GSP and Nazi Sympathizers

[Kellen Bassette]

Apparently some people are offended by the Rising Sun gi GSP wore. I actually made a rising sun head band for a tournament as a teenager. I was unaware of the political significance it carried.

Not sure it would have bothered me anyway...you expect to see confederate flags at a southern rock concert, doesn't mean they're all a bunch of racists. Only 40% of them.

I'm sure he was just paying homage to his Japanese Karate.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-ca...4367--mma.html

[Kellen Bassette]

Blast! I can't edit my atrocious spelling error in the head line. How embarrassing...

[GeneChing]

You can thank me by buying a dozen of these: Banzai headbands

[gunbeatskroty]

Doesn't the Rising Sun flag signifies Japan's kicking ass all over, virtually, all of Asia through raping, plundering and pillaging....in recent retrospect? Somewhat equivalent to the Swastika.

[YouKnowWho]

The raising sun flag just remind people about this:

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http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...=0&FORM=NVPFVR

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[Jimbo]

I don't think anyone should be able to demand GSP not wear it, but if it were me I would certainly take that request under consideration. If it evokes feelings in the same way the nazi swastika does. And my ancestry is Japanese (with a heavy dose of Ainu blood; the Ainu were historically discriminated against and heavily suppressed by the majority Yayoi Japanese). Better to switch his uniform design to the regular Japanese flag.

[pazman]

Another reason why people shouldn't wear flags on their uniforms, or hang them in their gym.

[Kellen Bassette]

You can thank me by buying a dozen of these: Banzai headbands

Thanks Gene...yours sure look a lot better than the one I hand painted :P

[gunbeatskroty]

Seems like the level of offense is based upon how vocal those who were wronged, are. Like the Jews made sure that the world knows and remembers what the Nazis did to them, and rightfully so. Not only has the Swastika been removed from the realm of good taste, but most men worldwide wouldn't even dare grow a Hitler moustache nor name their kid Adolf. While the Japanese caused about the same amount of deaths and destruction throughout Asia at that time...just that the Asians aren't anywhere close to being as vocal as the Jews.

[Ben Gash]

Yes they are, they just have less exposure in the West. There were anti-Japanese riots in China last year over Japan's lack of contrition for it's wartime activities (there were contemporary political issues that fueled this too).

[mawali]

Like the Jews made sure that the world knows and remembers what the Nazis did to them, and rightfully so. Not only has the Swastika.......just that the Asians aren't anywhere close to being as vocal as the Jews.

Privilege works for some people over others and I am sure if more Asians followed that same route, they would be thought of as being like those "other people" who are always complaining