Goodwood trax meet!

[ragt20]

Any of u UK primera owners...or any Jap car owners fancy comin to the upcomin trax all Jap car meet at Goodwood race track on Oct 13.....U get a chance to test your car on the race track......if ya don't fancy that..still a good place to meet up........I should be going.....

[kenchan]

jpn is the abbrivation for Japan not jap. you call me a jap you f-king dead. will hunt you in your bean staulk

[P10DET]

Originally posted by kenchan
jpn is the abbrivation for Japan not jap. you call me a jap you f-king dead. will hunt you in your bean staulk

CHILL

While I understand why Japanese people don't like to be refered to as Japs, most people in the rest of the world don't and use the term regularly with no idea that it's considered a slur here. Even most Americans don't know why it is. Hell, do you even know?

So, give someone a break and explain it first. And you damned sure shouldn't be making threatening remarks to people.

[ragt20]

hey peace m8 didn't know that was offensive ....here in UK it is widle used term and noone has ever objected..............:angel:

[Neil82]

I will call you a Jap if u like.......... If you are being serious talking to Ragt20 like that you can get to F???. In the UK it isnt considerd offensive, I am from Scoltand and people call us Scots whats the difference ?:finger: Also why do you find it offensive? were you teased at school?

Neil

[wickedG20]

-just pointing something out- if he used jpn (abb. for japan) it would not sound right "Jpn car owners" ---> Japan car owners?? doesn't make sense. I believe that Jap is abbreviate for japenese ---> Jap car owners" -----> Japanese Car Owners. Makes damn sense to me

[P11GT]

ragt - right behind you man!

[P10DET]

Originally posted by Neil82
I am from Scoltand and people call us Scots whats the difference ?:finger: Also why do you find it offensive?

The reason many people in The States who are of Japanese descent find it offensive basically comes from WWII. We in The States interned our own citizens in camps just because they were of Japanese descent. Jap was used not only as a knickname of sorts, but it also was often used in a derogetory fashion. So, while the word itself may not have been offensive, the way it was being used was and eventually it just wasn't really polite.

OTOH, I think too many people look for too many was to get pissed about things these days (in particular in The States). I've been called a Yank in such a way that I don't think it was meant in an exactly nice way, but I just stood tall and proud.

Originally posted by Neil82
were you teased at school?

:hehehe:

[P11GT]

so what about Chink!!
im chinese, own a chinese takeaway, people use it regularly, IN FRONT OF ME!! but theres a big difference between using it as a short name, and offensively. Most of the time i dont mind, like when they say, 'i just fancied a chinkys'