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Gee · 11-15-2009, 05:26 AM

Ha Ha, no not Japanese.

Look, I have no beef against modern day Japs, most of them would'nt know a thing about WW2 anyway. What I meant by that comment is that my grandad and his generation was there when the Japs attacked Darwin and Sydney and so forth...he could'nt let it go...as well I am sure the many japs saw it from their perspective.

Think about it ... less than 20yrs after the bombing of Hiroshima, we had "The Samurai - Shintaro" as the no. 1 kids tv show in Australia. My parents even took me to see his tour of Oz in the late 60's

He got a bigger turn-out then the Beetles in 1964. Parents and the community were outraged that a TV show that the kids emulated by beating each other over the head with make-shift Katana (swords) and Shuriken (star knives) was bigger than anything else on TV at the time.

Hell, I loved Shintaro and the "Koga Ninja and Tombei The Mist", and that was a source of unrest within the community in the 1960's. Sorry ,Gen Xers' or Y's or Z's or whatever is the word now. Ha ha.

Anyway, just me babbling again...ha ha

11-15-2009, 05:26 AM	#12 (permalink)
Gee Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Coast NSW Aust. Posts: 71 Drives: 09 370Z MB M6 Rep Power: 16	Ha Ha, no not Japanese. Look, I have no beef against modern day Japs, most of them would'nt know a thing about WW2 anyway. What I meant by that comment is that my grandad and his generation was there when the Japs attacked Darwin and Sydney and so forth...he could'nt let it go...as well I am sure the many japs saw it from their perspective. Think about it ... less than 20yrs after the bombing of Hiroshima, we had "The Samurai - Shintaro" as the no. 1 kids tv show in Australia. My parents even took me to see his tour of Oz in the late 60's He got a bigger turn-out then the Beetles in 1964. Parents and the community were outraged that a TV show that the kids emulated by beating each other over the head with make-shift Katana (swords) and Shuriken (star knives) was bigger than anything else on TV at the time. Hell, I loved Shintaro and the "Koga Ninja and Tombei The Mist", and that was a source of unrest within the community in the 1960's. Sorry ,Gen Xers' or Y's or Z's or whatever is the word now. Ha ha. Anyway, just me babbling again...ha ha __________________ "...'cause the only decent things that come in 2 litres are milk & orange juice"