Saturday, February 18, 2006

ichiro, a frequent visitor of my blog, left a message below the honda car accident post, accusing me of "anything against Jap. stance". here is my response to his misunderstanding:

ichiro-san,

i have written post to criticize the bias towards japanese, so it's unfair to accuse me of "anything against Jap. stance".

the quality of honda in that accident does surprised me, that's why i recorded it. the same reason for me to make that Car crash - German Car vs. Japanese Car post. occasionally i browse some photos posted in various chinese forums and paste those i consider interesting to me. there is no particular purpose involved. i have posted photos of fake chinese products, chinese POWs in korea war, americans crazy for cheap laptops, crowded chinese trains, indian peasants, there is no malicious intention.

it's not necessary to link everything negative about japan with anti-japan sentiment, and i think you, as a japanese, should have a strong nerve face the allegations that japanese products suck, most japanese products, as we all know, don't suck. at my home there are japanese walkman, japanese foods, japanese suit, japanese cosmetics, japanese CD and DVDs, japanese sake, japanese newspapers and japanese everything.

if you cannot distinguish a disgust at japanese revisionism and a racist sentiment against japanese, then i feel sorry for you. they are different, and you know i don't belong to the second group.

posted @ 6:40 PM

posted @ 6:06 PM