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Japanese "Hate" For the iPhone All a Big Mistake
MBCook writes "AppleInsider has posted a great article explaining that Wired's story about Japanese iPhone hate was completely false and has been edited at least twice. The comments in the article were recycled and taken out of context, with those interviewed blogging about the mistakes. The piece then goes on to analyze the iPhone's standing in Japan, as well as some of the major factors working for and against it. At last it points out that the Wall Street Journal tried the same myth of failure just after the phone's launch in Japan, recycled from a myth the year before, pushed by a research company with a possible anti-Apple agenda."
Those silly Japanese people, hating things and then not hating things. I suspect that their predilection for vacillation stems from the fact that the unique dialect of Mexican which they speak lacks a standard way of expressing the negative of a verb. This, and eating lots of sharks, makes their brain electrochemistry flighty and unpredictable. Whereas the American language and our cow-based diet makes us calm, thoughtful, and peace-loving. Nevertheless, let us not be prejudiced against our Southern neighbors and their quaint and important cultural heritage. Japaese people can be our friends, all it takes is a little tolerance and sensitivity. Hola, amigose! Yo gusta japano, iphone ok, you speak english?!
That's pretty rich coming from someone who wants to get sick more often so he can consume more health insurance dollars than the Joneses. That's foolish posturing if I ever saw it.