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Old 08-16-2015, 11:52 AM  
SilentKnight
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I'm old enough that I remember as a little boy that 'Made in Japan' on anything was code for 'piece of shit crap'. I remember an aunt, she was young and single at the time, came to our house in a new tiny Toyota and everybody laughed at it.
Steve Earle's song 'Guitar Town' had a lyric that was censored by some radio stations.

Everybody told me that you can't get far
On thirty-seven dollars and a Jap guitar.


They over-dubbed and substituted the word Jap for "cheap".

Now we have "Made in China" as our mantra for cheap consumer products division.
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