Japanese Obama "Change" Cell Phone Ad

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I couldn't resist, guys - I just want to know what you think...

here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=si-lSLv9b4E

CNN is all over this. Apparently its been pulled off the air in Japan. Thank goodness for Youtube, for now it will live in eternity...

Just wanted to know your thoughts...

:)
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Japanese (none / 0)
are racists, have been racists since at least the mid-19th century. Ironically, it was the Japanese who tried to put in the League of Nations an anti-racism clause, rejected by the Western powers. Japan is 99% percent Japanese, so I don't even get the idea of racism the way we do in the West.

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by Nick86 on 07/02/2008 06:53:16 PM EST

Japanese? Racists? (none / 0)
I think the Japanese word for "Korean" is the same as the Japanese word for "dog". One of my favorite photos is of the Japanese ministers standing on the deck of the USS Missouri before the seated and commanding MacArthur. That's the day the Japanese learned they really do have tiny penises.

by KenTX on 07/02/2008 11:35:08 PM EST

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You asked for it (none / 0)

There are two ways to pronounce the Japanese character that means "dog," and neither one has anything to do with Korea.

One is "inu."

The other is "ken."

I'm not joking. 

by OneHitKill on 07/06/2008 04:52:56 AM EST

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this hurts my feelings (none / 0)
I believe this is an unwarranted ad hominem attack. OK, so I really don't know what that means, but it doesn't feel good to be called a Japanese dog.

I noticed you didn't comment on the size of Japanese penises, even though you are certainly an expert on the subject.

by KenTX on 07/06/2008 05:31:52 AM EST

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I teach English, not phallus appreciation (none / 0)
Sometimes I try to teach you something and the experience is somehow painful for you, but that's not the same as "hurting your feelings."

by OneHitKill on 07/06/2008 07:15:35 AM EST

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Reference cited (none / 0)
Just so you don't think I'm only trying to be mean, here's the most famous Japanese dog, the shiba-ken.  It's known for it's diminutive size and its fear of terrorism.

by OneHitKill on 07/06/2008 07:18:47 AM EST

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Yeah right (none / 0)

"Just wanted to know your thoughts..."

I think your mother drank heavily when she was pregnant with you.

Hey, you asked for my thoughts.

 

:Q

by bfaul on 07/02/2008 08:09:19 PM EST

That's...funny? (none / 0)
I'm glad we can laugh about this silliness now since we both know we're on the same page.  Obama 08!!!

by Spencer on 07/02/2008 08:23:06 PM EST

The four words politicians dare not utter... (none / 0)
"I changed my mind"

Well, Spence, I am going to utter these words to you -good thing Im not a politician...

Let me phrase it like the Obama campaign does so you can understand it better -

"I have taken into account new facts and have accomodated them into a new way of thinking of things..."

Basically, I flip flopped (Just Like Obama on FISA, Campaign Spending and Now the pullout of troops from Iraq!!!)

So no, we are not in the same boat - I know you are disappointed...

The monkey in the video says it best -

"Change" - Its a beautiful thing!!!

:)

by bobo1 on 07/02/2008 08:38:47 PM EST

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The monkey or the egg (none / 0)
I don't dispute that Japan is excessively homogenous and, as a result, racist on occasion.  That monkey, however, has been the E-Mobile mascot since the company's birth.  There are a whole bunch of E-Mobile monkey ads that precede this "Obama" one.  Personally, I think it was a poor mascot choice from the get-go, purely on the basis of animal rights and monkey ugliness.

by OneHitKill on 07/02/2008 09:19:16 PM EST

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