• taladar@sh.itjust.works
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    24 days ago

    I would say it is fair to make fun of them as long as they themselves still glorify that past.

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      24 days ago

      So you would say it’s fair if he had said “It’s called Japan” instead? They glorify their recent past as well.

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        23 days ago

        I’m sure a lot of folks on SEA would heartily agree, especially Chinese and Koreans.

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        23 days ago

        If by recent past you mean the genocides in their most recent wars with their neighbors then yes, I would say that would qualify them to be made fun of in that way. If you just mean some industrial successes in the 1980s, not so much.