I used eMobile. I tried to cancel service and they said to call back in January as I couldn't without paying a charge. I called back in January, and they said I couldn't cancel as my contract had been automatically renewed for another 2 years. Terrible company. I wish Japan's legal system had some consumer protection! Be careful!
HEY! You missed a BIG POINT! ... the monkey on the ad is what is called a "Japanese Macaque". It is indigenous to Japan and it is on the endangered list. ... Also the Japanese have a LONG, and I mean 1000+ yrs of using the monkey, THEIR monkey, in cultural symbolism.
Make an Italian monkey not getting laid on a phone commercial. See what happens. Japan is a racistville. KKK pride. They hate Black. That's a fact. How about this...Let's make a commercial where we drop a nuke on Japan and a retarded looking monkey starts to sales Nikes. Let's see what happens.
The same thing happened with a Pokemon card, which Nintendo stopped producing because it had what looked to Americans like a swastika on it. The symbol is used to represent Buddhist temples in Japan.
But, I disagree with the video--it has nothing to do with liberalism. I'm a liberal and I know what CNN did was idiotic, just like the Pokemon card. It has to do with ignorance over a cultural issue, not politics.
I recently spoke to one of my buddies about this and she did not understand my feelings about it. She is also American, but not African descended. A am Mixed with some African ancestry and I do feel offended that a monkey was used for Obama, but only because In America it IS a sensitive topic to use monkeys to portray people of African decent. The media no matter what country should be sensitive to that fact. That is why it was pulled. This issue is more sensitive to some than others.
@dremicosbooksandgame No, Japan has no obligation to be sensitive to Americans when they are airing a commercial only in Japan. The Japanese have NO IDEA even to this day that it is racist to compare a black person to a monkey. In America monkeys are associate with Africa, and calling a black person a monkey implies that s/he's not human and doesn't belong here. But there are monkeys all over Japan, and they're seen as part of the country. It's not racist AT ALL. Context matters man.
Which isn't all that bad when, if you think about it, all the other comments in your other videos that balantly elicit their racist attitudes toward certain ethnicities (such as the Koreans)
I mean, apparently, your "bright heart" and "love" and "beautiful non-potty mouth" can't allow me to state the black people's complaints outloud,
however allow Japanese and Chinese to use deregatory terms, call us slaves or just downright swear against Koreans. How conservative of you.
I don't understand why all my comments and your replies to them are deleted. Am I right in assuming that you really are a decrepit lonely old man obssessed with kinky Japanese porn?
I mean, all I suggested was that Japan should respect others as much as others respect Japan, and kabloom all my comments are gone.
They were removed because you used the comments purely as a vehicle to display your vile remarks thus providing a window into your darken heart. Please use another YouTube channel to display your hatred and pathetic existence.
You just do not get it, do you? Please tell me what public school you attended. Your "hatred" and "darken heart" was not reflective of your opinions but of the method you used to voice those opinions. Okay, you are still lost: your use of vulgar gutter potty mouth language clearly illustrates "hatred" and a "darken heart." Face it, you have problems.
I don't see how my public school has any relation to the health of my cardio system and my 'hatred'.
However, I would like to make a stance that this "hatred" and "darken heart" (gay much?) is nothing more than the reflection of the black communities around the world who are outraged with the emobile commercial.
I believe the vulgar gutter potty mouth language was: "The black people are tired of mother fuckers that call them monkeys"
So you left the hateful and vulgar comments on my other videos because of this video? Face it, you are just a pathetic individual and please consider this the last communication from me to you, as I desire no longer to be in that gutter with you.
Obviously we just see things differently.. I'm not playing the race card in fact. I'm not fully African American myself. I'm mixed with Native American, Caucasian, and Asian, Chinese more specifically. either way.. to me this will always be racist.. and to u not..So, it is what it is. We will agree to disagree.
The race card in the USA is not exclusive to one race as it is abused by all. I know saying "we will agree to disagree," is respectful and polite. However please do not see me rude as I can not agree to that. I do respect your opinion while I have to disagree with it. My disagreement in no way implies either one of us may be in error. To be honest, the subject of this video is best for the people in Japan to decide.
Sure.... yeahhh.. if you say so. To me, I call them like I see them. Surely, they could have thought of another animal to portray him.. if they had a baby or even a dog.. I wouldn't find that nearly as offensive as I do the monkey. But ultimately how you think and people that think like you just will not get it.. Your not African American. So, you more than likely will not be able to relate..its offensive case closed.. Check out banned racist sony commerical.. tell me what u think
You say I am not African American so I can not relate. You are not Japanese and yet you can related to the Japanese as to what form a commercial should take in their nation.. How interesting.. Injecting the race card in every aspect of American society has become a sport here, please understand not all nations are willing to participate in that sport.
NO Kidding, I thought it was all about African Americans. All sarcasm aside, I understand what you are saying, but that doesn't make it less racist because Obama is an internationally known figure, and he is African American.. (at least that is what Caucasions made up-- the one drop rule) Personally, I don't thnk Obama appreciated the commercial. Im not really speaking for Obama, but any African American would say this is racist, and the fact of the matter is..... u ready.... IT'S RACIST!
It is only racist because you want it to be racist. Why do you assign the monkey in reference to President Obama to his black half when he emerged out of a white womb, so why not associated the monkey to his white side? See how absurd it gets? The Japanese like President Obama and they favor monkeys. Just because there is a hang up in the USA about monkeys and an ethnic group, no reason the Japanese need to be burdened with American racial stereotypes.
INNNNNNNOOOOCCCEENT! Yeah right! It should have been pulled. Historically ur right, monkey- blk.. one of the oldest comparisons. I uderstand that they like the monkey, and they saw no racism in it. But if they would have done their research they would have known that African Americans would get offended. Apparently, they didn't care and just thought it was a good idea to sell a product. Hmmmm pitiful!
This may be a rather difficult concept for you to comprehend, but the whole world does not revolve around one particular ethnic group in the USA. That commercial was meant for a Japanese market, of which 98% are ethnic Japanese. Please do not inject your bias into another culture.
LOTUSx123, SoftBank is the company owned by Mr Son, and SoftBank Mobile (SMB) is the mobile telecom arm of the Group. Originally, Mr Son's family come from China, then naturalized and Korea, and come to Japan a few generations ago and he is a naturalized Japanese citizen.
I'm crossing my fingers for E-Mobile so they would not mix a monkey with fried chicken, grits and watermelons this coming summer...only to be bias-covered by CNN.
Japan took "preemptive measures" and attacked the American army stationed at pearl harbor". in return the Americans instead of fighting back the army of Japan, they nuked two cities of japan killing millions of innocent women and children and justifying it as doing humanity a favor. according to Americans its not alright for others to take preemptive measures but its okey for them to attack countries like Iraq, afghan, and Iran under the context of preemptive measures.
Americans are hypocrites who have build their country on war crimes and genocide and they feed their greed for materialistic life by killing innocent people.
Telecalcu: And of course there is no killing in your country of Pakistan. Yep, everyone there gets along so well, they hug each other, respect everyones beliefs and politics. Yes, can just see it now all the people dancing and singing in the flower laced fields throughout your country. Such a peaceful people. Tell that to the Sri Lanka cricket team.
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Japanese still don't teach thier kids in Japan that it was the Bombing of Pearl Harbor or the attacks on Bataan that started the US involvement in WW 2
I was stationed in Japan and Okinawa, and a high percentage of the other Marines who married locals allowed thier kids to go to thier schools. They were pissed that they were teaching their kids that Americans were war mongorers
I am black and I did not find the so-called "Obama as a monkey" commercial racist seeing as how the monkey was already the company mascot. The Geico gecko seems to have an Austrailian accent but Geico is not suggesting that Austrailians are green and crawl on their bellies.
Actually the first to complain, and complain loudly, were blacks living and working in Japan... not CNN, they just reported it since it was brought to their attention and I'm sure there are blacks working in the press industry and CNN in particular...,
It was an innocent mistake, which the mobile company corrected...
I was truly surprised to know that these commercials were treated as a discriminatory expression. Did the white gain such deep discriminating thought like this by the colonial rule in only 300? Britain sold the white slave to India before colonial days. Those days, probably, Britain did not have the discrimination to a colored race.
However, they think that it is discrimination only by a monkey playing man's role now.
You are a broken record. You keep saying it was only aired in Japan. Clearly, it has been seen by others around the world. Information nowadays is spread instantly.
Using your logic, one can shout Nigger in their car, and it wouldn't be offensive because you are saying it to yourself in the privacy of your vehicle. But what if someone walks by when you're saying it?
Bottome line: insensitive is insensitive regardless of whether you INTENDED for others to hear it.
That's not American liberalism. That's cultural education. If they are going to use an American cultural example, like Obama's campaign slogan, they should be sensitive to how it might be received in America. Ignorance is no defense.
Since the commercial was purely aired in Japan for a Japanese audiences, how arrogant is that to expect they incorporate American sensitivities into their commercial? In the 19th century such thinking as that was classified as imperialism.
Just because many Americans walk around looking to be offended it does not mean the people in Japan need to validate our destructive behavior.
Welcome to the 21st Century. Here we don't have to resort to horse mounted messengers or carrier pidgeon for the relay of information. We get it instantly from all over the world. That's why we have to be sensitive to these things. More than just the Japanese public has seen it.
It does not matter who saw it as it was only intended for a Japanese audience. Also that commercial was not an insult towards Obama. It was only seen as an insult by foreigners who look to be offended while totally ignorant of the society the commercial was created in and intended for.
It doesn't matter who saw it? Using that logic, one could justify any racist, sexist, anti-semitic, etc... material by simply saying the offended party wasn't the target audience.
And I realize the ad wasn't an insult towards Obama. But even you should know that monkeys have been used to depict Blacks negatively for hundreds of years. And even though Obama is half White, and was raised by White grandparents, he's considered Black in the U.S.
There you go again transferring American sensibilities to other nations. Had you lived in the 19th century you may have been an imperialist. Yes in the West monkeys have been used negatively to depict Blacks. However Japan is not a Western nation and for centuries monkeys in Japan have been depicted as being adorable animals with a positive connotation.
I think perhaps instead of you insisting on transferring American sensibilities to Japan, you may want to adopt the sensibilities of the Japanese and see monkeys as they are, just monkeys, cute and adorable in some cultures.
Korean people waste time for anti-Japan campaign. This case was one of anti-Japan campaign by Korean people. They want to make Japan become worst country in the world.
I do not understand that why the monkey represent black people because the monkey has light brown and red skin, black people have black hair and black skin, so they are different. If someone want to complain about the monkey, the someone should have brown hair and red skin. Also, I do not understand why there is no people who think the monkey represent Bush. It mean is people who think it is racism are really raicist.
It used the Obama campaign slogan "Change". It was pretty obvious it wasn't meant to be Bush. And the actual skin color of the monkey is not the point. You're being too literal.
UGH. God, I really hate rant blog vids like this. You took a perfectly good example of oversensitivity and culturally out-of-context imagery and turned it into an incredibly unsupported rant demonizing the entirety of American Liberalism. Where is the logical connection? Not everything supports your personal campaign against liberals. It's disingenuous and, really, it only makes you look silly. Videos like this end up making you look like you can't form an actual intelligent argument.
That is curious you would have that perspective about my videos concerning Japan. Many look at those same videos and accuse me of being pro-Japanese, as if that is some type of a crime.
I do not dislike the Japanese people, nor do I dislike any peoples as a whole. Now there are individuals I may not like by their actions, not by their birth. May I ask why you asked such a question?
"To be honest it really does not matter what you think is offensive or not. Fact is the people that term is directed to find that term offensive." <Remember that PB, that was your response to my post in the video titled "Racist term for Japan used by idiots"
If that is what you believe in. This ad is directed at black people, black people have found it to be offensive. By your logic it should've been banned.
So you are hallucinating again. You think the company aired a commercial in Japan aimed at black people. Japan where 98% of the market is ethnic Japanese why would a company air a commercial to a group which probably does not even register demographically in that nation?
And that Daily Telegraph article was meant for predominately Australian audience. SO WHAT IS YOUR POINT?. Despite Australia's vastly more diversified population. Japanese living in Australia are only a small minority group. By your own logic that headline shouldn't have been changed because of the demographic insignificance of the group in question. How can you be in favour of one form of perceived racial insensitivity and against another huh?.
Personally I couldn't care what the Japanese do in thier country. I have yet to post anything for or against this advertisement. The only thing I have done so far is accuse YOU PB of being a hypocrite and YOU having a double-standard when it comes to matters racial insensitivity.
I think the only question left is why, why do you have a blatantly obvious bais in favor of Japan, huh?.
I dont need to prove myself to you. Your stance on this ad and the article is proof of your bias views.
And if you are somehow implying that im Anti-Japanese, where's the proof. As I recall I have never praised the idiotic actions of sea-shepherd unlike some others.
As with any other society their are aspects of thier society I find amicable other distasteful.
As I stated above, the proof of your anti-Japanese lies in your question when you asked, "...why do you have a blatantly obvious bias in favor of Japan, huh?"
The use of that word in the Australian newspaper is a universally recognized racial slur toward the people of Japan. The favored status of a monkey in Japanese culture in no way implys a racial slur towards any black Americans. That same can not be said when one uses the racial slur for the Japanese.
And protraying someone as a monkey is universally recognized as been insulting and degrading. Or have the creators of this ad been living under a rock since they came into existance. You state that because the target audience is not African the ad shouldn't have been pulled, fair enough. But by the same token that newspaper article wasn't indended for a Japanese audience. If it were it would have been writen in Japanese. You are for both or against both. Anything less is just hypocritical.
Your bias is showing again. The ad did not portray any human as a monkey. It portrayed a monkey as a monkey as that monkey was used in previous advertisements.
Wow I have never heard the monkey reflects african-oriented peoples.Its my new knowledge.Thanks.
Btw,do you know the SHogun Nobunaga Oda gave a nickname to his subordinate Tohkichiro Kinoshita(who become Hideyoshi Toyotomi afterwards) "saru"(monkey in japanese).
But was that a kind of bully or discrimination?
Nope.That was from the familiarity or the affection to his subordinate.
To me it's more a difference of ideology vs politics. You could be a "liberal" communist or a "conservative" communist. Liberal and conservative are relative terms that have to be considered in the context of the situation. Capitalism and free-trade can be very liberal, but they tend to create a system of monopolies and exploitation, leading away from liberalism and towards conservatism. The ideology of capitalism is liberal, its practice ends up being conservative.
I'd say the same of communism too - from an ideological perspective it is liberal, but it's always ended up being conservative in practice. Castro's Cuba is the least in this regard, but it's still very conservative communism in my mind (there's never been a true communist state - none have ever gone beyond dictatorships).
"Liberal" is, in my mind, very different from socialist or communist. "Liberal" is an imperfect term to juxtapose against "conservative" and neither really explains the stupidity behind this issue. That's mostly the dumbing down of the media (caused by corporate strangleholds and the proliferation of "info-tainment").
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I think it was unnecessary for CNN to cover such a stupid issue but you have to understand the difference between cultures. In the US everyone grows up seeing the monkey as a symbol of ignorance or silliness so it was natural to think that Obama was being made fun of even if unintentional. And as much as I love my country (the United States).. Japan is the LAST country the US should imitate. Child molesting,beastiality,feces eating and toy sex should not be seen as the norm like it is in Japan
What proves my point is that, though I don't consider myself a "liberal" - you do (you've called me such more than once). But I obviously see the error in thinking this ad to be racist.
Therefore what does liberalism have to do with interpreting this incorrectly?
Sorry if I made your brain hurt again, I know how hard it is for you to answer logical questions.
I agree with you that it's ridicilous to interpret this commercial as racist.
But it has nothing to do with "liberalism."
It amuses me (though not in this case) that often what you call "liberalism" is something that's caused by the conservative right in this country - or at least perpetuated in order to support their agenda.
Liberalism won't destroy the world, it's harmless. Capitalism, on the other hand, will destroy our world.
Actually the thing about Japan is they don't take shit from anyone. If your a foreigner and you start shit in Japan they will deport your ass even if your a permanent resident haha.
Their logic is "Your here in our country because YOU want to be here not because WE want you to be here"
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You may want to ask blacks how they feel about being portrayed as monkeys. By your admissions that is as racist as they say it is.
Wait, you did that and blamed your fictitious liberals.
Would have been nice if you could be so liberal minded with Aussies, but that would be 'racist' and imperialists Japs would lynch your sausage stuffed arse.
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Those racist bastards in Japan should be stoned to death for mocking Obama. FUCK YOU JAPAN; GO BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE BEST AT, SUCKING EUROPEAN'S DICKS AND KILLING INNOCENT DEFENSELESS DOLPHINS.
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What connection? What observation? All this old senile red neck bastard is doing is support the whimpy Japs and insult liberalism. He's probably got a male sex slave from Japan and is thankful that he actually found a human being on earth who'd do it with him.
CNN is wrong, because while the monkey word may be insulting in the USA, it is not insulting in Japan. Remember this was a commercial made to be aired in Japan for a Japanese audience, not an American audience. Why should other nations produce TV commercials that do not offend American sensibilities?
"american liberals"...lol...you say that in a way that suggests that american conservatives are any better, aside from the fact that american conservatives support the slaughter of innocents worldwide, it is american conservatives who in the past have associated african americans as monkeys. how ironic are your words. lol
i might be frowning about your reply except for the fact that your views expressed in your vids have literally removed any amount of credibility you may have once had.
It is not "U.S. common sense." It is liberal common sense which is a mental disorder and it is CNN common sense which is anti-common sense. CNN is trying to make a racist connection because it is CNN who are the racist because CNN interjects race into every issue. Please understand most Americans do not agree with CNN. CNN is the enemy of free people the world over.
PB is not being fair to the Koreans, Chinese and to the good People of "Real" Americans.
And, I am rather disappointed by the behaviors of his Japanese supporters. They criticize the Koreans and Chinese for being rude but they should look at them self in the mirror from time to time and look into their own lying face.
Good video, its understandable that some people in the wests first thoughts are that the video was racist or insulting. But this is the problem when different cultures mix sometimes there are misunderstandings. Its clear the company wasnt trying to be rude however as its about an individual person Obama would be entitled to find it offensive
British media would certainly never allow an ad like that, but it had no problem showing PM Tony Bliar as George Bushs french poodle
>>It appears a lot of African-Americans are pissed off at Japan. They're saying Japan is very racist towards Blacks and that this commercial is but one proof.
Hey HamsterYor.
Man.. can you try to stay on the screen at least..
How many George Bush - monkey comparisons are there? There's an entire industry dedicated to making these. Any cries of racism for comparing Bush to a chimp? No. Why not? Why is it that when a part African man (Obama) is depicted by a monkey, the liberal media throws fits charging racism? Maybe because the CNN 'reporters' themselves subconsciously associate black people (and only black people) with monkeys.
hmm, your reactions to PB haven't changed for every videos that you comment on. He took this news, since he saw CNN by his eyes, with maybe by some others' notice.
Tsundere. That is the most simple way to explain you and your feelings toward PB. But he ain't no gay, so too bad.
Always I thank for your exact video. I checked a few of this problem. So I discovered an interesting comment. Emobile seems to have made the monkey-CM to compete with Softbank. White dog are appearing in the CM of Softbank.
watch?v=YVZk3rtVMkM
Japanese male = White dog
Japanese woman= Wife of white dog
Girl of Japanese= Daughter of a white dog
Older brother of the Japanese girl= Korean is discriminating those races.
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I used eMobile. I tried to cancel service and they said to call back in January as I couldn't without paying a charge. I called back in January, and they said I couldn't cancel as my contract had been automatically renewed for another 2 years. Terrible company. I wish Japan's legal system had some consumer protection! Be careful!
8rrison 1 month ago
HEY! You missed a BIG POINT! ... the monkey on the ad is what is called a "Japanese Macaque". It is indigenous to Japan and it is on the endangered list. ... Also the Japanese have a LONG, and I mean 1000+ yrs of using the monkey, THEIR monkey, in cultural symbolism.
WMsReligion 4 months ago
Make an Italian monkey not getting laid on a phone commercial. See what happens. Japan is a racistville. KKK pride. They hate Black. That's a fact. How about this...Let's make a commercial where we drop a nuke on Japan and a retarded looking monkey starts to sales Nikes. Let's see what happens.
hanzotk 4 months ago
@hanzotk Japan does not hate blacks. I've been there. Ignorant bastard.
skierdude95 2 months ago
@skierdude95
been there means shit. try living there for over 10 yrs.
hanzotk 1 month ago
@hanzotk How do they hate blacks? That's a bummer for me I was hoping to escape racism in the US.
skierdude95 1 month ago
The same thing happened with a Pokemon card, which Nintendo stopped producing because it had what looked to Americans like a swastika on it. The symbol is used to represent Buddhist temples in Japan.
But, I disagree with the video--it has nothing to do with liberalism. I'm a liberal and I know what CNN did was idiotic, just like the Pokemon card. It has to do with ignorance over a cultural issue, not politics.
Tzadeck 9 months ago
I recently spoke to one of my buddies about this and she did not understand my feelings about it. She is also American, but not African descended. A am Mixed with some African ancestry and I do feel offended that a monkey was used for Obama, but only because In America it IS a sensitive topic to use monkeys to portray people of African decent. The media no matter what country should be sensitive to that fact. That is why it was pulled. This issue is more sensitive to some than others.
dremicosbooksandgame 1 year ago
@dremicosbooksandgame No, Japan has no obligation to be sensitive to Americans when they are airing a commercial only in Japan. The Japanese have NO IDEA even to this day that it is racist to compare a black person to a monkey. In America monkeys are associate with Africa, and calling a black person a monkey implies that s/he's not human and doesn't belong here. But there are monkeys all over Japan, and they're seen as part of the country. It's not racist AT ALL. Context matters man.
Tzadeck 9 months ago
i think even Obama himself wouldn't mind.
atmark666 1 year ago
[planet of the apes] is made by american who is a japanese's prisoner of war.
He said that monkey is japanese.
angry people says that don't class with japanese!! ...right??
this is the very discriminato...r...y...
U・⊥・U/^^^ bye
unikyuhitomi 2 years ago
dude u look like mccain
gameprohalo 2 years ago
Thank you.
PropagandaBuster 2 years ago
come on dont tell me u a angry . it was suppose to be a joke . if u are angry srry
gameprohalo 2 years ago
I was not angry. I wrote "thank you" because I took your comment as a compliment. Thank you for your concern.
PropagandaBuster 2 years ago
i am glad
gameprohalo 2 years ago
Which isn't all that bad when, if you think about it, all the other comments in your other videos that balantly elicit their racist attitudes toward certain ethnicities (such as the Koreans)
I mean, apparently, your "bright heart" and "love" and "beautiful non-potty mouth" can't allow me to state the black people's complaints outloud,
however allow Japanese and Chinese to use deregatory terms, call us slaves or just downright swear against Koreans. How conservative of you.
QuantumDouche 2 years ago
I don't understand why all my comments and your replies to them are deleted. Am I right in assuming that you really are a decrepit lonely old man obssessed with kinky Japanese porn?
I mean, all I suggested was that Japan should respect others as much as others respect Japan, and kabloom all my comments are gone.
QuantumDouche 2 years ago
They were removed because you used the comments purely as a vehicle to display your vile remarks thus providing a window into your darken heart. Please use another YouTube channel to display your hatred and pathetic existence.
PropagandaBuster 2 years ago
See here's the thing. You said, I displayed my hatred. But I was actually countering your defence of the Japanese people's hatred.
I just asserted a simple statement that Japanese should be able to respect others as much as we respect them.
However, apparently that displays my vile remarks, which provides a window to my darken heart? (shit, do I have a cardiac disease?)
I'm guessing any sensible argument made against you are deleted, including this one.
QuantumDouche 2 years ago
You just do not get it, do you? Please tell me what public school you attended. Your "hatred" and "darken heart" was not reflective of your opinions but of the method you used to voice those opinions. Okay, you are still lost: your use of vulgar gutter potty mouth language clearly illustrates "hatred" and a "darken heart." Face it, you have problems.
PropagandaBuster 2 years ago
I don't see how my public school has any relation to the health of my cardio system and my 'hatred'.
However, I would like to make a stance that this "hatred" and "darken heart" (gay much?) is nothing more than the reflection of the black communities around the world who are outraged with the emobile commercial.
I believe the vulgar gutter potty mouth language was: "The black people are tired of mother fuckers that call them monkeys"
Something along that line.
QuantumDouche 2 years ago
So you left the hateful and vulgar comments on my other videos because of this video? Face it, you are just a pathetic individual and please consider this the last communication from me to you, as I desire no longer to be in that gutter with you.
PropagandaBuster 2 years ago
OK, fine
alexjademaru 2 years ago
Obviously we just see things differently.. I'm not playing the race card in fact. I'm not fully African American myself. I'm mixed with Native American, Caucasian, and Asian, Chinese more specifically. either way.. to me this will always be racist.. and to u not..So, it is what it is. We will agree to disagree.
alexjademaru 2 years ago
The race card in the USA is not exclusive to one race as it is abused by all. I know saying "we will agree to disagree," is respectful and polite. However please do not see me rude as I can not agree to that. I do respect your opinion while I have to disagree with it. My disagreement in no way implies either one of us may be in error. To be honest, the subject of this video is best for the people in Japan to decide.
PropagandaBuster 2 years ago
Sure.... yeahhh.. if you say so. To me, I call them like I see them. Surely, they could have thought of another animal to portray him.. if they had a baby or even a dog.. I wouldn't find that nearly as offensive as I do the monkey. But ultimately how you think and people that think like you just will not get it.. Your not African American. So, you more than likely will not be able to relate..its offensive case closed.. Check out banned racist sony commerical.. tell me what u think
alexjademaru 2 years ago
You say I am not African American so I can not relate. You are not Japanese and yet you can related to the Japanese as to what form a commercial should take in their nation.. How interesting.. Injecting the race card in every aspect of American society has become a sport here, please understand not all nations are willing to participate in that sport.
PropagandaBuster 2 years ago
NO Kidding, I thought it was all about African Americans. All sarcasm aside, I understand what you are saying, but that doesn't make it less racist because Obama is an internationally known figure, and he is African American.. (at least that is what Caucasions made up-- the one drop rule) Personally, I don't thnk Obama appreciated the commercial. Im not really speaking for Obama, but any African American would say this is racist, and the fact of the matter is..... u ready.... IT'S RACIST!
alexjademaru 2 years ago
It is only racist because you want it to be racist. Why do you assign the monkey in reference to President Obama to his black half when he emerged out of a white womb, so why not associated the monkey to his white side? See how absurd it gets? The Japanese like President Obama and they favor monkeys. Just because there is a hang up in the USA about monkeys and an ethnic group, no reason the Japanese need to be burdened with American racial stereotypes.
PropagandaBuster 2 years ago
INNNNNNNOOOOCCCEENT! Yeah right! It should have been pulled. Historically ur right, monkey- blk.. one of the oldest comparisons. I uderstand that they like the monkey, and they saw no racism in it. But if they would have done their research they would have known that African Americans would get offended. Apparently, they didn't care and just thought it was a good idea to sell a product. Hmmmm pitiful!
alexjademaru 2 years ago
This may be a rather difficult concept for you to comprehend, but the whole world does not revolve around one particular ethnic group in the USA. That commercial was meant for a Japanese market, of which 98% are ethnic Japanese. Please do not inject your bias into another culture.
PropagandaBuster 2 years ago
I'm Japanese.
When monkey's play is seen, the Japanese usually associates the "Saru-mawashi"(monkey showman).
For instance, the Nikko-Srumawashi is very famous in Japan.
LeshadeEntis 2 years ago
Sarumawashi is japanese tradition.
This ad is for Japanese consumer.
Some foreigner discriminate our culture?
I feel this is cultural invasion.
MrAkiraakira 2 years ago
LOTUSx123, SoftBank is the company owned by Mr Son, and SoftBank Mobile (SMB) is the mobile telecom arm of the Group. Originally, Mr Son's family come from China, then naturalized and Korea, and come to Japan a few generations ago and he is a naturalized Japanese citizen.
umegawa 2 years ago
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Amen!
I'm crossing my fingers for E-Mobile so they would not mix a monkey with fried chicken, grits and watermelons this coming summer...only to be bias-covered by CNN.
umegawa 2 years ago
Good evening.
Actually, the company named this SOFTBANK is a subsidiary company of yahoo.
The representative of yahoo is South Korean.
And, SOFT-BANK discounts the cellular phone only to the South Korean in Japan.
SOFT-BANK is such a company.
LOTUSx123 2 years ago
Japan took "preemptive measures" and attacked the American army stationed at pearl harbor". in return the Americans instead of fighting back the army of Japan, they nuked two cities of japan killing millions of innocent women and children and justifying it as doing humanity a favor. according to Americans its not alright for others to take preemptive measures but its okey for them to attack countries like Iraq, afghan, and Iran under the context of preemptive measures.
telecalcu 3 years ago
Americans are hypocrites who have build their country on war crimes and genocide and they feed their greed for materialistic life by killing innocent people.
telecalcu 3 years ago
Telecalcu: And of course there is no killing in your country of Pakistan. Yep, everyone there gets along so well, they hug each other, respect everyones beliefs and politics. Yes, can just see it now all the people dancing and singing in the flower laced fields throughout your country. Such a peaceful people. Tell that to the Sri Lanka cricket team.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
It wasn't anywhere near "millions"
You can't fact check with Google? You don't deserve to be listened to if you can't.
sleepingindian 2 years ago
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Japanese still don't teach thier kids in Japan that it was the Bombing of Pearl Harbor or the attacks on Bataan that started the US involvement in WW 2
knightstalker1369 3 years ago
And americans still dont teach their kids about how we still stuff 4m 3rd world countries
Harajukugirl123456 3 years ago
I was stationed in Japan and Okinawa, and a high percentage of the other Marines who married locals allowed thier kids to go to thier schools. They were pissed that they were teaching their kids that Americans were war mongorers
knightstalker1369 3 years ago
''Japan and Okinawa''
Okinawa is not like Saipan or Guam. Okinawa Is Japan, you ignorant fuck
KousukeTsuji 3 years ago 2
I am black and I did not find the so-called "Obama as a monkey" commercial racist seeing as how the monkey was already the company mascot. The Geico gecko seems to have an Austrailian accent but Geico is not suggesting that Austrailians are green and crawl on their bellies.
rep5281 3 years ago
U are not black u racist fool,protecting racisim fuck u!!
xswqazxc 3 years ago
Actually the first to complain, and complain loudly, were blacks living and working in Japan... not CNN, they just reported it since it was brought to their attention and I'm sure there are blacks working in the press industry and CNN in particular...,
It was an innocent mistake, which the mobile company corrected...
marty1968 3 years ago
motoman.
Welcome to the 21st Century.
you have to be sensitive to Japanese culture.
that is all.
tmprinciples 3 years ago
I was truly surprised to know that these commercials were treated as a discriminatory expression. Did the white gain such deep discriminating thought like this by the colonial rule in only 300? Britain sold the white slave to India before colonial days. Those days, probably, Britain did not have the discrimination to a colored race.
However, they think that it is discrimination only by a monkey playing man's role now.
But, probably it is persecution delusion.
JJJGGG888 3 years ago
You are a broken record. You keep saying it was only aired in Japan. Clearly, it has been seen by others around the world. Information nowadays is spread instantly.
Using your logic, one can shout Nigger in their car, and it wouldn't be offensive because you are saying it to yourself in the privacy of your vehicle. But what if someone walks by when you're saying it?
Bottome line: insensitive is insensitive regardless of whether you INTENDED for others to hear it.
motoman32 3 years ago
That's not American liberalism. That's cultural education. If they are going to use an American cultural example, like Obama's campaign slogan, they should be sensitive to how it might be received in America. Ignorance is no defense.
motoman32 3 years ago
Since the commercial was purely aired in Japan for a Japanese audiences, how arrogant is that to expect they incorporate American sensitivities into their commercial? In the 19th century such thinking as that was classified as imperialism.
Just because many Americans walk around looking to be offended it does not mean the people in Japan need to validate our destructive behavior.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
Welcome to the 21st Century. Here we don't have to resort to horse mounted messengers or carrier pidgeon for the relay of information. We get it instantly from all over the world. That's why we have to be sensitive to these things. More than just the Japanese public has seen it.
motoman32 3 years ago
It does not matter who saw it as it was only intended for a Japanese audience. Also that commercial was not an insult towards Obama. It was only seen as an insult by foreigners who look to be offended while totally ignorant of the society the commercial was created in and intended for.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
It doesn't matter who saw it? Using that logic, one could justify any racist, sexist, anti-semitic, etc... material by simply saying the offended party wasn't the target audience.
And I realize the ad wasn't an insult towards Obama. But even you should know that monkeys have been used to depict Blacks negatively for hundreds of years. And even though Obama is half White, and was raised by White grandparents, he's considered Black in the U.S.
motoman32 3 years ago
There you go again transferring American sensibilities to other nations. Had you lived in the 19th century you may have been an imperialist. Yes in the West monkeys have been used negatively to depict Blacks. However Japan is not a Western nation and for centuries monkeys in Japan have been depicted as being adorable animals with a positive connotation.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
I think perhaps instead of you insisting on transferring American sensibilities to Japan, you may want to adopt the sensibilities of the Japanese and see monkeys as they are, just monkeys, cute and adorable in some cultures.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
Korean people waste time for anti-Japan campaign. This case was one of anti-Japan campaign by Korean people. They want to make Japan become worst country in the world.
suhyun 3 years ago
I do not understand that why the monkey represent black people because the monkey has light brown and red skin, black people have black hair and black skin, so they are different. If someone want to complain about the monkey, the someone should have brown hair and red skin. Also, I do not understand why there is no people who think the monkey represent Bush. It mean is people who think it is racism are really raicist.
suhyun 3 years ago
It used the Obama campaign slogan "Change". It was pretty obvious it wasn't meant to be Bush. And the actual skin color of the monkey is not the point. You're being too literal.
motoman32 3 years ago
After January 20th, who are you loonies going to bash?
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
UGH. God, I really hate rant blog vids like this. You took a perfectly good example of oversensitivity and culturally out-of-context imagery and turned it into an incredibly unsupported rant demonizing the entirety of American Liberalism. Where is the logical connection? Not everything supports your personal campaign against liberals. It's disingenuous and, really, it only makes you look silly. Videos like this end up making you look like you can't form an actual intelligent argument.
EternalSpacetree 3 years ago
Well at least did you have a good laugh at this "silly" video?
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
Excuse me for my poor English.
Certainly most Japanese never read racism from this commercial film.
But Softbank(sponsor of this film) is Korean Company in substance.
CNN's claim was wrong on reason, and deserves reproach.
But this film made for implying racism, maybe.
sin1law 3 years ago 2
Your vids make sense!! CNN=Fear Factor!
americanegale697 3 years ago 2
Keep up with the good videos! I'm subscribing.
initialg 3 years ago 2
Thank you.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
It is because you focus on the things people get bad impressions of countries from.
e.g. whaling, the emobile ad, ect.
It fustrates me when people fuss over other countries problems whilst ignoring their own countries ones..
But I have no problem with you, it's more the way people react to these things.
kawaiikaos 3 years ago
From the few videos I saw I got the impression that you had a particular problem with Japan.
but it looks like you address issues from all over the world.
My mistake, sorry about that.
kawaiikaos 3 years ago
That is curious you would have that perspective about my videos concerning Japan. Many look at those same videos and accuse me of being pro-Japanese, as if that is some type of a crime.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
how comes? can I ask you a question?
I'm confused by all the issues you raise here on youtube and what other people are saying.
do you dislike the japanese?
kawaiikaos 3 years ago
I do not dislike the Japanese people, nor do I dislike any peoples as a whole. Now there are individuals I may not like by their actions, not by their birth. May I ask why you asked such a question?
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
Well I have nothing to be ashamed of.
You're just one of those typical people who wants to look like they accept everyone and everything to the point of destruction.
you don't know anything.
wake up
kawaiikaos 3 years ago
I am surprised you did not write, "you don't know nothing."
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
you're stupid and immature. I thought I was talking to a 10 year old back there.
you can't even understand the adverts, you have no idea.
and you're a fool if you're supporting obama.
kawaiikaos 3 years ago
Thank you for your comment, as it reveals volumes about you, all of which you should be ashamed of.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
I didn't know that you(PB) had mentioned this issue, and was surprised again at your correct viewpoint.
One thing additionally, we say "dogs and monkeys" in Japanese, which is "cats and dogs" in English.
I mean,"the Two not to get along with each other."
So this ad was totally full of competitive consideration toward Softbank(which uses a white dog as ad).
BTW,do you know there is "Obama city" in Japan, and people there are cheering Obama, though the names are same just by chance.
4LMNts 3 years ago
"To be honest it really does not matter what you think is offensive or not. Fact is the people that term is directed to find that term offensive." <Remember that PB, that was your response to my post in the video titled "Racist term for Japan used by idiots"
If that is what you believe in. This ad is directed at black people, black people have found it to be offensive. By your logic it should've been banned.
PB, you are a hypocrite you know that.
what3ver1019 3 years ago
God this posting system needs to be improved at no time did I put those tags in.
what3ver1019 3 years ago
So you are hallucinating again. You think the company aired a commercial in Japan aimed at black people. Japan where 98% of the market is ethnic Japanese why would a company air a commercial to a group which probably does not even register demographically in that nation?
Stop stinking and start thinking.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
And that Daily Telegraph article was meant for predominately Australian audience. SO WHAT IS YOUR POINT?. Despite Australia's vastly more diversified population. Japanese living in Australia are only a small minority group. By your own logic that headline shouldn't have been changed because of the demographic insignificance of the group in question. How can you be in favour of one form of perceived racial insensitivity and against another huh?.
what3ver1019 3 years ago
Personally I couldn't care what the Japanese do in thier country. I have yet to post anything for or against this advertisement. The only thing I have done so far is accuse YOU PB of being a hypocrite and YOU having a double-standard when it comes to matters racial insensitivity.
I think the only question left is why, why do you have a blatantly obvious bais in favor of Japan, huh?.
what3ver1019 3 years ago
Your question is basically flawed. However in the spirit established by you in asking a flawed question, I ask you:
"Why do you have a blatantly obvious bias against Japan, huh?
(I offer as proof to support the overt supposition of my question, your question.)
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
I dont need to prove myself to you. Your stance on this ad and the article is proof of your bias views.
And if you are somehow implying that im Anti-Japanese, where's the proof. As I recall I have never praised the idiotic actions of sea-shepherd unlike some others.
As with any other society their are aspects of thier society I find amicable other distasteful.
what3ver1019 3 years ago
As I stated above, the proof of your anti-Japanese lies in your question when you asked, "...why do you have a blatantly obvious bias in favor of Japan, huh?"
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
The use of that word in the Australian newspaper is a universally recognized racial slur toward the people of Japan. The favored status of a monkey in Japanese culture in no way implys a racial slur towards any black Americans. That same can not be said when one uses the racial slur for the Japanese.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
And protraying someone as a monkey is universally recognized as been insulting and degrading. Or have the creators of this ad been living under a rock since they came into existance. You state that because the target audience is not African the ad shouldn't have been pulled, fair enough. But by the same token that newspaper article wasn't indended for a Japanese audience. If it were it would have been writen in Japanese. You are for both or against both. Anything less is just hypocritical.
what3ver1019 3 years ago
Your bias is showing again. The ad did not portray any human as a monkey. It portrayed a monkey as a monkey as that monkey was used in previous advertisements.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
thanks a lot
11cc 3 years ago 4
Is the monkey a symbol of the racial discrimination?
The Japanese doesn't have such a conception.
This is true.
The imagination of CNN is rich.haha
njvbheyw787 3 years ago 4
Wow I have never heard the monkey reflects african-oriented peoples.Its my new knowledge.Thanks.
Btw,do you know the SHogun Nobunaga Oda gave a nickname to his subordinate Tohkichiro Kinoshita(who become Hideyoshi Toyotomi afterwards) "saru"(monkey in japanese).
But was that a kind of bully or discrimination?
Nope.That was from the familiarity or the affection to his subordinate.
mizu37 3 years ago 3
sorry mistake.
african-originated peoples.
mizu37 3 years ago
Japan don't have prejudice of monkey . And Japan is not a multinational country like USA so Japanese are not sensitive about
racial prejudice...(-ω-｀ )
chochratebaka 3 years ago 3
To me it's more a difference of ideology vs politics. You could be a "liberal" communist or a "conservative" communist. Liberal and conservative are relative terms that have to be considered in the context of the situation. Capitalism and free-trade can be very liberal, but they tend to create a system of monopolies and exploitation, leading away from liberalism and towards conservatism. The ideology of capitalism is liberal, its practice ends up being conservative.
Pandonodrim 3 years ago
I'd say the same of communism too - from an ideological perspective it is liberal, but it's always ended up being conservative in practice. Castro's Cuba is the least in this regard, but it's still very conservative communism in my mind (there's never been a true communist state - none have ever gone beyond dictatorships).
Pandonodrim 3 years ago
"Liberal" is, in my mind, very different from socialist or communist. "Liberal" is an imperfect term to juxtapose against "conservative" and neither really explains the stupidity behind this issue. That's mostly the dumbing down of the media (caused by corporate strangleholds and the proliferation of "info-tainment").
Pandonodrim 3 years ago
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I think it was unnecessary for CNN to cover such a stupid issue but you have to understand the difference between cultures. In the US everyone grows up seeing the monkey as a symbol of ignorance or silliness so it was natural to think that Obama was being made fun of even if unintentional. And as much as I love my country (the United States).. Japan is the LAST country the US should imitate. Child molesting,beastiality,feces eating and toy sex should not be seen as the norm like it is in Japan
Inkoseh 3 years ago
What proves my point is that, though I don't consider myself a "liberal" - you do (you've called me such more than once). But I obviously see the error in thinking this ad to be racist.
Therefore what does liberalism have to do with interpreting this incorrectly?
Sorry if I made your brain hurt again, I know how hard it is for you to answer logical questions.
Pandonodrim 3 years ago 3
I agree with you that it's ridicilous to interpret this commercial as racist.
But it has nothing to do with "liberalism."
It amuses me (though not in this case) that often what you call "liberalism" is something that's caused by the conservative right in this country - or at least perpetuated in order to support their agenda.
Liberalism won't destroy the world, it's harmless. Capitalism, on the other hand, will destroy our world.
I'm tired of warning you though.
Pandonodrim 3 years ago 3
Typical. You ignore the plain truth and despite clear evidence to the contrary, you portray your opposition as being exactly what you prove to be.
There is no helping some people.
I heard a good quote that sums up Jap Nationalists.
"You can't reason with someone whose understanding is not a product of reason."
Logicbeatslies 3 years ago
Actually the thing about Japan is they don't take shit from anyone. If your a foreigner and you start shit in Japan they will deport your ass even if your a permanent resident haha.
Their logic is "Your here in our country because YOU want to be here not because WE want you to be here"
LeeroyFan101 3 years ago
NOW THAT IS RACIST!
Logicbeatslies 3 years ago
I know enough of their contemptuous acts for me to hate them.
DavidLafnear 3 years ago
I watched this commercial in Japan, but did not notice at all^^;
GOMAPAO 3 years ago 2
I have never seen CNN criticized Japanse ads with monkey pretending to be Japanese.
tamagotoji 3 years ago
Perhaps you may want to click on the link in the description of this video.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
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You may want to ask blacks how they feel about being portrayed as monkeys. By your admissions that is as racist as they say it is.
Wait, you did that and blamed your fictitious liberals.
Would have been nice if you could be so liberal minded with Aussies, but that would be 'racist' and imperialists Japs would lynch your sausage stuffed arse.
Logicbeatslies 3 years ago
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Those racist bastards in Japan should be stoned to death for mocking Obama. FUCK YOU JAPAN; GO BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE BEST AT, SUCKING EUROPEAN'S DICKS AND KILLING INNOCENT DEFENSELESS DOLPHINS.
DavidLafnear 3 years ago
CNN is disgusting.
folker2006 3 years ago
What a unique observation. I would have never made the connection.
t4ac3y1 3 years ago
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What connection? What observation? All this old senile red neck bastard is doing is support the whimpy Japs and insult liberalism. He's probably got a male sex slave from Japan and is thankful that he actually found a human being on earth who'd do it with him.
DavidLafnear 3 years ago
I was being facetious.
t4ac3y1 3 years ago
You're almost right.
But Emobile staffs are not illiterate and unlearned. I think Emobile staffs knew that the word 'MONKEY' is an insulting word in US.
So, CNN's indication is not completely wrong.
tokyojp 3 years ago
CNN is wrong, because while the monkey word may be insulting in the USA, it is not insulting in Japan. Remember this was a commercial made to be aired in Japan for a Japanese audience, not an American audience. Why should other nations produce TV commercials that do not offend American sensibilities?
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
俺のコメント削除されてる
ようするに、猿を差別の対象と考える者は、日本人やアジア人を猿呼ばわりする発想と同じ発想なんだと思う。
furikomesagi 3 years ago
ん? ちゃんと有りますよ、コメ数が多くなるとnextでめくるようになりますけど、それだと表示されなくなるケースが有りますね、全てのコメントを見る でちゃんと見えてます。
ちなみに英訳してもらったコメですよね?
NihilityCorridor 3 years ago
ありましたごめんなさい
furikomesagi 3 years ago
なんで猿使ったら差別になるんだよ・・
要するに差別の歴史がある白人達は、その忌まわしい過去の記憶を振り払いたいのだろうか、その為に外に敵を作って攻撃する。差別に敏感なのはそういう過去が有るからじゃないの?
Get a life！ CNN
NihilityCorridor 3 years ago 3
猿は猿 犬は犬 人間は人間
どこが差別なんだ？
有色人種を虐殺し罵倒し操ってるのは白人だろ
これこそ差別だろ・・・何考えてんだよ
pokupoku3 3 years ago 5
SkylarkUtopian 3 years ago
pokupoku3 3 years ago
心は大切！同意ですよ～^^
全体的にこちらの論点と、そちらのレスの関連性が
ちょっとよく分からなかったのですが
1つの主張としては理解できるものでした。
ありがとうござました。それでは～☆
Hello. Mr.PropagandaBuster.
Long time no see :)
Please forgive me for posting
Japanese comments for other Japanese people this time.
Thanks for good video everytime :)
SkylarkUtopian 3 years ago
人種差別用語を動物にたとえて作ってきたのは、おまえら白人だろ。その思考フィルターで世界を勝手に都合のいいように想像してんじゃねーよ。はっきり言えるのは、俺はおまえらより猿と友達になりたい。
gs53kos 3 years ago 3
ていうか、そもそも、おさるをバカにする人は、
おさるが人間のご先祖さまだと主張する
進化論という一種の「宗教」を支持すること自体辞めればいいのに^^
In the first place anyone who look down on
monkeys should stop supporting the
Darwinism (a sort of religion)
what insists on that the ancestor
of human being is monkey... hehe:D
SkylarkUtopian 3 years ago
"american liberals"...lol...you say that in a way that suggests that american conservatives are any better, aside from the fact that american conservatives support the slaughter of innocents worldwide, it is american conservatives who in the past have associated african americans as monkeys. how ironic are your words. lol
RubiconJohn 3 years ago
What isn't ironic is you have absolutely no idea what you are writing about.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
i might be frowning about your reply except for the fact that your views expressed in your vids have literally removed any amount of credibility you may have once had.
RubiconJohn 3 years ago
haha yea I'm curious
lenzeyez 3 years ago
Hi, I watched the vid again just now but I think it is not funny after all... Sorry, I have no intention of needlessly insulting any of your guys..
I will give you a shout when I find a better one.
OnlyTruthCounts 3 years ago
Fair enough ;)
I thank you for your kind thought too!
I don't necessary take everything as insult as I'd like to be open minded. So may be you can send it to me in a message, cos' I'm still curious...lol
hahaha we went bit off topic here :P
My apology to all.
Let's keep the discussion rolling!
lenzeyez 3 years ago
One word for it...hilarious!
lenzeyez 3 years ago
lenzeyez
I am happy it gave you a little moment of pleasure!
Hey! You want to see something funny about you guys too?
OnlyTruthCounts 3 years ago
OnlyTruthCounts
I watched one of your video:
"Korean History Channel: Cultural Affairs"
It wasn't the best but better than CNN...lol
lenzeyez 3 years ago
lenzeyez
Yes, I love it too!
I almost saw may self there...LOL
OnlyTruthCounts 3 years ago
It's basically wrong.
U.S common sense and sense of values pass only in the United States.
There are common sense and sense of values of Japan in Japan.
The monkey is loved for a long time by the Japanese, and appears in various traditional crafts and paintings.
U.S common sense is not common sense in the world.
xvmnx1i9 3 years ago
It is not "U.S. common sense." It is liberal common sense which is a mental disorder and it is CNN common sense which is anti-common sense. CNN is trying to make a racist connection because it is CNN who are the racist because CNN interjects race into every issue. Please understand most Americans do not agree with CNN. CNN is the enemy of free people the world over.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
PB, may I ask you which media do you trust in?
OnlyTruthCounts 3 years ago
Le Monde
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
O.K Understand.
CNN has gone mad for this problem.
However, the report of CNN is not all wrong translation.
And CNN is media all over the world that have the influence power now.
To rare the tyranny of an American government is discovered.
All media can't be trusted all over the world by 100%.
However,the commoner doesn't find accuracy of the information like you.
I think that United States people who believe the erroneous information are more.
For information on Asia especially.
xvmnx1i9 3 years ago
The American people who see the commercial know it is not a racist commercial. CNN does not reflect the views of the American people.
PropagandaBuster 3 years ago
Mr.PropagandaBuster.
I understood it. I believe your opinion.
I like video of Mr.PropagandaBuster.
xvmnx1i9 3 years ago
WarriorYor, I am totally with you from France!
PB is not being fair to the Koreans, Chinese and to the good People of "Real" Americans.
And, I am rather disappointed by the behaviors of his Japanese supporters. They criticize the Koreans and Chinese for being rude but they should look at them self in the mirror from time to time and look into their own lying face.
OnlyTruthCounts 3 years ago
Good video, its understandable that some people in the wests first thoughts are that the video was racist or insulting. But this is the problem when different cultures mix sometimes there are misunderstandings. Its clear the company wasnt trying to be rude however as its about an individual person Obama would be entitled to find it offensive
British media would certainly never allow an ad like that, but it had no problem showing PM Tony Bliar as George Bushs french poodle
Double standards :)
TheBritishWatcher 3 years ago
TheBritishWatcher,
That was a most intelligent analysis I have read so far regarding this issue.
I was getting sick of what these brainwashed Japanese kids had to say.....
OnlyTruthCounts 3 years ago
No problem:)
Thanks AUSsupportTerrorist
NihilityCorridor 3 years ago
>>It appears a lot of African-Americans are pissed off at Japan. They're saying Japan is very racist towards Blacks and that this commercial is but one proof.
Hey HamsterYor.
Man.. can you try to stay on the screen at least..
So for you using "monkey" is racial rite?
here is something you said...
WarriorYor (3 weeks ago) -6
lenz, shadup u jap monkey
......?!.......lol
Bloody Hamster..
lenzeyez 3 years ago
Hey HamsterYor.
So for you using "monkey" is racial rite?
here is something you said...
WarriorYor (3 weeks ago) -6
lenz, shadup u jap monkey
......?!.......lol
lenzeyez 3 years ago
猿を差別だという発想は、普段日本人やアジア人を差別するときに猿という者たちの発想なのではないか？
う～ん誰か英語に直して～
furikomesagi 3 years ago 3
furikomesagi says:
Idea of monkey is discrimination, is people who discriminate Japanese and Asian, isn't it?
fansoundsYT 3 years ago
AUSsupportTerrorist & fansoundsYT
Thank you
furikomesagi 3 years ago
Oh, no! I can't see Mr/Mrs.AUS's translation!
最新書き込みを見たところ、特に翻訳されている様子が無かったのでそのまま翻訳しちゃいました。
そして気が付いたらすでにAUSsupportTerrorist氏が翻訳されていたようで。
申し訳ないです。
fansoundsYT 3 years ago
It is minds of the people who really are racist towards black people that made that commercial appear racist.
thebuddhahead 3 years ago
CNN thought it was racism?
monkey is not symbol for racism..
but yet racist think colored people as monkeys...
Well Irony of this is that who ever sees that CM and use of monkey were racist..is damn racist..hmmm interesting...
lenzeyez 3 years ago 5
Truth:CNN sucks.
coutasi 3 years ago
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There's a Jap in the air tonight,,, I mean a Nip.
dingorex 3 years ago
How many George Bush - monkey comparisons are there? There's an entire industry dedicated to making these. Any cries of racism for comparing Bush to a chimp? No. Why not? Why is it that when a part African man (Obama) is depicted by a monkey, the liberal media throws fits charging racism? Maybe because the CNN 'reporters' themselves subconsciously associate black people (and only black people) with monkeys.
foxmac007 3 years ago
I have stunned often when I saw so many American people think monkeies mean black people.
It is so sick. Why black people has to be monkeies?
One guy, who is african-oriented, appealed strong grudge against Japan on Youtube comment just because of this commercial.
Regarding monkies as black people itself is a racism act.
To me, people who criticise this commercial cannot help thinking black people are monkies, besides they don't even noticed they are doing it.
It's even worse.
RamsayReport 3 years ago
hmm, your reactions to PB haven't changed for every videos that you comment on. He took this news, since he saw CNN by his eyes, with maybe by some others' notice.
Tsundere. That is the most simple way to explain you and your feelings toward PB. But he ain't no gay, so too bad.
Nonojr2 3 years ago
Eating dogs might get you arrested here in our area, with a call or two by your neighbor.
Nonojr2 3 years ago
Hi PB
Always I thank for your exact video. I checked a few of this problem. So I discovered an interesting comment. Emobile seems to have made the monkey-CM to compete with Softbank. White dog are appearing in the CM of Softbank.
watch?v=YVZk3rtVMkM
Japanese male = White dog
Japanese woman= Wife of white dog
Girl of Japanese= Daughter of a white dog
Older brother of the Japanese girl= Korean is discriminating those races.
primerosemary 3 years ago
I missed line feed, Sorry! Then I know the meaning of those CM and surprised.
primerosemary 3 years ago
Did you see the dog in the ad?a white barking is barking toward the monkey.
And the rival communication company Softbank uses white dog in the ads,and these ads have got popularity.
So I thin kthe ad of emobile is a counter to the Softbank's ad.
I think that has nothing to do with Obama.
cefeste 3 years ago
x→a white barking
○→a white dog
cefeste 3 years ago
If Japan really pays money to this man,then why dont Japan hire more many Americans not only this man?
You dumb!
tubikore 3 years ago
Do you notice by yoyrself?WarriorYor
Your English is perfectly resembling Justinkayleighton and Logicbeatslies.
tubikore 3 years ago