Only in Brazil...

[jhu]

or maybe Lebanon? But probably more likely France or is it Japan?

 

[Blackjack200]

or maybe Lebanon? But probably more likely France or is it Japan?

This only happens in Murica.

 

[feralkid]

If you find this country so fucked up why are you still here? There are so many countries that would take you as a citizen.

 

[a777pilot]

If you find this country so fucked up why are you still here? There are so many countries that would take you as a citizen.

Where did I see that before?

 

[a777pilot]

or maybe Lebanon? But probably more likely France or is it Japan?

Well, good for him. That's a great story. I wish there were many more like it.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Brazil has the largest japanese and Lebanese populations outside of those respective countries.

In fact I think Brazil may have more Lebanese than lebanon.

 

[Blackjack200]

Brazil has the largest japanese and Lebanese populations outside of those respective countries.

In fact I think Brazil may have more Lebanese than lebanon.

I'm surprised there aren't more Japanese in the US than Brazil. Then again, if I was a rich Japanese businessman, and was going to have to learn a new language anyway, I guess it's hard to beat Rio :hmm:

 

[a777pilot]

Brazil has the largest japanese and Lebanese populations outside of those respective countries.

In fact I think Brazil may have more Lebanese than lebanon.

That integrated diverse population is adding greatly to that country's success. Much like the population make up and diversity is adding to other South American country's success. Good for them.

 

[Phokus]

Didn't Brazil have an ethnic Japanese prime minister/president? Or was that another Latin American country?

 

[Martin]

Didn't Brazil have an ethnic Japanese prime minister/president? Or was that another Latin American country?

Their newly elected President's father was Bulgarian. I wonder if you'll find stories in the Brazilian press about her birth certificate...

 

[theeedude]

Ghosn did a very good job at Nissan. That said, Mulally is doing a similarly good job at Ford, so it's not an only in Brazil story

 

[feralkid]

Where did I see that before?

It's been in countless PJabber posts.

 

[Riparian]

Didn't Brazil have an ethnic Japanese prime minister/president? Or was that another Latin American country?

Peru

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Fujimori

 

[Blackjack200]

Peru

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Fujimori

Lol, can't make this stuff up:

In July 1997, the news magazine Caretas charged that Fujimori had actually been born in Japan.[26] Because Peru's constitution requires the president to have been born in Peru, this would have made Fujimori ineligible to be president.[24] The magazine, which had been sued for libel by Vladimiro Montesinos seven years earlier,[27] reported that Fujimori's birth and baptismal certificates might have been altered.

 

[soulcougher73]

Is there a point to this link? Or am i missing some vital piece of info?

 

[JockoJohnson]

Looks like somebody's got their panties in a knot. Must not have liked the other thread having to do with American exceptionalism. Apparently, it is a bad thing to be proud of your country in this day and age. I know to blindly believe it is wrong but what's wrong with preferring your country over another?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Is there a point to this link? Or am i missing some vital piece of info?

The OP is making a statement that America is not the only place where the children of immigrants can go on to do great and wonderful things:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2180204

 

[Jaskalas]

The OP is making a statement that America is not the only place where the children of immigrants can go on to do great and wonderful things:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2180204

It's good to see other nations follow our lead in that regard.

 

[Phokus]

lol, can't make this stuff up:

In july 1997, the news magazine caretas charged that fujimori had actually been born in japan.[26] because peru's constitution requires the president to have been born in peru, this would have made fujimori ineligible to be president.[24] the magazine, which had been sued for libel by vladimiro montesinos seven years earlier,[27] reported that fujimori's birth and baptismal certificates might have been altered.

hahahahaha! Show us DA BURF CURTIFICATE!

 

[sandorski]

Looks like somebody's got their panties in a knot. Must not have liked the other thread having to do with American exceptionalism. Apparently, it is a bad thing to be proud of your country in this day and age. I know to blindly believe it is wrong but what's wrong with preferring your country over another?

Pride in ones' country is fine, but so is Reality. The problem with "American Exceptionalism" is that it promotes myopitism and automatically ignores foreign solutions to various issues. Sometimes the wheel can be reinvented, but other times it is simply not worth it.

 

[shortylickens]

was hoping for a thread about trannies.
the pissing contest is good too.

 

[feralkid]

Looks like somebody's got their panties in a knot. Must not have liked the other thread having to do with American exceptionalism. Apparently, it is a bad thing to be proud of your country in this day and age. I know to blindly believe it is wrong but what's wrong with preferring your country over another?

Nothing wrong with national pride.

It's the "only" part that stinks of jingoism.

 

[werepossum]

Brazil has the largest japanese and Lebanese populations outside of those respective countries.

In fact I think Brazil may have more Lebanese than lebanon.

I did not know that.

Personally I prefer America to Rio. We have hot beach chicks too, but ours don't have penises.

 

[dmcowen674]

If you find this country so fucked up why are you still here? There are so many countries that would take you as a citizen.

Amen

There are so many America haters on here.

They are starting to whine more and more, hopefully they are getting ready to pack up and get the hell out of here soon.