oliverstoned wrote: Yes, mink or fox stock farming are almost as cruel as the asian barbarians...Synthetic fur looks as nice as animal's one, so it's pure cruelty and greed. That should be forbidden, like Corrida and "Foie gras" (already forbidden in some countries BTW).

Philéas wrote: This has been tried before, but the Japs don't seem to care. It doesn't matter what we tell them, they haven't listened yet and they will probably continue ignoring stuff like this petition. I do think it's wrong to hunt dolphins the way they do, but I also think it's futile to try to convince them. We haven't succeeded yet, why would we this time? [/pessimism]

Oh dear. Who are the 'Japs' ? Accidental racist slur ?

sleeper wrote: Kimoi wrote: Philéas wrote: This has been tried before, but the Japs don't seem to care. It doesn't matter what we tell them, they haven't listened yet and they will probably continue ignoring stuff like this petition. I do think it's wrong to hunt dolphins the way they do, but I also think it's futile to try to convince them. We haven't succeeded yet, why would we this time? [/pessimism] Oh dear. Who are the 'Japs' ? Accidental racist slur ? How about just short for Japanese. There are worse things to call people that  come from that part of the world.

Do you want to retract this or are you happy to show your ignorance ?

^Can someone say "oversensative".

I've never heard that term used in a derogatory manner, as for the other terms I wont post them because they are ment to be offensive and its against forum rules, and completely pointless too.

I've noticed you've only joined today and allready your trying to cause trouble in Cuncuna's thread and the VR.


Edited by sleeper - November 24 2006 at 10:48

Philéas wrote: Kimoi wrote: Oh dear. Who are the 'Japs' ? Accidental racist slur ? Since when was "japs" a racist word?

Jap

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see JAP.

Jap (variants: Japo, Japse) is a term denoting anything Japanese. In most English-speaking countries, it is accepted that it is a derogatory racial slur similar to the term nigger when referring to dark skinned people.

The three-letter and two-letter international country code (ISO 3166) for Japan, JPN and JP, are commonly used for the abbreviation of Japan.

In some countries, such as Australia, it is still used today to such an extent that school teachers sometimes refer to the Japanese language or people as "Jap(s)"^{[citation needed]}. In Britain it is considered mildly inappropriate but not a serious insult (cf Paki which is grossly offensive in British English yet not uncommon as a ethnic description in the United States).

In Japanese dictionaries, the term "Jap" is only defined as a disparaging term used against the Japanese people, like it is the case in many English language dictionaries.^[1][2]

sleeper wrote: Strange that, I'm British and I havnt heard it being used as an insult but just as an abreviated form of Japanese. Do you consider it a racial slur?

Very much so. I don't want to sound like a bleedin' hippy but if you were using this word whilst walking around Osaka late at night it would be the quickest way to lose some teeth

Good on ya Sleeper!