Kokoda Diggers 'eaten' by Japs

Herald Sun ^ | 8/18/02 | SHELLEY HODGSON

[AmericanInTokyo]

Sheesh, you and me would BOTH be millionaires! ;-)

[AmericanInTokyo]

So what you are saying, if I get it correctly, is that modern democratic MacArthur Constitution Japan is currently our enemy? Not quite sure what you are saying. Doesnt that make us look ridiculous with a Mutual Defense Treaty and SOFA and 40,000 troops there on joint status with the Japanese SDF? What about these 'japs' we are working in cooperation with?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Gasp! You drive a Bayersiche Motoren Werke

What?!

After what the Nazis did in Auschwitz and the way they gave it to our boys at Normandy?!

/sarc (same reasoning)

[AmericanInTokyo]

....sorry, meant to say 'krauts' instead of 'Nazi's', since we are freely using 'nips' and 'japs' here (as usual on FR)

[Dimensio]

Godwin invoked! I win the argument by default! Muhahah! Victory is mine! I have...

...er, what was the argument again?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Congrats

[AmericanInTokyo]

Here's some guys (and gals) havin' a good old time in Tokyo while on R/R. Your predecessors (well, actually, 8thUSArmy at Sugamo circa late 40's.) Does'nt look to me like anyone's an unhappy gaijin camper! ;-)

[Have Ruck - Will Travel]

Having lived here off and on for over 9 years now (6 years in Iwate-ken and 3 years in Osaka), I can say that he is not completely wrong. There are all types here in Japan, just like anywhere else. I have been called "gaijin" both with utmost maliciousness and with utmost respect by different people. It all depends on the person who is saying it.

I still occasionally run into people (both male and female) who absolutely despise the thought of a "gaijin" living and working in Japan, much LESS being married to a Japanese. I have learned to just consider the source in most cases.

While here, I have generally worked in Japanese electronics manufacturing companies, not in English schools. As such, I have usually been the only gaijin in the company. Just like anywhere else, my Japanese co-workers have had their good days and their bad days. Some bosses were good to work for and some were real terrors. And yes, I even had one who totally despised me because I was not Japanese.

I am not trying to say that you are wrong AIT, but these people are nowhere near saints. Living and working here, one of the first things you have to accept is that you will meet ALL kinds of people. Good AND bad... And, just like anywhere else you go in the world, you try to accept the good and not sweat the bad so much. All in all, it is a great place to live.

Oh yeah, Shryke, I typically refer to myself as a gaijin. Now, do you think that this ol Mississippi country-boy is racist for using that word about myself? If you stay in Japan long enough next time, you may find out what it really means.

Take care,

Ruck

[Have Ruck - Will Travel]

Make that three of us. That sure would be a lotta coffee.

[abishai]

Did you hear the one about the Jap who passed the Aussie on the trail?

[AmericanInTokyo]

"I have been called "gaijin" both with utmost maliciousness and with utmost respect by different people. It all depends on the person who is saying it."

This, to me, was the kernel of the argument. You have verified what I am trying to say completely.

[AmericanInTokyo]

On second reading, there really isn't anything in your post that I could take issue with. Agreed. Thanks.

[Askel5]

Re #4 The japs were the masters of torture and inhumane execution. -Recall reading about captured pilots who were made to kneel, and hacked with a samurai sword, to the left of thier heads, and through the heart, down to the bottom of thier rib cage, then pissed on by jap soldiers while they died. Enjoy that new Toyota!

You might also remind him to support the NIH (read: death) -- whose budget Bush just DOUBLED -- and who welcomed into their membership the likes of Drs. Naito, Kitano and Ishii after the war ... Japanese human experimentation, including live vivisection, being far too valuable to let go to waste or "the Soviets".

Same lame excuses we made when we paperclipped in the Germans and even installed a member of Mengele's shop on our board of Biology Standards overseeing and shaping the content of the nation's public school biology texts. To Die in Unit 731

[Askel5]

and often, very potent manipulation subtly under the surface that defies all Western reasoning

Sounds like my friend Yui ... =)

[S.O.S121.500]

You know nothing of war, particularly Japanese at war.....enjoy your bliss.

[Pagey]

Bump for Later

[Destructor]

"Some day, I will introduce you to hundreds upon hundreds of 'nice' Japanese (and the are 'polite' to boot!) ;-)"

Just remember that they will eat you, if their supply lines are cut!

[Destro]

Evidence exists that Japanese officers did practice ritual cannabalisim in order to draw in the strength of their victims. The island near where George Bush was shot down at when he was a WW2 pilot had such officers. Bush was lucky that sub was there to rescue him.

This is my first encouter with this type of cannabalisim in Asia, though I do know that some POWs from Stalingrad, mostly the Italians formed cannabal gangs that ate those that died in the camps or killed those that were just about to die so they culd eat them fresh. The Soviets organized anti-cannabal gangs from the Axis POWs and armed them with crow bars in an attempt to stop the practice. As described in the book Enemy At the Gates.

[Tea42]

I said: "Lexus IS a Toyota."....You said: "Yes, but the SC 430 a really, really nice one! And damned fun to drive..... :)"

Toyota is hard to beat. I'm sure you are correct, and that you have a great car. I have read that it was the American military's demand for trucks to use in Korea that got Toyota going again after the war.

[Dark Wing]

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