficult subject here. People use "Godspeed" as RIP regularly. When Godspeed is what is said to astronauts before launch, meaning safe/successful/prosperous journey. It's more appropriate for the starting gate than how it's used here.
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zehn 10/23/2014 11:58am
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hvaughn88 wrote:
Haha, urban dictionary, the trusted resource in all things grammar
Everybody knows "Jap" is an offensive word.

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C.Worthy 10/23/2014 12:01pm
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Also, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
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neverwas 10/23/2014 12:02pm
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Just another one for the the list of disrespectful things said/typed on vital.
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hvaughn88 10/23/2014 12:05pm
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hvaughn88 wrote:
Haha, urban dictionary, the trusted resource in all things grammar
zehn wrote:
Everybody knows "Jap" is an offensive word.
well, no shit. I wasn't implying it wasn't. It was a jab at urban dictionary, not racism.
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wanglimp 10/23/2014 12:07pm
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C.Worthy wrote:
Also, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
You're outta your element....hahahaha!
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How the hell is this moto related?
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burn1986 10/23/2014 12:10pm
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Thanks MXKing, did you stay up late last night trying to decide if you should say something or not? I thought it meant - to poke fun at someone or something; to jap them; a boxer's short, straight on punch; short for a breed of dog called a Japrador Retriever.
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Sandberm 10/23/2014 12:11pm
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I heard the Washington Redskins are going to change there name to the Washington Japs. They did a survey and found out 9 out of 10 Benihana customers were not offended by the name Jap.
JaredPartridge 10/23/2014 12:12pm
10/23/2014 12:12pm
burn1986 wrote:
Thanks MXKing, did you stay up late last night trying to decide if you should say something or not? I thought it meant - to poke...
Thanks MXKing, did you stay up late last night trying to decide if you should say something or not? I thought it meant - to poke fun at someone or something; to jap them; a boxer's short, straight on punch; short for a breed of dog called a Japrador Retriever.
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Aceofspades 10/23/2014 12:15pm
10/23/2014 12:15pm
So shortening the name of a country to describe it's citizens is derogatory? Yep, it sounds just as fucking stupid when I type it as it did when the op typed it.
Aceofspades 10/23/2014 12:18pm
10/23/2014 12:18pm
If it weren't for stupid white people, who would we have to lecture the world on what words other races find offensive to themselves lol.
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GuyB 10/23/2014 12:22pm
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Aceofspades wrote:
So shortening the name of a country to describe it's citizens is derogatory? Yep, it sounds just as fucking stupid when I type it as it...
So shortening the name of a country to describe it's citizens is derogatory? Yep, it sounds just as fucking stupid when I type it as it did when the op typed it.
In this case? Yes.
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bsharkey 10/23/2014 12:25pm
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depends on the context you use it in I would think. and its one thing referring to people or things such as "are you buying a jap bike or a euro bike"

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MxKing809 10/23/2014 12:30pm
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No lol. It comes up in every KTM/Japanese thread and bothers me
Aceofspades 10/23/2014 12:32pm
10/23/2014 12:32pm Edited Date/Time 10/23/2014 12:37pm
Aceofspades wrote:
So shortening the name of a country to describe it's citizens is derogatory? Yep, it sounds just as fucking stupid when I type it as it...
So shortening the name of a country to describe it's citizens is derogatory? Yep, it sounds just as fucking stupid when I type it as it did when the op typed it.
GuyB wrote:
In this case? Yes.
So calling a British citizen a 'Brit' is also racist? What makes one racist and not the other? You guys realize That it was white Americans that decided the word 'jap' was racist and not the Japanese, don't you? What cultural bias does 'jap' dredge up? It is literally a shorthand for 'japanese'. Jesus Christ, the never-ending list of words that are offensive for no good reason. We can still call Germans "krauts" can't we?
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newmann 10/23/2014 12:34pm
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I have a customer who hates all things Jap. He remembers the hardships from growing up in a family who was affected by the actions of the Japanese during WW2. Refuses to get over it as he brought his Porsche in for repairs. Huh
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GuyB 10/23/2014 12:36pm
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I'd suggest that one's a contraction, and the other was intended as derogatory.

I'm also old enough to remember when it was used that way. Maybe you're not. Actually, judging by your avatar, I'm sure you're not. Smile
Aceofspades 10/23/2014 12:39pm
10/23/2014 12:39pm
I realize it's your place, Gibby, so I understand your side of the argument. The ever-increasing stupidity of the language police in this country is what I can't stand. That just shortening a word can be racist is crazy to me.
Aceofspades 10/23/2014 12:44pm
10/23/2014 12:44pm Edited Date/Time 10/23/2014 1:01pm
GuyB wrote:
I'd suggest that one's a contraction, and the other was intended as derogatory. I'm also old enough to remember when it was used that way. Maybe...
I'd suggest that one's a contraction, and the other was intended as derogatory.

I'm also old enough to remember when it was used that way. Maybe you're not. Actually, judging by your avatar, I'm sure you're not. Smile
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Aceofspades 10/23/2014 12:47pm
10/23/2014 12:47pm Edited Date/Time 10/23/2014 1:01pm
MxKing809 wrote:
No lol. It comes up in every KTM/Japanese thread and bothers me
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mxb2 10/23/2014 12:51pm
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newmann wrote:
I have a customer who hates all things Jap. He remembers the hardships from growing up in a family who was affected by the actions of...
I have a customer who hates all things Jap. He remembers the hardships from growing up in a family who was affected by the actions of the Japanese during WW2. Refuses to get over it as he brought his Porsche in for repairs. Huh
kinda like you and your hondas and yamaha 4 stroke lol
Aceofspades 10/23/2014 12:59pm
10/23/2014 12:59pm Edited Date/Time 10/23/2014 1:02pm
If the Japanese find offense at "japs" then I'm all for not using it; my argument (as it is in all cases of pc language policing) is that the word wasn't offensive until white, politically correct groups said it was offensive. Avatar aside, I am old enough to have read 1984 and I see a lot of parallels in today's language-police brownshirts who find offense behind every word. I deleted my other posts because they said basically the same thing.
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huck 10/23/2014 1:01pm
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Aceofspades wrote:
If the Japanese find offense at "japs" then I'm all for not using it; my argument (as it is in all cases of pc language policing)...
If the Japanese find offense at "japs" then I'm all for not using it; my argument (as it is in all cases of pc language policing) is that the word wasn't offensive until white, politically correct groups said it was offensive. Avatar aside, I am old enough to have read 1984 and I see a lot of parallels in today's language-police brownshirts who find offense behind every word. I deleted my other posts because they said basically the same thing.
You have to be an idiot if you don't think that Japanese find that word "offensive".
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burn1986 10/23/2014 1:14pm
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I feel sorry for the Dorkovians, and Titanians, as well as the people from Bromenia.
Aceofspades 10/23/2014 1:19pm
10/23/2014 1:19pm Edited Date/Time 10/23/2014 1:25pm
huck wrote:
You have to be an idiot if you don't think that Japanese find that word "offensive".
Thank god for the noble white folk like you who tells the rest of the world what words they should take offense at. Thank you for your service. Is "huck" short for huckleberry? If it is then I'm offended. We live in such a childish, silly world.

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