DeTomaso Mailing List: March 98, Message #261
     



From: 	Swervedriver <wideopen@fred.net>

Subject: Re: Japan Bashing ( Please Read! )

Date: 	Fri, 6 Mar 1998 01:05:26 +0000



On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Bryan Swartz wrote:



> To All,

> 

> I, Bryan Swartz, would like to clarify two things:

>  

>     by the name "Brian" (different spelling), last name ?, I don't

>     know, he's never shared that with us.



 

Brian  Burdette



> 

> 2. This was obviously a post that was sent by "Brian" to "Nobbie"

>     privately, and not to the forum as a whole.  With this in mind

>     I feel it was in bad taste to reply to "Brian's" post and reprint it

>     for the whole forum to see.  I'm sorry but that's the way I feel!

>     Let's all be considerate of how we treat each other.

> 



Yes, actually, it was a private response/question, and I did not realize

it had been posted to the list. I guess I just read it out of the old

inbox without paying too much attention. Anyway, thanks for the heads up.

I responded privately because I didn't think it was "detomaso related",

even though material on this list strays pretty often. I also didn't want

to start a discussion on the topic, merely an opinion. 



That said, I still don't think it's the same to call a person a Jap as it

is to call a thing a "Jap car". In the latter case, Jap is just short for

Japanese, but in the former it carries behavioral/ social connotations

that tend to offend. I would not call a Hyundai a "Jap car" because it's

not Japanese. Nobbie did mention, though, that he had been referred to as

a "Jap". That's not only offensive, but wrong. 



Brian



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