On Jun 2, 12:02 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 05/29/2010 11:30 PM, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>
> > Scott Reynolds<scottr...@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> Hello, Nishikura-san,
>
> >> As you may have gathered from the response you received so far,
> >> "haafu" is not considered by many English speakers to be an acceptable
> >> word to use when referring to children who have one Japanese and one
> >> non-Japanese parent. In fact, along with "mixed-race," which you also
> >> use in your post, many people find the word "haafu" pretty insulting.
> >> (This may be more the case for the parents than for the kids
> >> themselves, but there it is.)
>
> > Basically, the last sentence is correct; I hate the word, but it doesn't
> > bother my kids at all.
>
> You don't live in Japan.  Come on back and see how long it takes for one
> of your kids to beat the shit out of one of their peers.  Usually takes
> about three days before someone gets punched.

Scott does live in Japan, as do his kids who grew up here AFAIK.