| Lefil said: 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/ |
This is how I see this thread:
OP: Miyazaki makes anti war film.
Other users: Respect for Miyazaki.
You: China is evil and nationalism is in every country.
I seriously do not understand where you're going with this, nobody has ever said that China or the USA is better than Japan, and nobody has ever said that only Japan has issues with nationalism, this thread is about Miyazaki, people were just expressing their opinions about the man until you started to turn it into a debate of politics and history, I don't need to be an expert of either field to know that anti war sentiment is always worth encouraging, and an artist who tries to promote peace through his work deserves respect regardless of his political belief.
Finally stop spinning everything towards China, (again) nobody thinks of Chinese government as saints, everyone is aware of what they've done and they are being bashed left right and centre everyday by western media and every human rights organisation in the world, but Japanese politicians hold as much (if not more) responsiblity for causing anti Japanese sentiments in China and Korea as anyone else, how would peopel of Isreal feel if German government erects a monument for Nazi war criminals and house them like heroes ? You're so defensive on this matter you sound like a nationalist yourself.
