Nakamura ate my dog
It is being reported that Shunsuke Nakamura will continue playing soccer the with Scottish Premier League champions Celtic, instead of returning to play in the J-League as some has expected. Nakamura has been doing well in over there, and the management and fans of the Celtic want him to stay. However, his impressive abilities have made fans of rival teams target him with racist signs and chants:
Celtic fans have been getting agitated about a banner brandished by Rangers fans bearing the legend ‘Nakamura Ate My Dog’.
Such faux outrage might have been more credible had the Japanese midfielder not been greeted on his early appearances at Celtic Park by the chorus: ‘He eats Chow Mein and he votes Sinn Fein’.
Dog, of course, is a Korean staple – at least, it was in more impoverished times – and the consequence of poor agricultural soil, although a recent survey revealed that seven per cent of Japanese respondents admitted to eating dog food, albeit a top-end brand associated with the British Royal Family.
More details on the dog food survey, which has nothing to do with the racist soccer fans, can be found at What Japan Thinks, which the Telegraph’s reporters probably found after searching Google to see if Japanese people eat dogs.
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Sounds like the reporter at the Telegraph completely missed the point of the title of the blog post. It was a joke based on the answer to question 2 in the survey, where 7% answered that they feed dogs the same food humans eat. What Japan Thinks often has these joke titles.
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That’s hilarious! I hope they don’t find my bukkake post next…
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*snort*
Now a bunch of people will think “Those crazy Japanese eat DOG FOOD?” because the Telegraph couldn’t tell a joke from real information…-_-
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Not sure how serious they are. After a listing of exotic foods around the world to ensure accurate insults, they finish up with
“Any of the above, deep-fried – Glasgow, Paisley, Greenock, North Lanarkshire (see toxicity of fugu, above)”
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Scotland, and the Glasgow area in particular, is well-known for deep-frying just about anything! We work hard to retain our status as the heart attack capital of Europe.
Oh, and the Japanese blogs have got bonkers on this story. I’m getting a serious flood of visits from two or three BBSes right now.
Perhaps I should write a clearer note at the top of the story to point out that it’s all nonsense?
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I think it’s best you do. Wouldn’t want a bunch of trolls from 2ch taking it the wrong way.
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What the hell are they talking about?!
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That’s cos the Telegraph is racist.
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“Nakamura ate my whale” would have been better.
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I like whales! I like it in the ocean and on my plate.
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I agree. If anything, it should be the opponents of Manchester United who sing “Park Ji Seong ate my dog.” That would be more accurate.
Also, I think that perhaps dog food is probably better tasting that normal British food.
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Lol thats funny stuff, i dont see why people get so offended. plus bad publicity is still publicity, i mean i ahve never heard of him before but il have to go check out some videos of him now,w hatw ith being an avid footbll fan ^_^.
(8) Nakamura ate my dog, ate my dog…(8)
im gonna have that stuck in my head for the rest of the day lol.
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Easy to forget how ignorant most people in the west are of the differences between Japanese, Korean and Chinese culture. I will keep it in mind the next time a Japanese person expresses astonishment at the fact that my country’s native language is not English or asks me some ridiculous question about Europe w.
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I’ve had relatives ask me if I spoke Chinese now that I live in Japan. I was kind of shocked.
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My Italian friend automatically assumed I can speak Chinese ‘cos I’m Japanese.
I can’t really blame such an ignorance, though. That happenes everywhere, including Japan.
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Indeed, people who make ignorant comments about other places exist in every country. This site has a funny collection of such comments.
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I love this, from that site:
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But somebody, just for fun, decided to say, “The Coriolis Effect will make your CDs spin the wrong way.”
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I like “Do they have pianos in Ireland?”. It’s just such a random question…
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I can’t believe that some Americans believe us Canadians don’t know what miles are or they think we can’t read…
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You think thats stupid?
Man Utd fans sing songs about Ji-sung Park (Korean), even though he plays for them:
“Park, Park wherever you may be,
You eat dogs in your home country,
It might be worse,
You could be Scouse,
Eating rats in your council house”
“He shoots, he scores, he’ll eat your labradors, Park Ji Sung.”
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I watched a documentary about racists soccer fans in Europe hurling insults to players. They do to every player who is not white even to famous players like Ronaldinho and others.
This is another documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwpO-nnFY9g&eurl=http://mgmix.com/blog/2008/04/08/racism-and-soccer-fans-in-europe/
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pure genious
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I’m Scottish – football culture over here is horrible. This does not surprise me at all.
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It never was a staple either. In every country in the world meat was a luxury until very recently.
The commentary on this is as wonderfully inaccurate as the thing about ALL Muslims drive like this.
Maybe I should stick to entertainment; anything about the wider world is way off the mark lately.
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Of course, the telegraph should have read the full article, but I blame “What Japan thinks” for the stupid title – which doesn’t necessarily make sense even if you continue reading until the part where it says 7.1% Japanese feed their dogs human food. Sure, WJT is probably getting a bunch of hits for this – which I suppose was the purpose of the “funny title”, but you’ve also succeeded in spreading yet another stupid stereotype about Japan.
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Seven percent is too high, but I guess 0.05% or so of Japanese has ever tried dog food.
When I was a high school student, I saw on the street one of my friend coming from the opposite direction. He was eating something in a plastic bag. When we get closer, I was astonished to find that he was eating dog food. He told me that he went to buy dog food for his pet. He was so hungry that he could not help picking up the food on his way home. He gave me one but I didn’t dare to eat it.
Although I have never eaten dog food, I have eaten shika-senbei (deer food sold in Nara Park) when I was a high school student. It was like tasteless cardboard.
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Racism? Against a Celtic Player? By Rangers fans? Alert the internet!
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Ooooh, this story is getting entertaining/out of hand….
http://www.j-cast.com/2008/05/26020581.html
Who is this American “Japan Blog”?
http://www.web-tab.jp/article/2486
And I’m getting a few hits for 世論 What Japan Thinks which seems to suggest it’s made the newspapers/telly/radio…
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”Who is this American “Japan Blog”?”
I think this is it.
http://www.geishablog.com/sports/shunsuke-nakamura/
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