A lodging facility in Kyoto has drawn a protest from the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo for asking an Israeli man to sign a pledge that he had never been involved in war crimes.

  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.mlEnglish
    307·
    21 hours ago

    So, to be clear, you get how that’s more than a little bit fucked up, right?

    To demonstrate, imagine a deep southern U.S town instituting an English-only policy and aggressively turning away for example Spanish or Arabic-speakers.

    This is not something to be celebrated. Ban the thing you actually want to prevent instead of pushing through unmitigated xenophobia.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 hours ago

      imagine a deep southern U.S town instituting an English-only policy and aggressively turning away for example Spanish or Arabic-speakers.

      Yeah that’s called Tuesday in the rural south.

    • garbagebagel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      5 hours ago

      I’m not saying it’s the right thing to do but a big difference here is that up until VERY recently, the US did not have an official language, so for them to say “English only” would be a bit more offensive than for Japan (whose official language is Japanese) to say “japanese only”.

      Additionally, the US is on colonized land, so English wouldn’t be the native language of the land. Japan on the other hand has existed for close to 40,000 years and was not colonized in the same way (Not saying that the Japanese historically haven’t been colonizers, but the island of Japan is generally not). I genuinely wouldn’t even be mad about it if someone in Manitoba made a rule that was like “Ojibwe only”.

      But also to your point, yeah the US did recently pick an official language AND launch an “English only” campaign for a whole profession and it is extremely fucked up.

    • orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      366·
      21 hours ago

      Yes, I do. But I am a foreigner there. When we don’t observe their traditions and disrupt their society, I feel like it’s okay for them to set boundaries.

      I get why it’s not right, but I also accept it. It’s not my country, not my rules, not my traditions. So, I am willing to live by their rules.

    • mg2130@lemm.eeEnglish
      89·
      17 hours ago

      You realize not every country wants foreigners right? It’s their right to dictate that. There was this whole thing about how America and England literally threatened Japan with artillery until they opened their borders.

      • kadup@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        11 hours ago

        not every country wants foreigners It’s their right to dictate that

        That’s an extremely complicated philosophical argument that goes beyond two simple sentences, I hope you realise

            • Optional@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
              29·
              16 hours ago

              some working-class Cajuns may regard the word “coonass” as a badge of ethnic pride, whereas it may be frowned upon by some middle- and upper-class Cajuns who may be more likely to regard the term as insulting or degrading, even when used by fellow Cajuns in reference to themselves.

              BAHAHAHhahahaha! Oh man. Sure, yeah well-if the intertubes says it huh.

              Lemme clarify then: That is bull shit.

              And “coon” is a racist term, so don’t use it. What is wrong with you.

              • Count042@lemmy.mlEnglish
                1·
                2 minutes ago

                If my culture had a term ‘n-wordass’ I would not have the unmitigated gall to try and argue it wasn’t racist.

                Seriously, what is wrong with you?

                Oh, that’s right, you’re trying to defend the use of an obviously racist term. You’re a racist. That’s what is wrong with you.