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freeski919 t1_j71ecz6 wrote

Americans continue to use Arabic numerals, despite a large portion of the US population harboring a hatred for Arabs and Muslims.

Change is hard, regardless of motivation. The Japanese had other things to do at the time.

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Imadope_1960 t1_j79bsbq wrote

That part of the US population doesn't have a clue why they hate other than they are told to.

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indian_mofo t1_j71jka1 wrote

Firstly, they're Hindu- Arabic numerals so different Secondly, the 'hate' against Arabs and Muslims isn't mainstream in US as opposed to Japanese nationalism which was the norm at that time. Lastly, Japanese does have (sort of) native writing systems I.e Hiragana and katakana which could have replaced Kanji (which is pretty much Chinese Characters) but same can't be said for Hindu- Arabic numerals. What can they be replaced with?

So your analogy is just wrong.

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IeyasuMcBob t1_j72ayfh wrote

To try and help you understand the downvotes (actually didn't downvote your comment myself)

  1. I don't think a huge proportion of the Arab-hating USA population would be particularly fussed over the distinction between Arabic and Hindu-Arabic, though you are right that there is a difference.

  2. Roman numerals for instance.

The analogy isn't perfect, granted, but it works, let's say enough, to discuss at least.

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