Talk:Japan bashing

message: isn't the term equivalent to francophobia and anglophobia? his invented term is not authority for keeping it named such,it makes the issue seem like insignificant quarrel(object of bashing/criticism) instead of racism(all Anti-something sentiment is racism disguised as popular opinion).
Fear of foreign culture,goverment,or business overtaking local culture,goverment or business,expressed as hate for nationals of foreign country is phobia.Japanophobia fits the term.Its generalizes all Japanese as responsible for perceived or real events,as potential threat.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by FrozenVoid (talk • contribs) 
: Oppose I would disagree that all Anti-something sentiment is racism disguised as popular opinion, eg anti-Americanism has nothing to do with race or the ethnic origins of its people. LDHan 13:45, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Tokek 14:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

text: right. do you also think it's also silly that the McDonalds Corporation can trade mark the use of the word "McDonalds" in connection with food? Afterall, the name McDonald has existed for centuries and all those people must have eaten at some stage, right? --Sumple (Talk) 05:31, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry, McDonalds hasn't filed a trademark for "Japan bashing," as far as I can tell. Can't tell if you're for keep, move, or merge either. —Tokek 17:01, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Right. Let me spell out my argument:
# I oppose the move because "Japan bashing" as a phrase is conceptually different from "anti-Japanese sentiment". Anti-Japanese sentiment refers to people who don't like Japan, e.g. "I hate Japan because they killed thirty million of my countrymen 50 years ago." By contrast, "Japan bashing" can also be specifically an accusation of "anti-Japanese sentiment" used by certain people in the United States and Japan in order to procure benefits in the interest of Japan, e.g. "You Japan-bashers! If you don't pass this bill you're Japan-bashing!"
# The basic premises of your argument, that "you can't invent a phrase like Japan-bashing", is flawed. Your analogy is that "book" and "reading" are both common words, therefore "book-reading" cannot be invented. However, Japan-bashing as used in this context has a special meaning, not just "an attack on Japan". In addition, it connotes an accusation of an attack on Japan in order to procure advantages in the Japanese interest -- which is detailed in the article if you'd read it carefully and neutrally.
# I gave the McDonalds analogy, because even though the Clan Donald has existed for centuries, and so has food, and the two are connected in some way, that does not mean that McDonalds has not "invented" its brand name in connection with food. Thus, even though "bashing" and "Japan" may be pre-existing words, that does not automatically mean that "Japan bashing" is not an "invented" phrase, in its particular context. --Sumple (Talk) 00:37, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge both to japanophobia 

message: The article was recreated with the previous defects, see . Notably, the sources cited in the "Etymology" section did not contain anything about the etymology. --Викидим (talk) 19:38, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem with sources