How do you feel about the term "Japs"? I know that it's an offensive term but one time I read that (supposedly) most Japanese themselves don't get offended by it. Although I'm not Japanese it makes me mad when people use it then it makes me even madder when people think just because somebody's not Japanese, they shouldn't be offended if they use that word.
Worse is when people say that anyone who is not Japanese , Black , ect. doesn't have the right to be offended if somebody uses bad words just because they are not Japanese or Black or whatever. I don't understand why a Japanese person would not be offended.
I think "But the word Japanese takes too long to type out" and such are pathetic excuses to go ahead and use that word. Who agrees with me?
So, please enlighten me if you are Japanese and don't feel it's a big deal.
Also , how do you feel about Anime and other Japanese things becoming so widespread?
I'm surprised that I didn't think to post on something like this earlier. Heh.
How do you feel about the term "otaku"?
Last time I saw anything about it , it is still something to avoid saying over in Japan but people like me use it as a sort of badge of honor and don't mean anything hurtful by it.
It's really disappointing sometimes , knowing that I shouldn't use that term or be very careful about using it if I ever get the chance to visit Japan.
That is all I can think of at the moment....
