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Speaking of the post-WWII 50s mentality ....
offeror
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A lot of the post-war stereotypes lingered long into the 50s. I remember on Saturday morning kiddie cartoon shows, regularly seeing a cartoon in which a very unflattering caricature of a monkey with all the traits of a Japanese bomber pilot trying to hold his bomber together with his tail, arms and legs, while it was being shot apart by "the good guys." It took a while for someone to identify this old politically incorrect cartoon, but it now appears, under it's title, CAP'N CUB, on a collection of WWII "propaganda" cartoons. But like I said, propaganda, racism, or whatever, this was still considered family fare for kids in the 50s. The oriental monkey is on the left-hand side of the image included with this post.
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Edited by - offeror on 08/12/2002 15:15:56
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Edited by - offeror on 08/12/2002 15:15:56
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Interesting.
Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT Criminals
Back then if they had slant eyes, they were suspect
Now if they wear a towel on their head, their suspect.
No difference
"A wise man is a man that realizes just how little he knows"
POLITICALLY INCORRECT??????
I would disagree, there is nothing 'politically incorrect' about wartime propaganda which de-humanizes the enemy.
And before someone shouts 'racism', the nazi's were equally demonized
and de-humanized.
Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
As for the fact that we dehumanize the "ragheads," or is the "towelheads," or the "camel jockeys" today, the more things change, the more they remain the same. Those who are terrorists or finance, aid or abet terrorists, don't need any help from us being dehumanized anyway. They do a fine job on their own, and are seemingly proud of it. So let it be written, so let it be done.
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"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878