[Koir]

Originally Posted by Sashimister

lol I'm amazed at how long you have kept that prejudice about romaji. What do you mean by "other Japanese written forms" anyway? You speak as if romaji was one of them. If you want to argue, base things on facts.

Educate me. Start with why romaji remains to exist in modern times, despite this universal dislike for it.

Why does this have anything to do with elitism? I'm only writing Japanese, my native language, the way it's supposed to be and the way it's written in Japan. How's that so different from you writing English the way you are?

I have no problem with your writing Japanese in the way you are most comfortable. What I was taking issue with was the perception that your question to the OP seemed to be a lead-in to another voicing of this romaji dislike. This may have had little to do with how the OP was expressing himself/herself. That's all.

You're so clearly (and mistakenly) 100% pro-romaji. What if YuriTokoro insists on writing English using katakana because she's more comfortable writing English with the letters she grew up using? Would you encourage her to continue doing that or would you try to disuade her from it? What would one achieve if one refused to write English using the alphabet? What confuses me is that you seem to take it for granted that I write English using the writing system that I'm supoposed to use, yet you're being unable to think thngs in relative forms when it comes to Japanese writing.

Lots here. I'll examine it point by point:

1) I'm not pro-anything. You're inferring a little too much.
2) Do not bring YuriTokoro into this argument. This is an issue between you and I, not you and I and her.
3) Similiarly, finding argument traction in my complete lack of knowledge of the Japanese language is not a part of this disagreement. If it makes you feel any better, however, I will admit I know very very little (practically nothing) about the Japanese language. This is not a big secret I keep hidden.

You keep using the term 'elitism', but if you really see an elitism in the things I state, you've got a serious complex problem. If I ever suggested that all posts be written in Classical Japanese, then call me anything you want. But if you keep calling me names just because I promote the real Japanese writing systems, you will only be supported by other sad anime fans.

Point by point:

1) Classical Japanese - another strawman argument, which has no bearing on this discussion.
2) Labeling me as a "sad anime fan" is yet another baseless comparison. I have never expressed myself as such, nor will I ever do so. Watching anime is my current entertainment choice, simply put.

I certainly hope I have cleared up any misunderstanding surrounding my purpose for posting in this thread, and I do apologize for using such polarizing terms.