Just an observation or two
Ok, this thread is utterly ridiculous.
These are just some thoughts and observations I'd like to toss in. I can totally understand both side of the argument, but I think most people here are just picking petty fights with posters they fundamentally disagree with and don't like, more than having an actual debate.
Some people, when recounting a tale, like to provide visual descriptions, not to point out more negative points or to perpetuate stereotypes, but simply so the the listener/reader can visualize it in their mind.
With that said, if one were to state simply that a creepy guy was whacking off on WB, how would most people imagine him? I know I would probably imagine an average height, middle aged white guy, probably thinning a bit, and probably with a bit of a belly. Why? Because in my experience, the majority of creepy guys that are prone to that type of behavior tend to fit that description.
Now, if JJ, like myself, comes up with the above image, when thinking of the term "creepy" perhaps he added the description of Chinese to counter the possibly automatic assumption that the creepy guy was white, not to state that Chinese people are more creepy, but simply to state that creepy guy was Chinese, or at least Asian and not white.
People tend to visualize the most average and simplistic descriptions of people unless otherwise informed. So perhaps the creepy guy was of average age (middle-aged, neither young nor old), of average height for his ethnic background (neither particularly tall nor short), average build.... basically average in every way except that he was Asian/Chinese not white as perhaps JJ, like myself associates with the term "creepy guy."
I don't know if the above is the case or not, but what does it say about people like myself, who are white, who assume that "creepy guy" automatically means white? Does that make me racist about my own race? Do I think that white guys are fundamentally more creepy than other people? Nope, I would just illogically come to the conclusion that "creepy guy" was white, simply because I have more experience with creepy white guys than I do creepy Asian guys.
And on the subject of Asian vs. Chinese vs. Japanese vs. Korean etc etc. Oh get off it. It's a leap to state emphatically that the guy was for sure Chinese, but given the statistical probability that an Asian guy in the lower mainland is more likely to be Chinese than any other Asian "race" (ethnicity!!!) it's a relatively easy assumption that is probably correct.
Now before anyone goes and says "Isabelle is a racist as well"....don't. Just don't. Because you have no idea who is or is not involved in my personal life or what my preferences are when dating etc.
This whole thread is bullshit and is just a way for some people to make themselves feel more morally superior than others. Some of you just need to get over yourselves and get over this. If you don't like JJ put him on your ignore list, but get off your soap boxes folks.