Nissan takes lead with Thai-made March in Japan

Strange, very very strange that a Japanese company would name a car
built in Thailand, the March.

I wonder if some of the car's owners call their cars "Colonel Bogey?"

Perhaps more to the point, although not in Thailand, [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March[/ame]

Nissan -- formerly Datsun in the US, because Nissan sounded too much
like Nippon -- must have a short memory... or believe the rest of the
world does.

Strange, very very strange.

 

Conveniently white history doesn't teach children about the long walk that the navajo nation was put on, nor other tribes, headed for the crappy land we called reservations. A few hundred years ago, the native american population was 100% and now it's 1%.

Honestly, when we talk death marches, battan is/was small potatoes, in comparison to what our great great great great grand parents were doing. You get 2 guesses. Which country was it, that TAUGHT Japan the importance of Imperialistic expansion? Yep ... sadly, we lead by example. How do you think we GOT most of the continental U.S. ... or the panama canal ... or the Philippines ... or Hawaii ... etc. Then we bitch because other countries become good students by copying what we practice? "Do as I say - not as I do". (shaking head) .

 

Hill,

You make an excellent point.

While folks out west may be most familiar with the Navajo Long Walk,
folks east of the Mississippi are more probably more familiar with the
Cherokee Trail of Tears.

Neither case speaks well of our white ancestors, Christianity, or our
government and leaders at the times.

The Long Walk involved not just Navajo peoples, but Apache as well.
The Trail of Tears swept up Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and
Seminole peoples.

Well might we wonder just what was meant to be recalled or made
reference to by the name of the '50s/'60s era Chevy Apache pickup
truck.

Likewise, what attributes or romantic notions are meant to enhance the
marketability of the Jeep model named the Grand Cherokee?

As I remarked earlier; strange, very very strange.