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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 02:58 PM Original message |
Japan's stereotype of American Police |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not too different than Americans' stereotypes of American cops |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. with the understanding that polling data year after year |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
72. How much does FEAR morph into the report of RESPECT? eom |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. not at all |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. or Americans in general |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
67. Exactly. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Those bastards. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. You've got to love stereotypes |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Those aren't stereotypes, they're propaganda posters |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. They're propaganda posters that use stereotypes to incite hatred |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. They were aimed at US soldiers tasked with fighting the Japanese |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
49. I can't wait until the first week of August to see what you have to say about the atomic bombings |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #49 |
64. No need to wait: I think it was the right thing to do, under the circumstances nt |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. In case you haven't heard, the Imperial Japanese Army WAS a bunch of murderous thugs. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. So you're saying the racism in those posters is justified... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
69. I would say it's simply irrelevant. |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Many Japanese soldiers of WWII WERE murderous thugs. It's no "stereotype" to say so. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. How do you feel about the racism in the image depicted in the OP? |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. By "racism" I'm guessing you mean the "fat cop" stereotype, or the "fat American" stereotype? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Fat Caucasian stereotype |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I guess I never really processed "fat caucasian" as a stereotype, myself. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Is this a racist image? Would it be if it were printed in Japan? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Depends on context |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Can you define precisely HOW the image in the OP is racist? Thanks! nt |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. At the D-Day Museum in New Orleans they have a display of wartime propaganda posters, |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Yes, I've seen a few of those too |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. I don't think wartime propaganda is the same as the pic from the OP. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
48. How is it different? Both are racist. |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #48 |
76. Cops are a race now? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Sus constabularus |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. WTF? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Deleted message |
Berserker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. I can see it now |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. How old is that picture? Looks to be 70's/80's nt |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. current. fastfood logos are recent |
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namahage (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Didn't know Mickey D's still used styrofoam burger containers. n/t |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. You are right...styrofoam went away. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. What year is it where you are? Careful not to cut your finger on a Schlitz pop-top, ok? nt |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Dude! Did you know Schlitz™ is back? I'm not saying that's a good thing, but it's back. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. lol ok. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. late 70s maybe? look at that watch! lol |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I haven't seen styrofoam McDonald's containers since the '80's. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Doesn't say much for McDonald's, either, does it? |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. This issue of Wild Mook (a "magazine/book") was released in 1980 |
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Indy Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. where did they get that idea |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Ever hear the Fat Cop Theorem? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Where are the doughnuts? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Delivery will be, uh, delayed a bit. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
59. Since I have a friend (female) who was a city cop for over 20 years, |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Where is the taser? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. The magazine is from 32 years ago. The real question you should ask yourself is: |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Don't quite get the racist reference |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Usually stories like this appear and are consumed because of our own inherent racism. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. WADR, what the F*** are you talking about? nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Bonobo, who is Neil Postman? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. The author of "Amusing Ourselves to Death". |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Thanks, I'd never heard of him. Interesting. n/t |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. I don't think it's necessarily racism that causes an angry reaction - most people |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 01:17 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That is actually a very good point. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #44 |
62. True...and not acknowledged enough, IMO. n/t |
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NM_hemilover (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
50. Read thru your posts, |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. Is that photo from a documentary? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. Simple question: Why did you post this? |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. From what I read, that magazine is actually for those Japanese who are enthusiasts of... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. racists. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
53. Well, this thread has been a lot of heat and very little light! |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
78. Looking at Japanese sites about this magazine/book |
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apples and oranges (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
58. That's funny! |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
60. I see that stereotype fitting a lot of Americans, not just the police. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Yeah..and like all stereotypes, it's only partly true and rather unwelcome coming from a nation |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
70. Partly true? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #70 |
83. Yeah..Partly true...We have a lot of overweight people, some eating fast food |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
61. Stereotypes tend to suck...although we're all probably guilty of indulging in them |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Would you like some Freedom Fries with that? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Is it not OK to notice things? I had a Japanese co-op mate back in school who could |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. I think it's hypocritical to point out the mote in another culture's eye.. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Well, Japanese xenophobia isn't a hobby horse of mine, but it's well documented. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I guess you missed Ronald Reagan telling us that the Nazis were victims too? |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
85. But this whole thing started with a Japanese send-up of our culture.. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
84. The answer to your question is "No"...It's not OK on DU |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #65 |
79. +1 nt |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
82. No, I'll wait til we get onto France... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
68. An American Policeman Wouldn't Bring A Carl's Cup To McDonalds |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
77. Are you saying that this photo was staged? n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
81. It's sad because it's true. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-23-10 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
86. This is not Japan's stereotype of American police |
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