Splarnst

And Japanese names can't also be the name of a porn movie? You seem to be missing the point entirely.

Kimpatsu

No, the point is that any claim that a Japanese name is de facto suited to porn movies just because it is Japanese is racist.

Splarnst

And who made that claim? I don't see anyone saying that.

Kimpatsu

You don't think it's racist to say that a name sounds like a porno just for being Japanese?

NZSkep

i think he was making the point that the name has a similar sound to the word Ass and therefore could be the title of a porno. The fact that it is Japanese is irrelevant.

Kimpatsu

It was precisely because it contained "asa" (Japanese for "morning", BTW) that he monolingually associated the name with "ass", which word has no meaning in Japanese. The fact of its being Japanese is far from irrelevant; it is the total point here. Even you maintained glibly that the two are not mutually exclusive. It was ruse, demeaning, and implies that those whacky Japanese with their weird little ways have done it again, adopting Surnames that sound like porn movies. Ha ha, very funny.

NZSkep

Not that I agree that it is racist, but you did here:
the two things being Japanese names and porno flick names

jess

Can this be split out into a 'skeptics say the dumbest things about Japanese names being good de facto for porn' thread?

I was quite enjoying the stupid Christian stories...

JaredM

I already asked the mods to tell these people to take their discussion of such silly things ~Elsewhere~.

--Jared

Kimpatsu

Unthinking racism is silly, Jared?