Dark Star now owned by the Japanese

Arthur · Jan 25, 2019

https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2019/01/25/Fuller-s-sells-beer-business-to-Asahi

Oh how far they've come since the days of knocking up stuff in the basement of the Evening Star.

Bakero · Jan 25, 2019

Owned by the what?

edit: How long till someone says it's just like saying Brit?

Normal Rob · Jan 25, 2019

Bakero said:
Owned by the what?

edit: How long till someone says it's just like saying Brit?

I bet someone mentions Brexit first.

edit: Bugger

Commander · Jan 25, 2019

Bakero said:
Owned by the what?

edit: How long till someone says it's just like saying Brit?

I genuinely didn't know that was now seen as an unacceptable racist term. I struggle to keep up.

vegster · Jan 25, 2019

Sake News

LlcoolJ · Jan 25, 2019

An unacceptable term that needs nipping in the bud.

James Bond's body double · Jan 25, 2019

I read this as The Death Star, really quite relived they didn't get hold of that.

Bakero · Jan 25, 2019

Commander said:
I genuinely didn't know that was now seen as an unacceptable racist term. I struggle to keep up.

It's been controversial in the US since at least the second world war. I don't remember being acceptable in the UK during my lifetime and as far as I know you're not much older than me.

Wasn't there an incident a few years ago when a British publication used used the word Jap in an article?

Cowfold Seagull · Jan 25, 2019

LlcoolJ said:
An unacceptable term that needs nipping in the bud.

I see what you did theere . . . even if no one else did.

Bold Seagull · Jan 25, 2019

Commander said:
I genuinely didn't know that was now seen as an unacceptable racist term. I struggle to keep up.

Struggle to keep up, I think it’s largely been seen as derogatory since WWII. Perhaps more so in the US who rounded up all their Japanese-Americans into internment camps.

Commander · Jan 25, 2019

Bakero said:
It's been controversial in the US since at least the second world war. I don't remember being acceptable in the UK during my lifetime and as far as I know you're not much older than me.

Wasn't there an incident a few years ago when a British publication used used the word Jap in an article?

I honestly don't think I've ever heard anyone get told off for using it. When you say 'at least since the second world war', I'm pretty sure that nobody during the second world war would have had a problem with somebody shortening the name of the nationality of the people they were trying to kill! So I highly doubt it was unacceptable then!

Anyway, I don't really have an opinion on it, it just caused an involuntary eyebrow raise when I read that it was apparently unacceptable. I'll add it to my list of terms not to use, that I probably wouldn't have used anyway.

LlcoolJ · Jan 25, 2019

Cowfold Seagull said:
I see what you did theere . . . even if no one else did.

No idea what you're talking about......

Bakero · Jan 25, 2019

Commander said:
I honestly don't think I've ever heard anyone get told off for using it. When you say 'at least since the second world war', I'm pretty sure that nobody during the second world war would have had a problem with somebody shortening the name of the nationality of the people they were trying to kill! So I highly doubt it was unacceptable then!

Anyway, I don't really have an opinion on it, it just caused an involuntary eyebrow raise when I read that it was apparently unacceptable. I'll add it to my list of terms not to use, that I probably wouldn't have used anyway.

The Japanese Americans that were interned probably weren't big fans.

Commander · Jan 25, 2019

Bakero said:
The Japanese Americans that were interned probably weren't big fans.

I can’t imagine it was at the forefront of their concerns.

Bakero · Jan 25, 2019

Commander said:
I can’t imagine it was at the forefront of their concerns.

No issues with 'no japs' signs postwar.

Deleted member 2719 · Jan 25, 2019

I have had my hands all over jap's and let me tell you, it felt goooooooooooooooood.

BensGrandad · Jan 25, 2019

Asaki have also bought Fullers beers for £250m according to the 1pm news on Smooth Will it become Wondon Pwide

Dick Swiveller · Jan 25, 2019

BensGrandad said:
Asaki have also bought Fullers beers for £250m according to the 1pm news on Smooth

Asahi will be pissed they have been gazumped.

Triggaaar · Jan 25, 2019

Cowfold Seagull said:
I see what you did theere . . . even if no one else did.

Not exactly the hardest code to crack

Triggaaar · Jan 25, 2019

BensGrandad said:
Asaki have also bought Fullers beers for £250m according to the 1pm news on Smooth Will it become Wondon Pwide

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