nakamuram opened this issue on May 21, 2003 ยท 81 posts
nukem posted Thu, 22 May 2003 at 10:59 AM
"If you refer to the point I made before that one nukem I was trying to point out that Xadmax has made several contributions to the community while nakamuram doesn't seem to have made any. And again why post a complaint about someone who posts MAX freebies in the Poser forum?"
Granted, perhaps Nakamura should have chosen the proper forum but again, I don't see how the number and quality of contributions has anything to do with one member feeling offended by a racial slur used by another member.
Your third point says it all but why all the heavy emphasis on the number and quality of contributions (points #1, #2 and #4) each one has made? The impression you're giving about your stance is that just because Nakamura doesn't have significant contributions in the galleries or free stuff as Xadmax does, that Nakamura somehow doesn't have the right to post a complaint about Xadmax. A user's license to post isn't contingent on the number of gallery/free stuff items they've made.
EvoShandor:
When SARS broke out in my city, little kids shouted taunts and were throwing rocks at the homes of quarantined Asian families. And then there were the jokes sometimes outright open hostility. Asian families were suffering, some even losing multiple family members from the virus...
This may not strike a nerve with you but I'm a member of a visible minority, I and members of my family have been the target of racial slurs, and it does strike a nerve with me. Obviously it does the same with other members of Renderosity's international community. So, you'll have to excuse me if I don't find you quite as humorous as Dizzie does.
Perhaps the humour wouldn't be lost on me on a better day...
Dale LaRoy Splitstone: "BTW, I am of German descent, but my father got the opportunity to fight aganst the Nazis during WWII. How many Japanese Americans were permitted to fight for their country?"
You might be interested in the 100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team:
Article Link
"Nineteen of the 21 Asian Pacific American veterans are Japanese Americans of the celebrated 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most highly decorated unit in the history of the U.S. armed forces. The unit earned over 18,000 individual decorations, including 9,486 Purple Hearts and seven Presidential Unit Citations, the nation's top award for combat units. The 100th/442nd's famous motto, "Go for Broke," reflects its reputation for accomplishing its mission despite all costs. Many of the Japanese Americans who served in the 100th/442nd volunteered from internment camps where their families had been relocated to after the outbreak of war."
I should point out that the 442nd Nisei were the most highly decorated unit in the history of the U.S. armed forces for its size and length of service.
More info here.
Nuke