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Post by szaleniec on Mar 12, 2011 12:42:08 GMT -5
Whatever, they'll get over it. Then again, they didn't get over Pearl Harbor, and they weren't even born when it happened. But, hey, who cares if they're "offended"? I sure don't. Like I said, there seem to be lot of people for whom the events of history in general and WWII in particular mean nothing but an excuse for political point-scoring or simply "LOL IM SO KEWL AMIRITE". They can all fuck right off.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Mar 12, 2011 13:02:27 GMT -5
"why would i donate to japans relief. they are a 1st world country i think they can handle it." I don't think that's so unreasonable. From an ethical standpoint, the Japanese aren't suffering a whole lot more than the average Bangladeshi- and the Japanese have the independent means to (ultimately) end that suffering, which the Bangladeshis do not. ...so I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume you were heartily against international Katrina aid, too, yes?
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Post by CtraK on Mar 12, 2011 13:07:14 GMT -5
Fuck the lot of them. Ahem.Well, this assumes that you don't count the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937. Or the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931. Or the aggravating factors of the Wall Street Crash in 1929, or German hyperinflation in 1923, or the Treaty of Versaille in 1919. Or the First World War in 1914. Or the sudden political shift in Europe caused by the unification of Germany in 1860... This fails on more levels than I care to count. I'm counting at least five, or at least one error every three words - equivalent to 0.33 Palins of rhetorical errancy.
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Post by Yla on Mar 12, 2011 13:14:56 GMT -5
equivalent to 0.33 Palins of rhetorical errancy. You win an internets.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Mar 12, 2011 14:24:06 GMT -5
I'm counting at least five, or at least one error every three words - equivalent to 0.33 Palins of rhetorical errancy. OK, I got using "krauts" for Japanese people, "nuking" Pearl Harbor, the fact that most of the people affected by it weren't even born back then, and the general claim that Japan deserves to be hit by natural disasters because once they did something Americans weren't much fond of. What's the fifth? Also, more idiots: www.viceland.com/wp/2011/03/tsunami-vs-pearl-harbor/
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Post by Shane for Wax on Mar 12, 2011 14:56:50 GMT -5
Asshat today in my city was saying for all of us to repent or else we'll suffer earthquakes and tsunamis too. Prick.
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Post by Shane for Wax on Mar 12, 2011 14:58:47 GMT -5
haha, what I posted earlier when I was still raeging: I'm sure I pissed off a couple of "friends" who had those "OMG LOL PEARL HARBOR" statuses. Whatever, they'll get over it. Then again, they didn't get over Pearl Harbor, and they weren't even born when it happened. But, hey, who cares if they're "offended"? I sure don't. What I wrote: If one more person brings up Pearl Harbor being the reason for all the shit happening in the Pacific I will strangle a puppy. Guess what? Hawaii was also affected. CAN YOU PEOPLE EVEN FIND PEARL HARBOR ON A MAP? You make me sick if you say this is karma for Pearl... No one has commented on it other than the more intelligent of my friends on FB.
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Post by szaleniec on Mar 12, 2011 15:25:50 GMT -5
Well, this assumes that you don't count the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937. Or the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931. Or the aggravating factors of the Wall Street Crash in 1929, or German hyperinflation in 1923, or the Treaty of Versaille in 1919. Or the First World War in 1914. Or the sudden political shift in Europe caused by the unification of Germany in 1860... True enough. It's impossible to study the war in any detail without looking at the historical context, but I bet that's as lost on the bastards as my link would be. It's all a game to them, where the white-hatted Americans shoot the black-hatted Japanese who probably resemble a racist caricature and everyone lives happily ever after. I'm counting at least five, or at least one error every three words - equivalent to 0.33 Palins of rhetorical errancy. OK, I got using "krauts" for Japanese people, "nuking" Pearl Harbor, the fact that most of the people affected by it weren't even born back then, and the general claim that Japan deserves to be hit by natural disasters because once they did something Americans weren't much fond of. What's the fifth? That the commenters themselves had also not been born yet? Or even their parents, for that matter. Like the first comment on your link says: I guess it's the same mentality as the fuckwits who go on about the war when England play Germany, but there's a difference between making tasteless jokes in the context of a football match and saying that people deserve to die for living in the wrong country.
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Post by Professor Cold Heart on Mar 12, 2011 15:39:20 GMT -5
Just imagine the crowing we'd be hearing had the disaster happened in France.
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Post by sidburn on Mar 12, 2011 15:40:51 GMT -5
And these are the same people who think Hawaii isn't a real state because Obama was born there. Make up your minds!
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Post by Old Viking on Mar 12, 2011 15:50:36 GMT -5
LtFred believes in faith, hope and efficient charity.
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Post by starseeker on Mar 12, 2011 16:02:01 GMT -5
I'm surprised they haven't been going on about it all happening because Japan isn't a Christian country.
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Post by Iczer-Four on Mar 12, 2011 16:02:02 GMT -5
What the Fuck?!
these people are hateful morons..
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Post by Thejebusfire on Mar 12, 2011 16:29:29 GMT -5
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Post by ltfred on Mar 12, 2011 16:37:25 GMT -5
I don't think that's so unreasonable. From an ethical standpoint, the Japanese aren't suffering a whole lot more than the average Bangladeshi- and the Japanese have the independent means to (ultimately) end that suffering, which the Bangladeshis do not. ...so I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume you were heartily against international Katrina aid, too, yes? There are two differences that kill your attempted metaphor; firstly, New Orleans is in the United States and therefore Americans have a special responsibility for helping them. It's a global system based on state sovereignty; states have a respionsibility to defend their own. Call it ten times as much as defending the citizens of another nation. The second difference to Japan is that the victims of New Orleans were wholly incapable of ending their suffering, like the Bangladeshis.
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