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Originally Posted by Henbaka
Well japanese people say it too. Even though I've also heard from some friends that they don't really like it beeing used.
I just can't help to laugh when you say "many Japanese people get very offended when it is said". Seriously, a Japanese person can't be "very offended" by a derogatory term pointed towards NON-Japanese people. That's just ridicilous. They can be unhappy with how the word is used, but not offended by hearing it!
Much like a white person can't get offended by hearing the n-word (even though that's stronger), even if he/she can be angry that it's used.
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I find your assumptions regarding who can, or should be, offended by derogatory name calling both ignorant and offensive. Anyone within hearing distance of the use of a racial epithet should be angry at the person using it, regardless of their own race. Your thinking is how such terms manage to remain in use.
