Subsim front page article that pissed me off

[kranz]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Well, seems like I've heard that term--Nazi sub/Nazi U-boat-- from old WWII vets on many occasions, maybe they were mistaken. It could also be possible they did not refer to the Imperial Japanese Navy as "Japs"....

The problem is that we aren't discussing what we've 'heard' (bcoz I already said that indeed this substitution is quite common) but what is correct and accurate in terms of historical discourse.
Besides - let's not mix two things. Japs serves as an abbreviation of Japanese. (but it carries a negative load at the same time).
Nazi carries an idealogical load - why did the German government enforce the changing of the name 'German concentration camps' into 'Nazi-German c.camps'?
If someone keeps repeating 'Nazi sub' because he thinks that Nazi can be used interchangeably with German (like it was implied in this thread) he needs a serious revision.
Yeah - I know - vets say 'Krauts' so they must be right.