Comments on: Mission Accomplished! http://www.j2fi.net/2008/03/27/mission-accomplished/ Yet Another Gaijin In Japan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jason http://www.j2fi.net/2008/03/27/mission-accomplished/#comment-1220 Jason Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:20:15 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2008/03/27/mission-accomplished/#comment-1220 If you won't, then I will. I've always wanted a mountain named after me. So far, there is no Irwin Mountain anywhere in the solar system, so it would be a great testament to my family name :P I wonder what the consequences of such an action would be, though .... Then again ... when I look at the competition on Google for "Irwin Mountain", it shouldn't be too hard to become number one :twisted: If you won’t, then I will. I’ve always wanted a mountain named after me. So far, there is no Irwin Mountain anywhere in the solar system, so it would be a great testament to my family name :P
I wonder what the consequences of such an action would be, though ….

Then again … when I look at the competition on Google for “Irwin Mountain”, it shouldn’t be too hard to become number one :twisted:

]]> By: Nick Ramsay http://www.j2fi.net/2008/03/27/mission-accomplished/#comment-1219 Nick Ramsay Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:11:55 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2008/03/27/mission-accomplished/#comment-1219 I'm sure it would fly because everyone would think it's a great "gaijin in Japan" story, yet nobody would bother to verify it. It would be a harmless experiment in disinformation, and could be used to prove how readily people believe what they are told. Not that I have any intention of actually doing something like this! ;) I’m sure it would fly because everyone would think it’s a great “gaijin in Japan” story, yet nobody would bother to verify it. It would be a harmless experiment in disinformation, and could be used to prove how readily people believe what they are told. Not that I have any intention of actually doing something like this! ;)

]]> By: Jason http://www.j2fi.net/2008/03/27/mission-accomplished/#comment-1218 Jason Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:25:22 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2008/03/27/mission-accomplished/#comment-1218 That is such an amazing idea .... Do you think it'll fly? I think we should give this a go and see just how long it takes for the "inaccurate name" to take hold and ripple through the Blogosphere. Just think: if enough people believe it to be true, cartographers might just change the name to match! Then again ... would someone really want to be immortalized with a mountain because of a lie? That is such an amazing idea …. Do you think it’ll fly?

I think we should give this a go and see just how long it takes for the “inaccurate name” to take hold and ripple through the Blogosphere. Just think: if enough people believe it to be true, cartographers might just change the name to match!

Then again … would someone really want to be immortalized with a mountain because of a lie?

]]> By: Nick Ramsay http://www.j2fi.net/2008/03/27/mission-accomplished/#comment-1217 Nick Ramsay Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:41:40 +0000 http://www.j2fi.net/2008/03/27/mission-accomplished/#comment-1217 Good for you, Jason. Many minds have been polluted with mis- and disinformation, and sometimes even common sense can't compete with NHK and other big media corporations. Imagine if I made a little wooden signpost that read "Mt. Ramsay" in Japanese, and stuck it in the ground on one of my local mountains. I could take a few photos, make a Japanese Wikipedia page about how the mountain was named after I made a (non-existent) generous donation to (non-existent) organization, and then tell a few people about my mountain. They would have no reason to doubt my story and might be so impressed they would tell their friends and show them the Wikipedia page. Before long, the foreign community would pick up on it, someone would translate the Wikipedia page into English and all the English blogs in the Japan community would be talking about how this foreigner got a Japanese name on a mountain! This myth would probably make it back into the Japanese blogosphere where it would essentially become fact. Even if someone investigated and found out that it was all a joke, the truth would probably never influence the masses like the lie did. Good for you, Jason. Many minds have been polluted with mis- and disinformation, and sometimes even common sense can’t compete with NHK and other big media corporations.

Imagine if I made a little wooden signpost that read “Mt. Ramsay” in Japanese, and stuck it in the ground on one of my local mountains. I could take a few photos, make a Japanese Wikipedia page about how the mountain was named after I made a (non-existent) generous donation to (non-existent) organization, and then tell a few people about my mountain. They would have no reason to doubt my story and might be so impressed they would tell their friends and show them the Wikipedia page. Before long, the foreign community would pick up on it, someone would translate the Wikipedia page into English and all the English blogs in the Japan community would be talking about how this foreigner got a Japanese name on a mountain! This myth would probably make it back into the Japanese blogosphere where it would essentially become fact. Even if someone investigated and found out that it was all a joke, the truth would probably never influence the masses like the lie did.

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