At 6:47 PM -0700 11/14/97, Joichi Ito wrote:
I'm sorry, but a racial remark is a racial remark. I never said it wasn't funny and I never said this guy didn't deserve it. But what you said was racist, no doubt about it, and even if they are funny, I personally think that racial jokes are stupid and cheap.
And where was there any mention of "race"? If a Chinese person made the same joke about Nakatuji-san's "You send money, I send Misty" nonsense, would this be "racist" (or "racialist," in your parlance)? How about if a Pole made the same joke about a Ukrainian, or a Swede, or a German?
On and by the way, I actually didn't think your message was very funny, and I don't see how you can argue that I shouldn't brand you a rascist just because you thought you were funny and the guy deserved it.
- Joi
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