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Africablack

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Iracundus said:
A lot of this ignorance is because of the education system there deliberately either whitewashes or skims over WW2, aside from focusing on being the victim of the atomic bombings. The origins of the war and its details are usually covered in cursory detail if at all, and then there is sometimes the outright revisionist or denialist stance. At best there might be the superficial acknowledgement of making a mistake but with the implied question of "Why is everyone else still so hung up over it?" stance, all the way to the revisionist claim that they were liberators fighting against white colonialism and that the native populations tragically "misunderstood" and fought against their liberators. Younger Japanese are thus kept ignorant and then react defensively whenever Japan is criticized.

The Japanese news is almost entirely focused on domestic news with very little international news reporting, except again in the most cursory details. There is as a result no real updating of stereotypes about China so many are still stuck with ridiculously outdated stereotypes similar to how some Americans think China is just like a larger impoverished drab looking North Korea. As an example, think of the character Chun-li and the background of her stages in the Street Fighter franchise. They are essentially all either portraying an impoverished or backward looking image with ancient/traditional Chinese styled architecture. The implied message is clear: "poor, backward, stuck in the past". They never portray high tech or modern development. At best they show a Hong Kong movie styled street with the stereotypical neon signage, so still not high tech or cutting edge, with maybe an undercurrent of danger or unsavoriness.
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The western mainstream media and Hollywood work hand in hand as propaganda tools to reinforce western superiority to western citizens. Everywhere that's not western is barbaric and poor or totalitarian.
 
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jiajia99

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Iracundus said:
A lot of this ignorance is because of the education system there deliberately either whitewashes or skims over WW2, aside from focusing on being the victim of the atomic bombings. The origins of the war and its details are usually covered in cursory detail if at all, and then there is sometimes the outright revisionist or denialist stance. At best there might be the superficial acknowledgement of making a mistake but with the implied question of "Why is everyone else still so hung up over it?" stance, all the way to the revisionist claim that they were liberators fighting against white colonialism and that the native populations tragically "misunderstood" and fought against their liberators. Younger Japanese are thus kept ignorant and then react defensively whenever Japan is criticized.

The Japanese news is almost entirely focused on domestic news with very little international news reporting, except again in the most cursory details. There is as a result no real updating of stereotypes about China so many are still stuck with ridiculously outdated stereotypes similar to how some Americans think China is just like a larger impoverished drab looking North Korea. As an example, think of the character Chun-li and the background of her stages in the Street Fighter franchise. They are essentially all either portraying an impoverished or backward looking image with ancient/traditional Chinese styled architecture. The implied message is clear: "poor, backward, stuck in the past". They never portray high tech or modern development. At best they show a Hong Kong movie styled street with the stereotypical neon signage, so still not high tech or cutting edge, with maybe an undercurrent of danger or unsavoriness.
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This ironically will provide an extreme advantage for China that Japan and even the USA will be completely blindsided by in the event of a real fight because onside does know what they can do with its current arsenal while still maintaining a somewhat careful eye on the current capabilities of what the USA has and has been using for decades whereas both the USA and Japan are operating with a near closed off mind that China is a barbarian country that hasn’t evolved beyond the Vietnam war. This lack of awareness combined with extreme arrogance means that when China finally decides to finally f@ck both nations up in a real fight, should China play their card right, will be a fight that see both of these nations having their pride shattered beyond repair
 
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Africablack said:
The western mainstream media and Hollywood work hand in hand as propaganda tools to reinforce western superiority to western citizens. Everywhere that's not western is barbaric and poor or totalitarian.
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PL-15 be like "我蛮夷也 (I am barbarian)".

I wrote this shortly before this year's parade which I thought I was being pretty clever:
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plawolf said:
Wasn’t there that scandal of Indian ground techs using bags to collect oil leaking from the Tejas at this same air show?

It would not surprise me at all if there was a hydraulics failure and the Indians instead blamed it on pilot error.
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Yes:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1990383678682456084
Indian ground crew were claiming it's condensation water but if that was the case seems like they wouldn't need to collect it.
Anyway even if they were right and it was water this crash means people will now assume the worst.

At least it didn't plough into a crowd I suppose.
 
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Randomuser

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Temstar said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1991815710704804149
Looks like pilot did not eject.
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Temstar said:
Yes:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1990383678682456084
Indian ground crew were claiming it's condensation water but if that was the case seems like they wouldn't need to collect it.
Anyway even if they were right and it was water this crash means people will now assume the worst.

At least it didn't plough into a crowd I suppose.
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I posted the news about the leak a few days ago in the India military thread. Apparently Indian media dismissed it as not important or Pakistani lies to make India look bad.

Well now one guy is probably dead now. So maybe that wasn't some trivial thing to dismiss so easily?

One can keep boasting or making excuses for whatever. But eventually things are gonna start coming up when human lives actually get lost. Reality doesn't care for your plight.

Thats probably why they still are hesitant on sending people to space. It is extremely reckless and irresponsible to do so unless you have made sure you have done enough to almost guarantee the safety of the astronaut.
 
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henrik

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Sardaukar20 said:
I have little to doubt that Singapore will side with the US. Its military is too close to the US, and a large chunk of its younger population are very anti-China. Singapore will definitely suffer for this, as China is responsible for the largest chunk of trade going through the Malacca Straits. But in this day and age, it is better to not underestimate stupidity. The Germans have proven it themselves. Some Singaporeans might think that the non-China trade could compensate. Some fools might even say that the suffering is "worth it". Nevertheless, I'll be happier if Singapore does prove me wrong.

I expect ASEAN to be indecisive on what to do if the Malacca Straits is blockaded by the US. Some nations like Singapore and the Philippines might foolishly support that. Some in ASEAN would be against it. Others would be indecisive. The most important ASEAN member in such a scenario is Indonesia. Can Indonesia offer an alternative route for China through the Sunda or Lombok Straits, or will it be coerced too?
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A Chinese naval drill near Singapore would send the message who the big boss is.
 
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