A load of old Tosh-iba

System

Because if you say something is derogatory you're saying it's bad and attaching negative connotations

kidmugsy

I am utterly fed up with all the stupid piety about "racism". If Japanese people take offence at "Jap" then I won't use it. But that's just a question of good manners. Just as it's good manners not to make the absurd accusation of "racism" at someone whose vocabulary you happen to disapprove of.

"Racism" used to be a serious business: people were killed. Now it's just a cheap slur used to bully people. Shame on you bullies.

System

It wasn't intended and i do intend to amend to keep the mse bosses happy, but i have always felt there is too much sensitivity for words that were used in feelings so long ago, political correctness has gone too far, and our society feels beholdent to any and all minorities - like with brexit, some voted remain because they cared more about the fate of migrants than the fate of the whole country, and they were scared of how the outside world would view us with judgemental eyes - of course there was far more reasons they voted remain too, but this was an undeniable factor for some

timmy963

Entire thread just got derailed because an SJW got offended. Nice one.

veryintrigued

timmy963 wrote: »

Entire thread just got derailed because an SJW got offended. Nice one.

This forum and indeed modern life is full of examples of people far too eager to hoist the racist flag.

Thrugelmir

veryintrigued wrote: »

Different culture and demographics?

Lloyds
NR
RBS
Bradford and Bingley
etc
etc

dejà vu........

June 15th 1989.

Top 8 Banking Firms in Japan

The eight largest banking companies in the world are Japanese, according to rankings released Wednesday by Institutional Investor magazine.

The largest U.S. banking company, New York's Citicorp, was 10th on the list, down from seventh last year. Citicorp was the only U.S. banking organization in the top 30, based on assets at the end of 1988.

France's Credit Agricole rounded out the top 10 in ninth place, a drop of three spots from the previous year.

In the magazine's 1988 listing, Japanese banks held the first five spots.

The new list represents another reminder of the growing importance of Japanese financial institutions, although banking executives and industry observers point out that size alone does not determine a bank's ability to compete on the global economic field.