"Jap is short for Japanese...kike & nigger are not short for anything...find something real to obsess over!"

Dizzie, FYI... Just because the term "Jap" shares similar spelling with "Japan" and "Japanese" doesn't mean it's an appropriate short form for those words. "Nip" is also an offensive term for the Japanese and it's derived from the Japanese word "Nippon" (which means Japan in that language.) Remember when Pres. Bush used the term "Pakis" to refer to the Pakinstani people and the flap that caused?

The terms "Jap" and "Nip" were used extensively in WW2, in anti-Japanese propaganda, and it harkens back to that dark point in history when the Japanese were hated enemies so it's really not a good idea to use either terms.

"The touchy Mr Nakamura has contributed nothing in the year he's been here. Zip. Nada. Not even a pixel on a page."

While I agree with Replicant in that Nakamura might have chosen a more diplomatic approach to the problem, I don't see why the number of art gallery images or contributions to Free Stuff has anything to do with the validity of someone's argument or opinion in regards to the topic of racial slurs in the content of this community. I can understand how such things might lend towards someone's credibility when it comes to their opinions on art, or modeling or other such related topics, but I don't see how any of that matters in this particular case. This community is about sharing and is open to everyone's participation--- artists and the general public alike.

I think Nakamura's concern is a genuine one and it really isn't contingent on what he has or has not put into the art gallery or Free Stuff.

When it comes to things such as racial slurs, people shouldn't be blasted for speaking up about it. This stuff is simply unacceptable, PERIOD. I believe it was an honest mistake on Xadmax2's part and there was no malice in it but someone spoke up about it and now (I would hope) people know better.

Nuke