Australian TV: “Japs Are Cannibals Who Eat Anything!”
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jul 11, 2009 12:29 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Food, Mass Media, Politics, TV, Video Gallery, Whaling
A recent comedy broadcast on Australian TV has attracted outrage in Japan for its crude anti-whaling histrionics, accusing the Japanese of being a barbarous race who will happily eat the flesh of Pandas, Koalas, and even humans.
The show in question, ABC’s “The Chaser’s War on Everything”, is a well known and popular Australian satirical production, but a number of its stunts have been harshly criticised by Australian media for being extraordinarily tasteless (though it has also been hailed as a beacon of Australian humour, which perhaps explains much).
Japanese viewers are understandably disgusted at the programme, which attempts to portray the Japanese as a race of savages who will eat anything, thus explaining their unbelievable barbarism in persisting in eating whale meat.
The video can be seen below – for those not interested in viewing it, it simply shows passersby in a Japanese city being offered free samples of various meats, and then being tricked into thinking they have eaten Panda or Human or similar, all in English for the benefit of viewers:
The tasting is obviously a contrived and selectively edited fabrication, the sort of thing TV the world over is notorious for.
It would be as ludicrous a slander to suggest the Japanese are latent cannibals as it would be to suggest Australians are a nation of congenitally deviant criminals, and it is about as valid to criticise Japanese cuisine for including occasional whale meat as it is to criticise Australian cuisine for including anything which crawls through the outback as part of “bush tucker,” with kangaroo, camel, emu and a variety of insects on the menu in many speciality restaurants.
More noteworthy to many than the tired issue of Japan’s implacable whaling lobby is perhaps the acceptance of crass anti-Japanese sentiment it represents, whether intended in a spirit of levity or otherwise – it is difficult to imagine the same programme daring to venture criticism of Islam or similar on such an extreme level, yet it seems in the case of Japan it is acceptable…
Naturally, 2ch and Nico are outraged:
“Madness.”
“The Australoreans talk big for such a weak little country” [オーストコリア / Austrokorea is a favoured insult on 2ch due to the perception that there is an influential Korean minority in Australia]
“As expected of a nation of convicts.”
“Because Japanese eat whale they think we’ll eat anything. Despite the fact we’re not Chinese…”
“They’re a race of degenerates, it can’t be helped.”
“They are about on the same level as Koreans.”
“It would be better to make a show where they take Australians to Korea to eat dog, and to China to eat cat…”
“They’re so crude I laughed…”
“Whale bacon is seriously tasty – try it!”
“It’s the worst country in the English speaking world.”
“They’re just looking to sell more Aussie beef!”
“Where on earth can you buy Panda meat anyway?”
“After Aboriginals come the Japanese?”
“Complain to their embassy.”
“Come to think of it, the one who wrote the Mainichi WaiWai was Australian too…”
“Racism? Japanese are less than people, so this isn’t racism, apparently…”
“China probably made them do it…”
“Of course, Japanese TV is well known for its sophistication, isn’t it?”
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Australia owns.
Wave goodbye ta yer head, wanker!
He sure did jarate'd them off
Racist Aussies is RACIST... =_=;;
Racist aussies are hilarious~
>=3
i'm surprise at japanese yelling racism when they still say nigger and use black-face big lip for any black characters, Obama as a monkey, and eben bob sapp who they worship is in a commercial where he acts like a monkey for a bannana
Dude every land says negro and nigger.. <.< So they're not alone..
the only racist that a bit funny... but still racist!!
Mrm. Obama is actually pretty awesome in Air Gear.
this reminded me of this video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YM9Ereg2Zo
I wonder what the calf of an australian would taste like...
Probably as tasty as an australian baby fried alive in oil.
I'd like some australian calf.. I'll just position myself right between them.. yeahhh..
japanese calf are good, too :)
Australians are actually very nice people and treat you with care and courtesy... unless you happen to be French or Spanish with a penchant for smoking cheap cigarettes and are adverse to urine.
Mon Dieu! I have been shown who is boss!
haha omg i loved that episode!!!
but true aussies are really friendly
and you know atleast australians actually admit they eat kangeroo and croc whereas the japs hunt them down for "scientific purposes"
Remember that these guys just got off being suspended for making fun of dying kids. For some reason, they stay the darlings of the left.
Because nothing should be taboo
The most offensive thing about that skit is that others have made the same joke before.
They're not the darlings of the left, though.
And Japanese are all freaks.
So I fail to see the satire in this video. It's just facts, and the Japanese getting so angry about it, shows that it's true!
How typical of them to attack their neighbors as a means of raising their own esteem. Even as a defence against stupid racist remarks.
Yeah, I'm sure it's got nothing to do with the fact that WHALING IS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW.
as an australian, i kinda have to agree with freddy here.
i have to point out though that the chaser isn't very popular here at all though, it just comes across that way as they are much like the 4chan trolls, just so damn in your face. they did a peice a few weeks back that got them taken off the air for a "whole" fortnight where they mocked the "make a wish foundation", a charity group that realizes the dreams of dying youths. if it was up to the majority of us aussies then they wouldn't be on the air anymore just on that stunt alone...
unfortunately, the squeeky gate gets the oil, and it would appear that the trolls who live here seem to give our great country a bad rap, that we come across as a nation of wankers and racist pigs, when in fact nothing could be further from the truth, i say this as the first generation born in this country on my fathers side, with roots in italy, germany and holland. of course though, i am rather biased, and i encourage anybody that would like to experience australia to do so...
i also would like to add that kangaroo meat is quite nice, if not a little salty, but rather good really if you don't cook it too long and serve it with a creamy mustard sauce and some baked vegies and a nice glass of red wine...
That sounds pretty nice... (not sarcasm by the way)..
Kangaroo meat is actually pretty good...
I prefer pork. But then again I'm Chinese.
I really wanna try Kangaroo now. I'm also not exactly against the idea of eating Panda either, it's just that whole extinction thing is an issue.
I personally wanna sneak into the San Diego zoo at night and cut me up some panda while it sleeps though. I mean, just a little bit.
I'll stick to chicken, thanks. Ya bunch of animals..
Personally I'd love to visit Australia but I never will due to two simple words: "Funnel Spider".
Funnel Webs only live in the East, really.
And I'll stick to vegetables, thanks~
Mind you, this is all without context, and we heap enough shit on the Japanese in the *exact* same way all the time. Of course this looks disgraceful, but to present it as anything but IRL trolling is missing the point. Not that this is clear unless you already "get" The Chaser, so the response is entirely predictable. Oh Well.
Agrees with Furinkan that Aussie heaps this short of things to Japanese whenever the topic of Whaling comes up. If anything this Chaser stunt capture Aussies attitude neatly: 'how could they eat such cute Whales!' So Chaser loss no point on this aspect.
As for eating human flesh, the whole street side setup is so exaggerated, with a TV camera in plain sight to all passerby, that the 'subject' knows it is setup for jokes, and not taking it seriously. And I suggest everyone to do the same.
Heh, what do you mean? Chasers is popular as hell in Australia. They're hilarious, I mean, ABC is getting their asses sued to hell for Chaser's stupid stunts, but its getting high as hell ratings. And besides it takes a lot of balls to do that kinda stuff to random people for the sake of the laughs of like half the nation.
We all laughed at the APEC Chaser's Stunt right? It was pure genius, and absolutely hilarious. Chaser's just mocks and makes fun of everything, I mean, why so serious?
OK people let's face it: When it comes to being racist, Japan is WAAAAY above Australia.
*Major facepalm*
Go study history, fucktard.
Study the present, fucktard. If the mayor of Sydney did anything like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintar%C5%8D_Ishihara#Racism [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shintarō_Ishihara#Racism] she would be thrown out on her ass.
Japan is pretty much the most racist country in the free world at this time, up until the 1980's they required people to change their family names to Japanese ones, a practice abandoned in mostly any civilized country by the turn of the previous century.
Wasn't there a rather racist Australian politician who got rather a lot of votes recently?
If you're talking about recently there aren't any. There was Pauline Hanson who ran for prime minister way back and she's a no-body now with no real job now.
If by "recently" you mean "over 10 years ago" then sure. She wasn't anywhere close to as bad as the worst Japanese politicians, and mostly only got votes from our equivalent of rednecks, e.g. a minority.
hereby I introduce Law of Redneck Conservation. Recent election of Obama shows a very small percentage decrease of Rednecks in the US, this loss has been balanced by equal rise of the number of Rednecks in Australia.
8=o- - -Australia- - -o=8
Stupid Ausfags.
umm... ok...
you know australia is awesome for being one of the most multicultural countries in the world...
USA is multicultural but racism there tops everything...
i mean running around blazing guns COMON PPL THATS FUKING GAY
as for japs they're pretty racists too...
look at ww2, supporting the nazis...
I live in Australia and this doesn't happen. People just want Japan to stop whaling, cos thier numbers are dropping, and to rely more on other meat groups.
In Australia we eat Kangaroos, cos there are so many here they are basically feral and an alternate meat source.
“The Chaser’s War on Everything” is pretty popular over here cos it makes humor out of public events, embarasing the governments and sometimes the police for their slackness.
ALL HAIL TO BRITANNIA!!!!
All hail Lelouch!
ALL HAIL ZERO!
ALL HAIL C.C.!
All hail Kevin Rudd, the fluffy figure head of our glorious Australia.
Hailing for Britannia pwns him.
ALL HAIL CHUCK NORRIS FTW!
All Hail Hatsune Miku!!
Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!
BANKAI!
イェス マイ ォｒド
All hail loli
K-K-Komb-
Oh shit!
Heil me!
TO HELL WITH YOU!
+1 to hell
+2 Hell
+fishcake Hell. That's right I know the numerical value of fishcakes.
ALL HAIL SPINZAKU!!
So.. I eat human meat and it taste like beef so delicious you should try it sometime you fucking aussies.
Human flesh is known as "long pork" for a reason...
enjoy your cockmeat sandwitch
lmao nice!
Human Flesh smell like Pork when cooked so I suppose that It would taste like pork.
ah well at least it wasn't the "make a realistic wish foundation" skit all over agin.
It's Chaser's, taking that seriously is like taking Bill O'Reily seriously.
I remember that!...If I were to make a realistic wish, I'd probably be dead by now
“Where on earth can you buy Panda meat anyway?”
China
china makes artificial panda meat!!! the real panda comes from US where they paint the grizzly black and white
"paint the grizzly" sounds like an euphemism for something very dirty ^^"
I thought Japanese people and Australian people rotate their toes more/less than 45 degrees until failsafe finger guard locks into place shut off valve ensure safety of man, woman, & loli, planet earth and head shaking fingernail bites. Today it become become clear.
clever girl...
...what?
...are you taking about shooting yourself with a long rifle? ...what?
“They’re so crude I laughed…”
I agreed with this statement.
Humans Are... Okay... I'd Rather Eat Loli's =) (Mmmm)
Yes raw loli surely is the best!
“Where on earth can you buy fresh lolis anyway?”
Japan.
Christ some people just can't take a joke.
yea, guess that jap woman can take one though
best to kill sumo's for meat when they're in there 30's, lol
i agree, i watch the chaser and find what they do hilarious.. but its not just the japanese they joke about.. it everyone hence the name chasers war on 'everything'
They always pull pranks on our PM and all other religions.. so it was just a joke.. relax
Dear ABC, as a concerned christian I was appalled to see your latest skit illustrating the Japanese as a bunch of cannibals.
Why don't you try making fun of the Koreans or Chinese for a change?
Uhh, watch more chasers, they have. They make fun of everybody, it isn't JUST the name. I can't remember if it was in that same episode, but I recall them taking a shot at Christians, having the 'angry letter' bit, daring them to take a shot at jews.
Next scene, taking a shot at jews, followed by angry letter daring them to take a shot at Muslims.
Next scene, taking a shot at muslims.
Japan, we predominantly love you, but seriously just take a joke. Chasers make fun of everybody, don't judge Australians on one show. Besides, I'm sure Japan has made fun of Australia before, don't act so offended =P
By the "you've done x before, so I'm justified to do it as well" logic, one could say that since many people enslaved africans, they are justified to do the sae to everybody that enslaved them. Also, Japan would be justified to nuke the U.S.A. Needless to say, not a good logic to justify actions with.
Yes, obviously making fun of people is the same as enslaving them. Sure, dude. Sure. And the Japanese would be justified in nuking the US? What. The. Fuck. Is. Wrong. With. You. Clearly you have no sense of perspective.
It's because it requires the joke to be funny.
go shit in the shower
All I have to say to this is...
Bleep Bloop!
It's a shame they've never done anything like a mock car advertisement for Muslim extremists or an Islamic fashion show.
Why don't they try tricking some Muslims into eating pork on the streets of Mecca?
~ I think we did that during the Gulf war...handing out HAM Slice MREs...
once they find out its pork, they might stab you on the spot
Stab? More like blowing themselves along with you at the exact spot..
The rumors of my telepathic powers are greatly exaggerated. Why not drop them a line and offer the suggestion? Maybe you can enlist the aid of one of the thousand groups with jihad envy to make the idea more popular?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdguyMJprsA
it's hallal
Maybe they will try that next. A few weeks ago they had a baloon with "Free little boys, Pull rope" going around Vatican City
That would just be stupid. This was actually funny. Do you not understand satire?
oh boy, there is a difference between making a joke and making an offence. Make as much fun on extremist as one pleases, but making actual offence to Muslims, such as one you suggests, is blatant disrespect. If one really do go as low as this, then it's not funny anymore.
They have done that in their first series of shows. A whole aid design for the suicide bomber. Even made a burka out of the Australian flag
They did go around filming nuclear powerplants and airport security while dressed in arabian attire.
This really made me seriously laugh~ XD
Wish they hadn't edited the video. But, funny anyways, even if I found it offensive.
go to http://www.abc.net.au/chaser to see the full video
I can understand Japan getting upset at this, but what gets me is that 2chan and Nico jumped on it, but I haven't heard anything on them about theses new ban laws trying to go through...or am I missing something?
The number one video on Nico for some time was a video criticising in depth the loli ban laws.
did it have any impact on politics?
I once watched an episode of The Chasers War On Everything. I thought it was absolute crap, and couldn't get through more than 5 minutes. They seem to be courting cheap, pointless controversy, and not quite bothering with the stated goal of being funny.
Some episodes are worse than others. Then you have parts like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWOC3HLLVWA
That girl who was completely unfazed is awesome!
Either the Australians who said that do not know the meaning of cannibalism or the Japanese who raged in the failed humor do not even know what is cannibalism or the word cannibalism never existed in the article in the first place, then we have a problemn
Eh. Anti Chinese and Korean insults while the 'attack' was from Caucasian Australians. Nowhere was it mentioned that the Korean minority had anything to do with it and 'same level as koreans' obviously shows some fucking arrogance.
Yeah be outraged by those who offend you, not those who dont do anything to you except harbor some lingering hate for atrocities once done by your nation.
RaaaaGeeeeeeeee
Australian tv is bold and sorta fucked up.
Indeed. The bit about the Chinese and Koreans?...
Hi, Pot. Meet Kettle. You're both black.
Yeah, I could see the hypocrisy on the 2cher's part myself.
Glad I'm not the only one who felt there was some hypocrisy going on.
Bah, its the Japanese that wronged the Koreans in the past not the other way around either. For them to even act that way toward koreans is too offensive.
+1 from a korean, but do wish we could be more friendly with jappies.
It's supposed to be funny and not taken seriously. Pretty sad when someone takes serious offense to something like this.
Looks like the Japanese are butt-hurt about racism against themselves even though they've been openly hating all foreigners in their own newspapers.
I've eaten whale bacon at a random izakaya in Tokyo before (tasted like it was half fish, half pig). Some of my friends have eaten horse sashimi before (apparently it's delicious), and they sometimes serve things like chicken heart, liver, and cartilage at yakitori places, but I've never seen any obscure animals like koalas.
“Racism? Japanese are less than people, so this isn’t racism, apparently…”
A japanese said that?
he must have hated his country..
No, it's called sarcasm.
but the main message is that the japs should stop eating the endanger whales... - seriously
AGREED! stop eating whale meat! stop whaling under the pretext of "science" and stop killing endangered whale species! but this was a very entertaining 2mins lol
Most of the whales being eaten are not actually endangered in any way...
most whales that are killed in open hunting are for whale blubber which is a fine oil extract and other products.
FINALLY!! Ndeed - I AGREE!!
That show "Whale Wars"... I only seen (parts) and the parts I did see...
HATED IT!
lol, oh Artefact, Team Japan's #1 apologist. Keep up the good work, I'm sure your nippon masters will favour you well.
I lol'd.
Doesn't matter. There is absolutely no excuse to kill whales (or pandas or humans) for industrial purposes.
You're putting whales and pandas on the same level as humans? Should we give them panda-rights like we do human rights?
Ignorant fools. Only human have rights, all other living things on the planet exist to be our property or food.
Eat that whale. Just like dog or cat. Its no difference from that cow or pig. All are inferior beings destined to be owned by humans and done with as we see fit.
'Rights' are just social rules that emerge within groups of humans built upon a substrate of 'fairness' that are passed on by repetition with adaptation between generations and enforced by stigmatization and if necessary violence. So if the society you find yourself in has decided to extend 'rights' to animals, which almost certainly it has, then you either recognize them along with its other rules or find yourself in a cage being the butt of jokes.
Tell me of these animal rights. Under which jurisdiction is this practiced?
Which animals, insects and non humanoids are granted these rights? Is that ant excluded? How about that cockroach? Are only cute creatures covered?
Do they have a right to life? Based on which legislation?
There's an important difference between whales and dogs/cats/pigs/cows - whales are endangered and dogs/cats/pigs/cows aren't. Perhaps if whale populations were allowed to grow, they could be harvested sustainably - then you'd be able to enjoy whale forever, instead of for only the next few years.
Nothing has the RIGHT to live. We all simply should get the chance, but whether or not that you do get that chance, is often the work of God and luck.
I notice you ignore the fact that the whales being harvested are not endangered species.
"There’s an important difference between whales and dogs/cats/pigs/cows – whales are endangered and dogs/cats/pigs/cows aren’t."
That's because humans actively breed them.
Either way, people shouldn't have the right to kill any animal, including livestock.
Petition your government to ban all lifestock slaughter but currently we have this right.
That's reality.
I would be most interested in your attempts to justify your position that animals have the right not to be killed by humans.
everything has a price, just raise the price of whale meat, just like any other rarity....
The problem with that idea is that property claims extend very weakly to the seas so there is a Tragedy of the Commons with regard to its resources--including whales. Short of placing gunships at sea to police quotas or to enforce territorial claims, humans will eventually collapse the ocean's ecosystems and the price of whale in Japanese markets will just reflect their "research" efficiency. Then when they are finished they'll complain that there aren't any of the resource they are used to collecting left and wonder where they all went, like fisherman have done time and time again, because they aren't the brightest tools in the shed.
what about taxing at a fair high rate to sharply affect the demand of whales and use the tax to further whales research ect?
Do you mean imposing trade sanctions on Japan? They would file a complaint with the WTO, which could be messy. You would also need to organize the sanctions with Japan's other trading partners to really get the point across.
Japan already goes through intellectually-bankrupt contortions to sidestep IWC regulations, so I don't expect self-imposed taxation to curb demand.
Minke whales is not endangered.
this fact is scientific "conclusion".
for other whales, it requries more "research".
I'm australian and wouldn't call the chasers the "beacon of australian humor". That would be reserved for the 90's show, Full Frontal. That sums up aussie humor perfectly and was the last sketch comdey show worth watching. Don't worry japan, aussie humor has just turned into insult comedy now days. we don't mean anything by it.
i agree! full frontal was amazing. the chasers are shit and on their way out, they've offended too many people recently.
Totally agree too. Full Frontal was the height of Australian comedy. It's sad to see the Chasers being considered as comedic.
Don't speak for all Australians. The Chaser are the only people who don't suck the cocks of political correctness now, and are willing to point out how fucking stupid this world has become.
And making fun of termially ill children is the way to make their point?
I have had this converdation with many people who were offended by that skit. Tell me Did you watch it and were offended or did you hear about it from the media and then get on the Chaser bashing wagon?
full frontal? gundam unicorn???
hey what gives the japanese to say that my race chinese people eat everything
Japs are fags i'd kick their ass in a fist fight.
cause we kinda do...? bear paw and tiger penis just to name a few?
yeah we do but there are limits to what i would eat like bugs
damn, i dont mind me some green ants or grubs if you know what i mean
chinese who migrated to the borneo eat orang utan's brain. without killing the monkey 1st!!
at least that is what i heard...
anything whose back is facing the sky is edible, this is the tradition of chinese. so yeah, chinese don't eat people.
What about people lying on their stomach sunbathing?
well then helloooooo dinner
a lot of cultures eat non conventional stuff. These particular japs are being faggots and are attacking other races to lighten the supposed insult of eating everything. Sure Some koreans eat dog, but that dog is raised often like cattle. Sure some Chinese eat cat, but when theres over a billion of them, odds are some will eat some stuff that others wont.
These japs are ignoring some of their own culture's taste for oddities and are complete racist faggotfucks. But the feelings of a few on 2ch., arent those of the majority and i do hope it stays that way.
=) 'same level as koreans'? Cool, they must be awesome then.
you should never take anything from 2ch seriously, its a laughing pile of bull crap there only to find some good trolling
2ch is FAR from being the voice of Japan.
some joke says that a Cantonese will eat anything that flies, swims or has four legs.
Isn't there a Chinese saying about themselves that says that they'll eat/cook "everything that has four legs except for tables and chairs, everything that flies except airplanes and everything that swims except submarines"? Or is it just about Cantoneses?
hehe
sumo
they ate it >_<
and
30
that woman know to ride on joke
Madness?
yup, this is madness.
Humor from white people is boring.
Right and they believe the words of the same people who bad mouthed a children's charity and breached the secruity of a G12 summit dressed up as a terrorist.
“It’s the worst country in the English speaking world.”
I've got it, we just got to get people to hate Australia more and nobody will hate the US anymore.
nah, people will think all white people = US, like how they think korea = japan = china = taiwan
These people don't know several countries in Africa and the Pacific have English as their official language.
It wasn't very funny but I don't see a problem with it socially. Same goes for all the other people out there getting insulted over religion race ect. The world should lighten up.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/07/11/australian-tv-japs-are-cannibals-who-eat-anything/#comment-221413
They should.
“It’s the worst country in the English speaking world.”
I'd have a hard time deciding between Australia, the UK and New Zealand...
ouch...
I always wanted to taste human ever since I saw something about cannibals on the discovery channel.
Turn about is fair play haha.
Everytime I see an article here, I seem to care less and less about the japanese people.
Even though I'm australian I couldn't really say I'm that in touch with the people, a lot of australians seem very arrogant for whatever reason, so I usually avoid them.
But this is rich coming from a place who hates everyone else, I can't tell you how many times I've seen this comment when trying to insult australia.
“As expected of a nation of convicts.”
This retard clearly doesn't know that Australia has WAY more foreigners(a word japan wouldn't know a whole lot about except to hate) who fled from their country looking for a better life.
I'm trying really hard not to insult japan but the more I disconnect anime and related from japan, the less and less I'm liking about them.
Anyone care to fill me in on 2chan? From what I know, and please correct me if I'm wrong, 2chan is the original which 4chan came from, 2chan is basically a japanese version of what 4chan is, but I'm curious if 2chan is better? I've seen non-stop stupidity at 4chan since I can read it, please tell me 2chan is better? v.v
Anime and related aside I'm really having a hard time finding reasons to like the japanese, of course i'm sure their not all the same, but it seems an overpowering majority are racist or Xenophobia might be a more appropriate word.
Hey retard, you stop liking Japan cuz you lost interest in anime ? thats rich !!
if japan = anime, then australia = idiots who try to compare themselves to the US.
Australians are the rudest piece of crap i've ever met in this world and i've been to alot of other countries for various purposes. Nobody like thems ! nor do anybody really want to give a crap about them.
“As expected of a nation of convicts.” <- totally true (especially those uneducated farmers and teenagers)
Maybe if you proposed a whitelist of acceptable nations to have favorable preconceptions of, we could shorten the superficial circle jerk of tribalism. Plus it is funnier when people have to make the case in favor of the inhabitants of a nation state in lieu of constructing contentless insults.
I never said I lost interest in anime did I? Did you know most people who like anime know nothing about japan? The only things I liked about japan were things that made it out, I'm trying to be open minded unlike anon scum like you.
People like you deserve to be grouped into one area and nuked over and over until every living organism that ever came from you, ceases to exist.
Australians can't be that rude since all the foreigners come here hmm? That and the US.
And since you're so educated on the world, tell me one difference between Australians and Americans? They both believe they live in the best country on earth, their almost all ignorant. If you hadn't noticed, Australia is a mini america, THIS is common knowledge.
not how quotes work.
LOL i TOTALLY dare them to make fun of Islam and let's see what happens to them. And no , i am not a muslim , but i am fully aware of what they're capable of and it's not something seriously funny. (One senior in our school made fun of his muslim schoolmate and we're totally surprise to what happen the next day , the muslim dude killed him w/ a traditional kris).
wow.... how did he make fun of the muslim? invite him to eat pork?
They have done that too.. They majorly insulted the former Australian Islamic Mufti (I think that is how you spell it) offering on more then one occasion to "tape his mouth shut" or "muzzel" him so he didn't make any more politically incorrect statements to the media
Even in the United States whale hunting is looked down upon...seriously whale hunting is prohibited even in Utah.
Personally though if it tastes good who cares...besides what's a little whale here or there?
One does have to remember this is a satirical production meaning insults are quite common. Hell half of satire is basically an insult to other people. Lighten up and don't take it seriously.
As far as eating anything goes I think the United States is the country that most deserves that spot of recognition...Jeffery Dahmer anyone proof that some people actually are cannibals.
One also has to take in account that this is merely from one stupid show in Australia and it is a rather pathetically sad one at that.
Also have any other shows of this production been seen? Because I can almost guarantee they've probably insulted plenty of other countries including their own. Japan may just be slightly easier to insult than say china or any country of the islam world. One should also take in account that the people being offered the meat are probably not stupid. Panda and human meat is illegal I'm sure and had it actually been what they said it was I doubt they'd be alive today (lots of extremists or at least jail time for these idiots trying to sell such meat).
You can blame Australia for the stupid stunt and satire for the rest. Seriously it's tv a lot worse has been seen in the world and will in the future.
As far as Japan goes they should be saying nothing of racism when their own foreign racism goes far beyond anything Australia could come up with. Australia has the racism in a comedy television program, Japan has the racism in newspapers.
As far as the whole eating things goes should anyone truly be saying anything when everyone eats different types of animals all the time. How is it right to comment on one specific animal being eaten... Although the Cannibal thing does go a bit far (especially since there are countries with real cannibalism).
As far as this incident goes who really cares both sides need to lighten up and just no longer give a fuck. ...
Japan has no sense of humour confirmed.
Damn, that one girl was awesome.
"How old do you think they should be when we kill them?"
"Maybe in their 30s?"
I lol'd my ass off. Her sense of humor must know no bounds...
First just to state my position, I'm an Australian who has been viewing this site for over a year now, big fan of japanese culture, reading several manga and watching several anime at the moment... learning some basics of japanese as well... I love the Ecchi...
I think the Chasers' sketch which I saw on TV was crude, but the same treatment is given to pretty much everyone, including ourselves most of the time by the Chasers...
However, if the Japanese weren't such hypocrites about the supposedly "scientific" slaughter of whales, including endangered species, this issue wouldn't have reached this level of controversy.
It was pretty obvious that the Chaser's sketch was silly and in poor taste, don't think that they represent the majority view of Japan by Australians.
'Japanese people eat endangered whales' is the stereotype. maybe Japanese people should either reject the deliberate slaughter of endangered species or admit to being hypocrites about it.
~ Chris,
Melbourne, Australia
Well Said Chris
-Bakajim
Brisbane Australia
australians eat kangeroos (just as a side note)
however there not endangered.
indeed,
theyre actually the opposite of endangered
if it is justified to eat an animal if it is not endangered, then eating humans would be justified as well
anon never said it was ok to eat something that isnt endangered..
Yes we do but they are a pest. They may look cute to the rest of the world but to us they are a pest
The Chaser's War is a shit show done by a bunch of wankers who think they are funny. If anyone takes their crap seriously they should get out and smell the roses a bit more.
If the Japanese are offended by that, their heads are going to explode mushroom-cloud style with these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvA1zphaeTQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjo1qkNtpz0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0He_NemgEk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEK45-_5y0s
Becareful, that lady is probably a closet yandere who slays and eats the meat every guy he dated and slept with..
It's disgusting to eat whale meat.
Japan is fucked up with what they eat.
lol This is so old. What surprises me most is that, just like many dumb Americans, there are Japanese that don't understand the concept of satire.
Artefact, that illustration is great. Is it "Hatsune 'Niku'"? ^_^
Australia's crime rate is fairly average for developed nations, so, empirically, someone possessing genes of known criminals will have about the same tendency to commit crimes as someone without genes of known criminals.
Despite Japan being culturally nationalistic, proud, and rigid, empirically, there are Japanese people with senses of humor about themselves and their country -- just look at some of the manga and anime produced there.
Remember: a person is influenced by genetics AND environment.
To be fair, I'd try both whale meat AND koala meat (mmmm ... tastes like Vicks Vaporub [eucalyptus])....
“Because Japanese eat whale they think we’ll eat anything. Despite the fact we’re not Chinese…”
Iunno what to think of this... but wow. xD
lol go Australia
God damn, the guy who wrote this is a defensive faggot. BAWWW DON'T MAKE FUN OF GLORIOUS JAPANEZ CULCHUR!
I know, right? SC is becoming more bullshit with stuff like this. There's a plethora of other shows that have mocked Japan from country's other than Australia but I'm sure Artefact is too busy sucking Japan's cock to notice right now.
Tell me about it. More galleries and less sensationalist tripe like this please. Basically the less words the better.
2ch and Nico are the FreeRepublic and GodTube of Japan.
So how about this, my japanesse friends: http://www.weirdasianews.com/2008/04/14/issei-sagawa-the-celebrity-cannibal/ ? A guy who had killed, raped and eat a woman in France became a celebrity in Japan. AU - JP 1:0
Cannibals?!? more like Omnivores
“Japs Are Cannibals Who Eat Anything!”
...
"Aussies Are Low-lives Who Makes Criminal Out Of Anything"
There is just so much historically incorrect about that statement that I won't bother to point out all its inaccuraceys. Only say that Yes the first fleet was mainly convicts. But many normal non loaf of bread steeling people came to Australia after that
Yes, you have proven you possess the moral high ground: your response to the racist sketch of a small team of Australian comedians is to insult the Australian nation...
... Your opposition to discriminatory generalisations and your commitment to tolerance is an inspiration.
the problems with these sketches is that if the japanese does not defend themselves then they will continue to be rip on.
Japanese ships capture whales. Australian ships sink immigrants' boats. Who are the worse assoholes?
Gotta meet our immigrant meat quota for our Japanese friends.
Whoa Whoa Whoa, Im not sure about the politics and such between and korea and japan. But is it necessary to bring koreans into this?
Oh wait...
Those Aussies obviously mistook the Japanese as Chinese.
Chinese are known to eat anything, you know.
There's far too many idiots in this world and the comments coming out of 2ch and in this article prove it.
Australians make fun of just about anything. That's what I learnt studying in this country. Any issue can easily turn into joke fodder in here. That is their culture, poke fun at everything and anything.
The Japanese have to learn to stop being so uptight and sensitive. But then again, pride is part of the Japanese culture....
Yum Sumo meat. Well, it must taste quite tender, seeing all the napping they're require to do all day as part of their "training".
Anyway, that's a pretty lame segment in their part. I don't think the average japanese eat more whale meat than Australians do.
Oh and wow, I must ask... Where did you find that CG from? o_O
ignoring racism, that was hillarious
I'v never watched the show before and I was going to say it sounds like a crude cheap TV show. Now I actually watched the clip, I thought it was funny. I may see if I can Watch or download the episodes to see more.
seriously though, If whales are are to be killed for Scientific research should they not just dump the most of the carcass's and meat they don't use back in the sea? Sharks and other creatures would clean the left overs up. If not... I asume the "research" is just a guise so they can get whale meat for the Japanese market and make a lot of money. Sure they may do some basic testing of the meat but thats just to show they have actually done something.
I will give the site again http://www.abc.net.au/chaser
Want some sumo meat!?!? XD
Indian student attacked in Australia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdINhjqcv0Q
I lol'd heartily at the Indians crying about those attacks.
They all migrate into the shittiest suburbs that are known for their high criminal activity by arabs within a short period of time and they are surprised when they notice that some of them get mugged. Doesn't help when they're easy targets to mug as well. Doesn't help that they brought it to the medias attention either, now they're being buttfucked by arabs in public.
... Arabs aren't really that involved...
But apart from that, yeah, moving to the crappiest and most dodgy parts of the Australian city and then crying 'racism' when you get attacked... I mean, seriously...
I lol'd at the 2ch comments, considering how many jap girls Australian soldiers took out to the forest to rape in ww2, I wouldn't be surprised if half their population has criminal genes in them as well.
Being a criminal is not hereditary, and not all current Australians are descendants of the original convicts anyway. Old, pathetic insult phails.
I would like to see the historical proof you have behind that statement
Lol, too funny!
“The Australoreans talk big for such a weak little country” [オーストコリア / Austrokorea is a favoured insult on 2ch due to the perception that there is an influential Korean minority in Australia]"
woaaah i had no idea even in japan they know there's this korean influence in australia.
in melbourne they're everywhere but noone admits to the influence, you have so many shitty tbs wanting to be korean, its sad
YES! That's right! those tbs are at my school to!!
hahah really? which school???
Damn nips can't take a joke.
You know what? us Australians do eat some weird meats and such but most of those arn't going to be endangered, unlike say... whales.
"in many speciality restaurants" yea even then those are in the middle of no where. Where there are really no people to eat the stuff anyway.
Well if someone insulted US the same way... hitting where it hurts, I'd see similar comments.
"France thinks we're bunch of war-crazed fat bastards?! You fuckin snail-eating succumbing cowards!""
Soo.. when is France going to insult the crap out of US? I want to see it :O
Australia=China=Korea
If you want to see the Chasers have a go at Muslims, just watch just about any episode.
Australian soldiers raping Japanese girls in the jungle? My grandpappy left that one out of his old war stories. What's the deal with celebrating all the gloriously fucked up aspects of Japanese culture and then getting mildly offended by a program that makes fun of whaling (or then getting offended by whaling itself, for that matter)? Let's all just focus on some more gloriously fucked up shit and masturbate.
...Holy crap what game is that pic from. I haven't played something wierd in ages and this just might hit the spot.
Aww man, it's an orignal picture. Too bad, looked fun too.
Oh come on, those getting outraged need to take a step back and realize it's satire. Gasp, someone made an unfunny joke about japan! It's not the end of the world.
Some people just can't take a joke, and it's not even aimed at THEM (the people who read this site).
This show shouldn't be taken seriously...If it was, then take note he's the one calling it "Ancient Australian Tradition"...They probably didn't even take him seriously...There's been much worst issues they've mocked too...
And It's comedy reminds me of "Funniest Home Videos"...I don't think it's all that funny..Kid brother likes it though...Saturday evenings..6:30...His laughter starts...
I think they made a mistake with the country's name...
Chineses are the ones who eat anything like cats (and not just a little), prepare their food in a strange way, eat humans' heads and eventually become like this.
Chineseses.
Whatever happened to WaiWai anyway? That was one of the funniest news sources I ever had on my newsreader.
Taking a show based on satire seriously, go Japan lol.
lol australia
Quite a few butthurt weeaboos here. I had a good laugh reading their comments. I also like how they're quick to bash other Asian countries. Nippon banzai!
Hahaha, Chaser's War On Everything is great.
Say No To Racism
These,guys,are,funny.
Though,some,of,their,stunts,are,a,bit,over,the,top.
like,the,apec,stunt,they,pulled.
For those 'not in the know', these are the same people who made the 'all americans are stupid' video which is pretty popular on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
Yes and that skit was funny too. They also invaides the APEC thing in Sydney dressed as secret service policemen and osama binladin. Now that was a national embarassment.. But funny.. $160 million in secutiry and they got in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvH3YQGQwLM
im australian. and for a FACT chasers is not a beacon of australian comedy. chasers can suck my dick and die. seriously though they suck
I have to disagree with the contention that whale and kangaroo consumption share equal moral footing. I think if you asked the average person which is worse, their initial reaction would be that both are pretty weird, but that eating whale is a bit more iffy.
I think one reason that this "skit" has provoked such (legitimate) outrage is that Japan actually DOES have a tragic episode in their history involving cannibalism (WWII). I imagine that's something that people don't like to be reminded of, and it's in extremely poor taste to stage something like this.
They did make fun of Muslims in this week's episode, actually. It's not called the Chaser's War on Everything for nothing.
I guess you can draw whatever implications you like from the stunt! They offered this stuff to passersby (it was pretty obvious what it was), they chose whether or not to eat it. The point was to humorously raise awareness of, and protest against whaling.
I would think the blatant anti-Korean racism in those comments you quoted is quite a lot worse than anything the Chaser's done.
Whaling = genocide.
some aussies love the Japanese :D
the chasers are just running out of idea's after they did the security breech at that huge world government meeting after that their out of idea's its really sad :S
The clip was very funny. I really do not understand the uproar. :)
Well japanese makes fun of koreans >:O it is fine like this isnt it
It's actually pretty funny. But people can't just take jokes, they're taking it too serious. Jeez
It's just a comedy and hidecam tv show... what's the deal?
Do not feed the troll.
i was hatin on australia when i read part of the summary but the vid is fucking funny so n worries but i think japan can fuck australia up
no they won't.
I think some people have a misunderstanding. The Chasers are just "interested in seeing how the Japanese react when they see meals created from animals they regard as special". So this really has nothing to do with mistaking the Japanese as the chinese, it all leads back to whale hunting. And the cannbibalism was just a bad joke, they're probably just saying how sumos look unique(in a cute way) that they can be seen as different.
I don't quite understand why people are saying Australia is like Korea, when the Japanese who are raging about this are acting just like the Koreans who raged over Hetalia.
EXACTLY.
It's like Artefact took some time off his busy schedule of fapping to lolis, screencapping Queen's Blade episodes and polishing Japan's dick to see that, O NOES SOMEONE INSULTED JAPAN, HOWEVER SLIGHTLY, THIS IS NEWS-WORTHY! I'm wondering if Artefact even WATCHED this (probably just reading all the retarded comments about it first) before he made the 'AUSTRALIAN TV THINGS JAPANESE ARE CANNIBALS" headline. Where in the video does it even suggest this? They're presenting the koala, panda and sumo as AUSTRALIAN dishes, as satire, so its like they're saying "australians eat anything' to see how the japanese react. It's just harmless fun, and personally I thought it was funny.
What's far, far funnier, however ,is the total butthurt tone Artefact has in this article. I can totally imagine him furiously typing this with this RAGE face that someone would dare, DARE to satirise his precious, precious Japan. I'm guessing the subs are incorrect because otherwise the 2chaners/Nicoers wouldnt have reacted so retardedly. Unless they havent heard of satire in Japan, although I doubt they havent because you could tell some of the japanese people in the video certainly took the joke (and even went along with it, like the awesome woman with the sumo)
Of course, had this been a japanese program, I'm sure Artefact would think it was the best thing ever.
A lot of whining Australians in here today. To be expected I suppose...
Funny that you assume people are Australian just because they recognize your butthurtedness, Artefact.
how cruel they does such insult on Japan!
It's unforgivable...to simply insult other countries....
lolwut?
Japanese aren't ya?
What else can you expect from a nation entirely peopled with criminals? People who are used to having others not trust them.
I am getting a little sick of saying this but only the first fleet were Convicts. And many of then were serving a 7 year sentence for steeling a loaf of bread or something petty like that. After the first fleet normal people came to Australia to take their chances in a new country.. Much like the early colinisation of America. Please research an oppinion like that before you make wild accusations like that
Calm down weeaboo fgts. I'm sure Japan does the same to other countries as well.
This was so funny and obviously a joke. I'm gonna get some sushi now, and hope they have fresh Aussie meat on the menu.
“Because Japanese eat whale they think we’ll eat anything. Despite the fact we’re not Chinese…”
-_- I hope to god the poster intended the irony here...
Fakely subbed... =.=;
Japanese are known for hating us all gaijins, so what's the big deal about this?
I'm having a hard time naming a country that *isn't* xenophobic, to some degree. Maybe some island nation in Micronesia? Then again, they might harbor a bit of suspicion toward white folk after a history of colonization and exploitation.
Tbh, the closest you would get to would be the UK - if only due to the fact that there are very few pure brits due to Global Expansion and the (stupid at times) immigration laws.
That and the fact more than 30% of the population are foreigners registered to like here , 60% have some foreign blood (be it 2-4 generations back).
It really shows when less than 15% is actually fully british.
Sweden
Am I the only one disturbed by the OP?
NOM NOM NOM
Panda Burgers :>
My good Panda friend, why would you cannibalize yourself?:<
They did the same exact thing to Australians: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhRq6bY3Zv8
Jesus christ you Wap douches have to go lighten up. Japan has some serious problems with it, which does not stop you or anyone from enjoy the aspects of the culture you like. Just because anime is fun doesn't mean the Japanese people are perfect in every way.
God these guys are annoying, they're not even funny. Their show is stupidly scripted and they try too hard. Their "controversy" isn't even funny anymore.
Group of wankers really.
IT"S TEH FUKING CHINESE WHO EATS ANYTHING!!!
THEY EAT THINGS LIKE STARFISH SCORPION LIZARDS CHICKEN"S SPARE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES SQUID BEAK BRICKS CEMENT CONCRETE TOILET PAPER CERAMICS SHARK FINS WHALE DICKS DOLPHINS ROACHES ANYTHING!!!!!!111!11!one11!!! YOU NAME IT THEY EAT IT!!
Cut down on the drugs, crackhead.
The Chaser’s War on Everything, is just a bunch of dick that just piss people of for shit and giggles...
well it worked LOL
I just eat lolis vaginas. THANK YOU!
Screw You! Australia is awesome >:( not every one is a convict, plus how can Australia be racist when its a multicultural country.
See the United States of America for a good example of how.
Australia is just as guilty as America for the crap their media can spew.
Also, Australians take a lot of pride in the quality of their meat products. An offensive (yet undeniably true) steriotype of Americans is that we have really low quality meat. That being said, a prejudiced statement over the culinary oddities of Japanese cooking makes some sense.
Super unbiased anon, out.
unbiased my ass.
the dude is lucky he still got his head on, that guy brag bout japs sumos ? some racist aus.....
People are far too sensitive now days; you can't say anything that might offend anyone without setting off some kind of international crisis or starting a war. People need to take themselves, their religion and their culture far less seriously. I mean, what ever happened to freedom of speech? Or just getting over it?
If everybody lightened up and learned to laugh at themselves as well as others, the world would be a much better place--Well, a far happier place at least.
No one is special, nothing is scared. Learn to laugh or GTFO.
The problem here is "laugh at themselves" does not equate with "letting others laugh at them".
So you GTFO.
WTF
influential Korean minority my butt. Koreans don't exist in australia coz they think that all asians are chinese.
Yeah, that's pretty much right.
lol wtf they japanese get hated on because they whale wow~
aussies eat emus? kangaroos? last time i heard they are not an endangered species.
lol to each their own i guess but when whales become extinct we know who to blame.
fuck those australians!
this is quite funny, i think
HOLY POOP JAPAN DOEES NOT UNDERSTAND HUMOR
Calm down a bit! It was all done as fun, that's pretty simple to see.
However... some of those things they said were very offensive.
Dammn japs can't take a joke!
(Aussie reporting in)
As an Icelander I am very angered and disturbed that we weren't mentioned, as we kill lots of the tasty whales too
I mean just Norway... arrgghhrrr
lol about the 2chan china / chinese comment
LOL~! I bet them Aussie eat kangaroo and think that the north is the same as the south....
ummm... yes we eat kangeroo, in fact kangeroo numbers across the country are booming...
so we gotta eat
btw australia is one of the most intelligent countries in the world...
enigmatic moondoggie if your country was smart...
u'd have the brain to figure that one out dumbshit
and if ur american, go take a fucking look at ur stupid president bush and he stuffed up the economy...
btw anyone interested in the chasers should watch their eps THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS
BTW UR GONNA NEED TO LEARN SOME AUSSIE INFO LIKE PM AND CURRENT NEWS TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEIR SKITS
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/chaser
I find it sad how some people persecute a whole group because they dont like something done by a small part of that group.
"Oh I hate the Aussies because they made fun of the Japanese"
"Oh I hate the Japanese because they eat whale"
Hasn't anime taught you anything?
(Hmmm that makes me think I shouldn't hate all feminists)
Bahaha being from Australia myself i find chaser's war on everything hilarious - and if u take anything they do seriously u are an idiot... well i guess that may be a bit harsh, their sense of humor could easily be misunderstood, especially by another culture. But i can guarantee their intention was not to offend japan. They have done countless scenes on the show about different cultures (as well as general Australian culture of course) and many of them could be taken the wrong way, but their intention is usually to point out ignorance in regards to other cultures through satirical means - satire is one of the most often misunderstood forms of comedy so i guess that offending people is something they are willing to risk to make a great show! But chill the fuck out man... Australians love to make fun of their own culture more than anyone else's ok? Except maybe New Zealand (bloody sheep fuckers hahahhaha- kidding)
PS. I love Japan.
Jeez, I don't even get how that was racist - it was just satirising the Japanese whaling industry.
Satire is supposed to make fun of social attitudes, industries, government, etc - just because this time they were making fun of something that's Japanese, they're suddenly racist? They do this sort of thing about Australian social attitudes/industries/govt all the time - it's practically their entire shtick!
Some people really can't take a joke. This article really says more about this site's thin-skinned oversensitivity than anything else.
lol funny as hell! they like to kill and eat whales so can other nations kill pandas and etc. I just dont agree with ppl or killing any animal 4 that matter
I seriously do not know how you construed "Japanese are cannibals" from that humorous segment. I would not say that is racist at all..it is called satire. Learn to live with it.
Does not offend me.
Though, we really don't need MORE foreigners making us look like jerks.
They'll take it out even hard on people like me when I go there.:(
You are all foolish for not understanding as to why to Australians would be making such a show ... which is not edited to show fakery, by the way--that is very real, from much experience with video editing my self. The Japanese ate soldiers during World War II, at every battle. The Japanese are, historically, cannibals. The samurai were cannibals. The practice of eating off of a nude woman is symbolic of eating that woman, as women supposedly taste better than men. Stop calling all of these politically correct "internets" slanders and open your mind and eyes to the truth about the world. Island peoples are not the only cannibals. Really, Scottish were head hunting until the eighteenth century.
this show was met to take the piss out of anything it could. it is in no way the voice of Australia, after watching it for a wile you will see that this show offends anyone without exception its really funny as hell if you don't take it to serous.
WHALING IS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW!
Apparently it is racist to point this out.
I found the video hilarious if offensive people are just too thin skinned these days.
As for whaling well most species are critically threatened and fill important biological niches so it's probably best to not be hunting them.
All kinds of bad stuff would happen to the fish stocks if there were no sperm whales for example.
Giving up eating whales would be a small price to pay to shut the racists up.
Welp, I don't like cannibalism but the girl serving as topic poster is hot.
What series/product/art set is she from please?