ChezDaJez
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Joined: 11/12/2004 From: Chehalis, WA Status: offline
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What do you mean "we," white man? Your characterization of 1940s Americans as a herd of condescending, inept, blindly prejudiced morons is way out of line and absolutely insupportable. Exactly what I said. Look at all the cariactures of the Japanese in the American press during the 1930s and 40s depicting them as bumbling and inept, wearing thick, round glasses and saying "flying pan" instead of "frying pan." And we weren't alone. England, France and the rest of the Allies also held this same view that the Japanese were a backward people incapable of designing and producing anything that could compete with our weapons. Afterall, it wasn't that long before the war that Japan was having England build and design her battle fleet because she didn't have the industry or the knowledge. But the Japanese learned fast though and their industriousness, intelligence and arrogance collided head-on with ours and millions died. Racism is multi-national and multi-cultural. No one race has a lock on it. Chez
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Ret Navy AWCS (1972-1998) VP-5, Jacksonville, Fl 1973-78 ASW Ops Center, Rota, Spain 1978-81 VP-40, Mt View, Ca 1981-87 Patrol Wing 10, Mt View, CA 1987-90 ASW Ops Center, Adak, Ak 1990-92 NRD Seattle 1992-96 VP-46, Whidbey Isl, Wa 1996-98
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