Ninja vs samurai ?

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 10/06/2013 at 16:47 • Filed to: None

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EDIT: Infiniti removed it. No balls or rogue employee with too much free time?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 16:27

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...vs Sumo wrestler?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 10/06/2013 at 16:32

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They probably mean the IS, not the GX, so no sumo.

Tom McParland > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 16:37

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Lol wut...-zeGermans

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 16:52

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Shoulda left it. Infiniti is supposed to be the "fun" Jap lux brand.

WorldRallyBlog > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 16:56

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Rogue employee with (soon to have even more) free time.

Blondude > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 17:00

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Can't touch this? Lexus can clobber that!

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/06/2013 at 17:02

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You do know that the term "Jap" is pretty offensive, to Japanese people, right ?

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 17:10

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Yeah. I would never identify a person that way. But if you're offended that I didn't show a Skyline proper respect, then I don't really know what to tell ya.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/06/2013 at 17:22

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So, you don't identify a person's and a car company's origin with the same term ?

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 17:30

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Of course not. Do you call a rug Japanese or Chinese, or even Asian? No. You call it oriental. But you'd never call a person oriental in the modern day and age. It's the same with all inanimate objects for me.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/06/2013 at 17:51

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Of course I do, the term Oriental is associated, in my mind, with middle eastern, Arab stuff, the term Asian my brain associates with Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other SE Asian countries. However, due their unicity, it's not that hard to identify a rug, or any other object, not to mention person, as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Arab whatever.

And, the term oriental, never carried the hatred, the term Jap carried during the WW2, and the years after the war. The Japanese authorities made efforts to make the Olympic Committee and other international sporting authorities, change the abbreviation for Japan, to JPN instead of JAP. Seeing you using it, surprised me, as you got an Acura logo, for an avatar.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 17:55

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I guess with being young and not growing up in that era or with that mindset has made me not think of things in that way. I'm an open minded individual who doesn't take life too seriously. We need to not hate, but also put away all the PC bullshit. I love Jap cars and have never meant that offensively or in a derogatory manner.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/06/2013 at 18:15

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No problem, as long as you stop using it. In the end, it's not about pc, it's about respect for other people.

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 18:29

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Ugh I hate when companies are too PC to take a jab at competitors. Just lost a little bit of respect for Infiniti.

190e30-Now with COSWORTH > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 10/06/2013 at 19:44

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One of these was at an event I went to recently. It was waaaaay faster than I expected, plus a ton of induction noise