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Quote: Originally Posted by AsyanFrench Agree Nonsense, Samsung TVs and phones just kick ass. the japs have nice plasma screens but LG and Samsung have a larger offer that eventually suits anybody's purchasing power. And Im curious about waht kinda electronic parts you're reffering too.... I mean electronic and mechanical "parts" such as motors, IC chips, power, gears, .... Japan got weaker in consumer products, but such...

Quote: Originally Posted by Nomad I totally agree that this movie would be way better with an Asian kid instead of white or black. This article was interesting, though. I didn't really ever put two and two together on a lot of this stuff. My mom was a black belt in Karate before I was born, and she was one of the only white people in her dojo and it was in a horrible neighborhood. This was in the 70's. I just never really put two...

^THAT is the million dollar question!!

Back in the day, during Japan's meteoric rise to wealth and power, Japan took a lot of flak by the Western (the usual perps)powers over a range of items from A to Z, you name it. They called it "Japan Bashing". There was even a book written by Shintaro Ishihara detailing all the strife they had to endure from these same nations. Sound familiar? Google Japan Bashing. You will see a pattern.

Pointing out pollution is not bashing China. Pollution is a global problem shared by all countries, some on a much larger scale than others. China just happens to be one of the larger scale polluters. They have experienced a great deal of growth in a relatively short period of time, so their pollution is less subtle. I do hope China and other world powers plan on using all the wealth that created this planet's mess to clean it up before...

Quote: Originally Posted by ratbert1009ca Indeed. It would be great if Obama can push through something like that for the U.S. but democracies being what they are, its a real tough battle to get something like that passed given the amount of investment required, and the basic obstructionist mentality of the Republicans against anything Obama proposes that hints of socialism or spending. I really think energy domination is the key to...

Quote: Originally Posted by kobukson And while most critics have sidestepped gingerly around the racial landmines embedded in their anxiety, some haven't been as careful: "Every remake these days, they change the main character to a black guy," groused commenter Kevin, over at the movie blog Cinematical. G.J. at E! Online was even more blunt: "A 10-year-old black kid as Karate Kid? What a joke. I hope this kid gets scarred...

In America you will find disproportionally more non-Asian kids doing martial arts than Asian kids. Our parents don't want us to do shit but hit the books... Sometimes I think Asians really try too hard to not have anything to do with Asian culture...besides the food, of course.

Hyung bun is hot and so is josh hartnet! MINNESOTA REPRESENT!

^^he's so hot, I love his voice