02-12-2004, 03:11 PM
Hmmmm, so because a very small minority of people who use an EU or US version of PSO can understand when a Japaneese player, or someone with the ability to write Kanji is insulting them for winning, using profanities, this thread is racist?
The ability to swear at someone in a foreign language they cannot understand is still offensive. Falsely accusing a thread of racism towards all people of Japan is deeply offensive to me, but then I find all forms of stupidity offensive (including my own acts of stupidity, I make no exceptions).
This thread is called "JP players who insult you", this thread is not called "All Jp players are insulting". Blackghost has made a post about people who use the language barrier, that most of us cannot cross, to verbally abuse others. If the player had been German and Blackghost could understand the language then this thread would be renamed, but not because Blackghost is a Xenophobe or a Racist, but because someone was being offensive and trying to get away with it.
As to this thread getting proggressively more racist? I've not seen anything bar positive comments (or positive discrimination) towards the culture of Japan and its people. From my own experience I've encountered lots of polite Jp players and a couple of rude ones (my deck was probably uncreative as Risu said). Godfather was called batty, not the whole of Japan. If you want to play with people who you can talk to then fair enough, communication is vital in this game. I've played with non-english speaking people, communication can be a problem, so I understand why this exception is made.
I'd like to say sorry to Marcian, but I don't feel the need to - his/her posting is completely wrong and probably more offensive than the thread itself. Marcians posting is another example of political correctness gone mad. If this form of PC is allowed to control our lives then Blackghost would be banned from Ragol.co.uk for having a racist name and painting your house white would class you as a member of the BNP or KKK. But in defense of Marcian and Grave Digger, we all make mistakes, especially if we don't read the threads properly (again I have been guilty of this stupidity).
Regards
UK Jester
The ability to swear at someone in a foreign language they cannot understand is still offensive. Falsely accusing a thread of racism towards all people of Japan is deeply offensive to me, but then I find all forms of stupidity offensive (including my own acts of stupidity, I make no exceptions).
This thread is called "JP players who insult you", this thread is not called "All Jp players are insulting". Blackghost has made a post about people who use the language barrier, that most of us cannot cross, to verbally abuse others. If the player had been German and Blackghost could understand the language then this thread would be renamed, but not because Blackghost is a Xenophobe or a Racist, but because someone was being offensive and trying to get away with it.
As to this thread getting proggressively more racist? I've not seen anything bar positive comments (or positive discrimination) towards the culture of Japan and its people. From my own experience I've encountered lots of polite Jp players and a couple of rude ones (my deck was probably uncreative as Risu said). Godfather was called batty, not the whole of Japan. If you want to play with people who you can talk to then fair enough, communication is vital in this game. I've played with non-english speaking people, communication can be a problem, so I understand why this exception is made.
I'd like to say sorry to Marcian, but I don't feel the need to - his/her posting is completely wrong and probably more offensive than the thread itself. Marcians posting is another example of political correctness gone mad. If this form of PC is allowed to control our lives then Blackghost would be banned from Ragol.co.uk for having a racist name and painting your house white would class you as a member of the BNP or KKK. But in defense of Marcian and Grave Digger, we all make mistakes, especially if we don't read the threads properly (again I have been guilty of this stupidity).
Regards
UK Jester