never forget WW2

[unclegrouch]

I found this quite strange, would be interested in others thoughts.

My late father was your typical old school business man (haulage contractor) & most of his life refused to buy a Japanese car because of "what those ***** did to our soldiers in WW2"

Fair comment, his choice & he lived through the war years so who am I to make it right or wrong.

This, however I found very surprising,

One friend has a company car, is allowed a choice at renewal time, but nothing japanese (the holding company is American)

One of our sales reps is not allowed anything German (company shareholders are jewish)

I know there's no right or wrong here, everyone has a choice, but it does make me wonder how long the hatred will continue down the generations.

[bimsb6]

Strange about the jewish company , i thought most jews with cash drove mercs or am i just stereotyping the ones i know ?

[Kapenta]

bimsb6 said:

Strange about the jewish company , i thought most jews with cash drove mercs or am i just stereotyping the ones i know ?

Yes, you are.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

There's a synagogue quite near me and the side streets on a Saturday are chocca with Volvos (popular with Jews who want a quality car but prefer to avoid German).

The synagogue car park is of course empty because you're not allowed to drive on the Sabbath.

[anonymous-user]

unclegrouch said:

I know there's no right or wrong here, everyone has a choice, but it does make me wonder how long the hatred will continue down the generations.

Scotlands hatred of England 1707-2014 (presuming they get their independence)

The recent Jew/German thing has got a LONG time to run yet, if that's anything to go by. And what the Germans did to the Jews was FAR more than what the English did to (for?) the Scots!

[Blue62]

bimsb6 said:

Strange about the jewish company , i thought most jews with cash drove mercs or am i just stereotyping the ones i know ?

You're thinking of Sikhs. It is an indisputable fact that most Jewish people drive JRG Volvo's.

[Captain Muppet]

unclegrouch said:

One of our sales reps is not allowed anything German (company shareholders are jewish)

Hitler was Austrian. He ordered loads of Germans to their deaths.

Do Germans shun German cars as a result?

[Dracoro]

I wonder if those avoiding Japanese cars also somehow avoid purchasing Japanese electronic goods? (same goes for German goods, e.g. pharmaceutical exports are widely used).

[trashbat]

What's the point? Almost everyone involved is dead, so who are they sanctioning or teaching a lesson? At some point surely it just becomes racism itself.

[Captain Muppet]

Dracoro said:

I wonder if those avoiding Japanese cars also somehow avoid purchasing Japanese electronic goods? (same goes for German goods, e.g. pharmaceutical exports are widely used).

I wonder how German Jews feel about being shunned by other Jews? Unfairly put upon, again, perhaps?

Are BMWs made in America OK for Jewish consumption? How about Mercedes made between 1998 and 2007 when the company was part of Daimler Chrysler?

[The Beaver King]

Captain Muppet said:

Hitler was Austrian. He ordered loads of Germans to their deaths.

Do Germans shun German cars as a result?

I was watching something the other day and there was a cracking line that went something like:

The greatest piece of marketing the Austrians ever pulled off was convincing the world that Hitler was a German.

[xRIEx]

Captain Muppet said:

Dracoro said:

I wonder if those avoiding Japanese cars also somehow avoid purchasing Japanese electronic goods? (same goes for German goods, e.g. pharmaceutical exports are widely used).

I wonder how German Jews feel about being shunned by other Jews? Unfairly put upon, again, perhaps?

Are BMWs made in America OK for Jewish consumption? How about Mercedes made between 1998 and 2007 when the company was part of Daimler Chrysler?

I wonder if it bothers them that some Volvo engines have been designed in conjunction with Porsche, have licensed engines from VW in the past, and use Bosch engine management.

We live in a global economy now, on something as complicated as a car, it's highly unlikely everything was designed, sourced and built in one country.

[fido]

trashbat said:

What's the point? Almost everyone involved is dead, so who are they sanctioning or teaching a lesson? At some point surely it just becomes racism itself.

That. Nearly all of that generation has passed away - though I can fully understand this attitude in the 50s,60s,70s of course when those who suffered or perpetrated atrocities were still alive. Quite a few of my relatives perished under Japanese occupation. On the subject of cars, I think I've had both German and Jap cars .. though I've managed to avoid their aviation equivalents - BMW and Mitsubishi.

Edited by fido on Thursday 17th April 10:55

[grumbledoak]

trashbat said:

What's the point? Almost everyone involved is dead, so who are they sanctioning or teaching a lesson? At some point surely it just becomes racism itself.

^^^ That.

Presumably some get something out of keeping these grudges alive; otherwise they would die out naturally.

[LordGrover]

Some Jews wear beards.
We need a Venn diagram to sort this out.

[LordGrover]

unclegrouch said:

I found this quite strange, would be interested in others thoughts.

My late father was your typical old school business man (haulage contractor) & most of his life refused to buy a Japanese car because of "what those ***** did to our soldiers in WW2"

Fair comment, his choice & he lived through the war years so who am I to make it right or wrong.

This, however I found very surprising,

One friend has a company car, is allowed a choice at renewal time, but nothing japanese (the holding company is American)

One of our sales reps is not allowed anything German (company shareholders are jewish)

I know there's no right or wrong here, everyone has a choice, but it does make me wonder how long the hatred will continue down the generations.

The company I worked for in the eighties only allowed British company cars, although Ford and Vauxhall were allowed too. Lots of Rovers and Austins in the car park then. This was more a pro Buy British than anti-anyone else though.
I wonder what they would have done if Honda, Nissan, Toyota, etc had begun manufacturing here back then.

[Eric Mc]

I thought Ford was an American company.

And Vauxhall is owned by General Motors - also an American company.

When it comes to being "nationalistic" about cars you have major problems as so much motor manufacturing is international by nature and has been for many years.

My very "British" Caterham 7 has an engine that was built by Ford - in South Africa.

[Negative Creep]

LordGrover said:

unclegrouch said:

I found this quite strange, would be interested in others thoughts.

My late father was your typical old school business man (haulage contractor) & most of his life refused to buy a Japanese car because of "what those ***** did to our soldiers in WW2"

Fair comment, his choice & he lived through the war years so who am I to make it right or wrong.

This, however I found very surprising,

One friend has a company car, is allowed a choice at renewal time, but nothing japanese (the holding company is American)

One of our sales reps is not allowed anything German (company shareholders are jewish)

I know there's no right or wrong here, everyone has a choice, but it does make me wonder how long the hatred will continue down the generations.

The company I worked for in the eighties only allowed British company cars, although Ford and Vauxhall were allowed too. Lots of Rovers and Austins in the car park then. This was more a pro Buy British than anti-anyone else though.
I wonder what they would have done if Honda, Nissan, Toyota, etc had begun manufacturing here back then.

Nissan opened their Sunderland plan in 86, so you could have had a nice Bluebird to cruise around in

[Moonhawk]

grumbledoak said:

Presumably some get something out of keeping these grudges alive; otherwise they would die out naturally.

It's just another example of tribalism IMO.

[Captain Muppet]

Moonhawk said:

grumbledoak said:

Presumably some get something out of keeping these grudges alive; otherwise they would die out naturally.

It's just another example of tribalism IMO.

You people with fewer than 100 months membership of PH spout rubbish like this all the time.