This is not political incorrectness. This is blatant ignorance bordering racism on behalf of Jack Thompson. What am I talking about? This quote from Jack Thompson:
“The Japanese have a contempt for our culture which is patent. There (sic) dumping of garbage into our culture is a slow motion version of Pearl Harbor.”
Jack Thompson is the lawyer that is suing game companies for the release of Grand Theft Auto, blaming it for the death of three policemen that were gunned down. His comments have to do with the fact that GTA was released for the PS2, a console system created by Sony – a Japanese company.
Insensitive? What the Japanese are doing to our kids is insensitive and racist. The Japanese have for a very long time dumped pornography into this country in a fashion they would not tolerate in their own country. It is another version of Pearl Harbor.”
No more than mere, ignorant, stereotypes. What is imported here in terms of pop culture remains with anime, and manga. Anime being animated films of a quality that beats any Disney film ever produced; and manga being comics that actually appeal to those over the age of eight. Then there’s of course the Japanese cuisine, martial arts, theatre, etc.
I’ve yet to see any semblance of “Japanese Pornography” make its way over to North America. Hentai, which can be found in some stores in Japan, is tabooed in our culture.
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