Lefil said:
RenCutypoison said:
It got better now, but read Fear and Trembling (Amélie Nothomb). The story of a gaijin girl going to work in japan in early 90's. They don't want anyone else then japanese in their country. They are ultra protective of their culture. That, is nationalism.
Let's remember they always had pretty names for foreigners :
Nanban till ~1880 : That means barbarian. Used both for Korean, Chinese and "people from outer-sea"= us.
Nanban were welcomed by Nobunaga in 16th century (golden age), then banned from 1660 till they came back in 1854 to burn their lands and force liberalism and western phylosophy on them.
So, we deserved it, and they hate us. Not counting the fact America launched two nuclear missiles on them when they were already on the ground and asking for mercy.
Now they call us "Gaijin", and, believe me, that's not a pretty word.
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I live in Japan and I know what I'm talking about. "Gaijin" is just the shortened word of "Gaikokujin." Japanese people don't use it to imply discrimination or racism. "Gaijin/Gaikokujin" equals "foreigner". As I said nationalism is everywhere. Just go to the following page and see the stupid American nationalism. http://www.japanprobe.com/2011/07/16/world-cup-facebook-status-updates-remember-pearl-harbor-bomb-japan-here-comes-another-tsunami/
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I never said that America was better. Once saw a list of 100 best things america did with nagasaki and hiroshima listed.
I live in belgium where "Pute" is the technical word for sex worker. Still it's not a pretty word when you're called that way in the street. Tough it just means "sex worker"
