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Originally Posted by hyperion2206
Look what I've found  :
And we've been discussing if the term "Jap" should be used.:rotfl: |
LOL that's awesome. I see good/awesome humor goes waaay back in history and tradition. I myself got a similar certificate from the service, but in an entirely different context.
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Originally Posted by hyperion2206
The difference between '45 and Now:p:
1945- We called the enemy things like "Krauts" and "Japs" because we didn't like them.
Now- We call the enemy things like "opposing forces" and "aggressors" so we won't offend them
taken from that site: http://www.strategypage.com/humor/articles/thennow.asp |
Oh thats a load of garbage. Opposing forces or aggressors is used often in terms of an excercise - where somebody plays the badguy so the people in training.. you know.. have some training. Last i was in, colorful language iwas very much the norm, and deragtory terms were in no short supply
