Different views on the net.
"For we Japanese, it's just a short form of 'Japan' and 'Japanese' equivalent to 'Brit'. If that's a problem for you, if you want to live in the past, if you want to cultivate some kind of a victim complex, if you want to get overly excited about a mere word, regardless of how it's actually used in 2004, we Japanese don't care. The war has been over for 60 years and we Japanese have moved on. "
After giving some examples of other Asian and Filipino Web sites that also us "Jap" in headlines, Suzuki finished up sarcastically:
"For my part, the discussion is closed. I've got better things to do than entertain a dumb retro-Yank on a bad Jap trip.
http://www.imdiversity.com/Villages/Asian/dialogue_opinion_letters/asakawa_JPNZ-JAP_1204.asp
I guess different people, different views. Anyway, more important things await, like insulting some fanboys.
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