today's vlog
The parody starts about 9:24
I said, and I quote "I watched a WWII documentary this morning, so maybe it is only me." That was my caveat.
The topic was on my mind.
Suggesting that Asian people are associated with Pearl Harbour is far from racism.
You know....history and all that stuff.
Calm down.
I said, and I quote "I watched a WWII documentary this morning, so maybe it is only me." That was my caveat.
The topic was on my mind.
Suggesting that Asian people are associated with Pearl Harbour is far from racism.
You know....history and all that stuff.
Calm down.
It would also be wrong to assume that I suffer from the same white guilt that Americans have. I am Australian. We have a very different type of white guilt.
Thank you for the benefit of the doubt Nate, but in this case it really isn't necessary.
I made it very clear that I had just watched a documentary on the WWII. Pearl Harbour was featured.
Saying that Asians were part of the Pearl Harbour bombings is not racist. It is fact.
Saying that they bombed Pearl Harbour specifically because they are Asian is racist.
For the record, I lived in Germany for 11 years. I am on my second marriage. Both of my wives were/are German by birth. I have a daughter to each of them. As such both of my kids are half German and half Australian.
Strangely, my great-uncles fought Rommel in North Africa. And yet I still married two Germans.
I have no issue with what I said. I did not make a derogatory remark in any way whatsoever.
I am only responsible for what I write- not for what people read.
Actually, no. I haven't gone far enough.
You have not only falsely accused me of making a racist remark in your first sentence, you've gone one step further and assumed that I am racist against black people.
That is slander. Where I am from, slander is a criminal offence.
How dare you.
I watched a documentary for god's sake. The image was fresh in my mind. I made that abundantly clear.
Why the hell would you accuse me of being racist when I made a factual historical reference?
How dare you!!!
I. Did. Not. Claim. That. Asian. People. Bombed. Pearl Harbour. Because. They. Were. Asian.
During WWII, a group of American soldiers exited a train carriage in northern Australia. They were on their way back to the dock after some R&R, to be sent back to New Guinea. A group of tired and battle weary Australian soldiers were waiting to get on the same train to go for their own R&R. The Americans, refreshed and in a jovial mood, joked and claimed that they had just fornicated with all of the Australian's wives. The Australians, in no mood and fully armed, killed them all.
The event was covered up by both of our governments.
There you go. A historical reference to a wartime event. But it is Anglo-Saxon/Celtic-on-Anglo-Saxon/Celtic violence. Can you find racism there too? There is literally NO difference between the two references.
How dare you.
Both my grandfathers fought in Papua. Am I allowed to mention who they were fighting against? Or is that racist?
Just because you have a paranoid relationship with other cultures or races do NOT assume that I do too.
The French invaded Russia. The Jews are taking land from Palestinians. The English walked into Ireland and took the land out from under my family's feet. I am aware of these events....therefore I must be racist. Right?
Let's hope you don't apply the same "logical thinking" to your survey practice.
@micheal-daubyn-2
I didn't know I was being un-calm.
Eh, whatever your reason, you compared a guy with the Japanese who bombed the US, simply because of his race - and he may not even be Japanese.
Slander??ÿ Who knows.?ÿ But I doubt it, I never said you were a racist, just that your comment was.?ÿ
I say stupid regrettable things sometimes too, usually not on the internet, but sometimes I slip.
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A half Irish/Chinese American friend once told me that it makes no difference that she's 4th generation American, all anyone ever sees is a foreigner when they look at her.
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Thanks Bill???
