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Quote from: Nulltard on 09/01/2014, 09:15 AMHeheh, Punch. You know, if DildoPhile played a role (no matter how small) in helping to reignite Aaron's passion for the system and drive to revamp PCEFX, then it will have contributed more to the pce/tg16 scene than I ever dreamt possible.
Quote from: Psycho Punch/Burning Fight! on 12/18/2017, 09:40 AMI always found the Jap rule to be dumb. ... Now, the english language's word (pardon me for writing it) nigger is very strong and racially charged but that's mostly because it doesn't see much use elsewhere outside of a slur meant to offend, when in Portuguese the words "negro" (lit. dark) and "preto" (lit. black) can be used as a racial slur, but since "preto" is also the only word for "black" it doesn't carry that much weight and no one freaks out if you say "Pintei meu carro de preto" or something like that, much like "negro" which is ALSO used as a neutral term for "african descent" (ie.: you are a n--r ≠ você é negro).
Context is everything. It's quite obvious that the "JAP" in JAPJAC isn't meant to convey the same meaning as the phrase "bomb the japs" or something like that. I know that nowadays no one abbreviates Japan like that (usually "JP" or "JPN" is used) but faking outrage for something clearly not meant to be malicious doesn't get us anywhere.
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Quote from: Psycho Punch on 07/15/2016, 11:35 PM
not even I know why I made this so don't ask