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Originally Posted by Kanji_The_Wanderer
[b][color="Black"]What bothers me is how some people can be so bothered by such a simple word. Words in themselves hold no true meaning, it's the action that follows. If "gaijin" means foreigner, then they are pointing out the obvious.
How can it be considered offensive if they are calling you what you are?
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What a ridiculous thing to say... if I called a Japanese person whose parents were unmarried at birth a 'Jap bastard', I would be deemed a racist despite that being factually correct
And nobody answered my other question... why is the shortened 'gaijin' form ok, but if I use 'Jap' or 'Nip' then they are racially offensive terms?