tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post8198126499314963117..comments2024-03-28T18:18:01.176+09:00Comments on Japanmanship: Jap’s eye for the gaijin guyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-83528250562634050792007-03-29T21:28:00.000+09:002007-03-29T21:28:00.000+09:00Jean Reno never been in a good film my arse. Leon ...Jean Reno never been in a good film my arse. Leon was cool, though I can't remember what happened in it (though I heard there was a version in which his relationship with the little girl got a bit too close, which I don't think was ever shown in the UK).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I am pretty sure that Yonsama used to be a porn actor in Korea, so maybe that's why the ladies like him so much. He also has slightly androgynous looks, which seem to be popular here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-51804116084482888632007-03-29T04:23:00.000+09:002007-03-29T04:23:00.000+09:00I hardly think Jap is an egregiously harsh slur, a...I hardly think Jap is an egregiously harsh slur, as some comments have painted it. It's often used in laziness, such as black or white, because of its monosyllabic ease. Maybe it could be equated to 'negro' : awkward, but never used offensively.<BR/><BR/>Anyway Jean Reno is pretty cool, but he's never been in a good film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-44048518851568039662007-03-29T00:10:00.000+09:002007-03-29T00:10:00.000+09:00I hear what you're all saying, and it's not a term...I hear what you're all saying, and it's not a term I use myself because even ignoring its connotations, linguistically it is unpleasantly harsh, but "J's eye" is not a funny slang term for penis, is it? That and only that was my intention in the title of this post. <BR/><BR/>I do agree with anon above that the term is bandied about too much. Read any gamer forum and the word "jap", probably out of laziness rather than racism, is used a LOT, and people probably shouldn't. <BR/>Personally I think it's just words. Some foreigners get terribly upset about the word "gaijin" rather than "gaikokkujin" but it's not something I can get worked up about. <BR/><BR/>Can't we all just get along?JC Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122980021264683075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-39057008497384868492007-03-28T23:54:00.000+09:002007-03-28T23:54:00.000+09:00Try J for shortening. I mean, J-pop is called J-p...Try J for shortening. I mean, J-pop is called J-pop for a reason, no? <BR/><BR/>Rationalizing the use of a racial slur is very common, however unintentional, the word is what it is, and means something very different to many people. Trying to justify the use of it...now thats a whole other issue.<BR/><BR/>One can try to ignore racism, but those who do simply have not experienced it IMO. <BR/><BR/>Imagine whatever experiences you've had as a Gaijin in Japan that you took as a blatant Japanese xenophobic ignorant act directed toward you. Now imagine all that embodied in a single word. That is what a slur is to me. <BR/><BR/>Granted I truly believe JC's intentions in using that word wasn't out of hate or malign intent, but people need to know that "Jap" however written in any context is a very loaded and hateful term to some.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-19621671012032313522007-03-28T22:28:00.000+09:002007-03-28T22:28:00.000+09:00Ignoring all of the discussions of racism..."Whene...Ignoring all of the discussions of racism...<BR/><BR/>"Whenever he and his wife Skeletor visit" made me laugh :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-74299739227426088282007-03-28T20:44:00.000+09:002007-03-28T20:44:00.000+09:00Two years ago I was hauled over the coals by the J...Two years ago I was hauled over the coals by the Japanese training arm of my company for writing the words 'Jap Student' and 'Foreign Student' in my lesson plan to refer to the roles people played in a conversation lesson although I was shortening the words they labelled me 'a racist' (for the 'jap student')and threatened to sack me unless I wrote a letter of apology to the chairman of the company...............thejapaneseeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176051413700453311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-16204400783725749352007-03-28T09:06:00.000+09:002007-03-28T09:06:00.000+09:00Lighten up, anon. AFAIK "Jap" is short for "Japane...Lighten up, anon. AFAIK "Jap" is short for "Japanese" which, if anything at least pays hommage to their own tendencies to shorten long words. Besides, it was only used here to make a purile joke ("jap's eye")., simply because the language set it up as an inevitable punchline. I couldn't resist.<BR/><BR/>Roderick, today's gaijin talento adverts are a lot more mundane and boring. Beckham standing there trying to look cool to sell phones, Richard Gere driving around the countryside. Nothing as mad as Stallone's ham, I'm afraid.JC Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122980021264683075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-62832439368372618362007-03-28T06:27:00.000+09:002007-03-28T06:27:00.000+09:00Jean Reno is cool. I liked Wasabi, and actually mo...Jean Reno is cool. I liked Wasabi, and actually most of the appearances he makes in movies. Leon of course. He's just one of those characters I really like in the filmstar landscape.<BR/><BR/>Also, this topic reminds me of those hilarious ham commercials by Stallone. They're so fantastically ordinary, unlike the outrageous Schwarzenegger extravanganzas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-62181748686550990962007-03-28T00:18:00.000+09:002007-03-28T00:18:00.000+09:00I don't see how using the term Jap is okay, in any...I don't see how using the term Jap is okay, in any sense, and relating it to Gaijin is not comparable. Jap, is inherently derogatory, but Gaijin is not. It may be used in many derogatory ways, but its a word thats birth was not out of racism nor hate.<BR/><BR/>The difference between Jap and the N word is that there aren't enough people vocaly against the use of Jap. Try putting in the title of your blog the N word and see what your response will be.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry, but I had to speak up.<BR/><BR/>I still love your blog..keep writing!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32650776.post-36185095643856757442007-03-27T21:03:00.000+09:002007-03-27T21:03:00.000+09:00The rule about sumo wrestlers appearing in commerc...The rule about sumo wrestlers appearing in commercials was lifted a few years ago. Kotooshu has been in yogurt and nooodle soup commercials in Japan on Japanese TV channels. So have the current Mongolian Yokozuna, Asashoryu - he's been in about 6 or 7, and few of the Japanese guys, all of whom are still active.Barbara Ann, Sumo Babahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14888310702498200106noreply@blogger.com