COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC - Political correctness gone mad

[Ext User(Nikonf4)]

So when did V-J Day become V-P Day?

[Ext User(Justin Thyme)]

"Nikonf4" <noonecares@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> So when did V-J Day become V-P Day?
Maybe when they realised that VJ day was only the end of the battle not of
the war. The japs kept waging the war but instead of doing it by military
force, they did it by economic stealth - by buying every worthwhile land or
business asset that they could get their hands on. Therefore we could hardly
call it VJ day anymore, because it was actually the start of Japan's
eventual victory.

[Ext User(John)]

Justin Thyme wrote:
> "Nikonf4" <noonecares@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:6BFLe.84738$oJ.37763@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
>>So when did V-J Day become V-P Day?
>
> Maybe when they realised that VJ day was only the end of the battle not of
> the war. The japs kept waging the war but instead of doing it by military
> force, they did it by economic stealth - by buying every worthwhile land or
> business asset that they could get their hands on. Therefore we could hardly
> call it VJ day anymore, because it was actually the start of Japan's
> eventual victory.

Err... okay....

"V-J Day is now sometimes referred to as V-P Day (Victory in the Pacific
Day) to bring it in line with V-E Day where the major enemy power,
Germany, was not singled out in the way V-J Day did to Japan. However,
since no other power was an Axis belligerent in the Pacific, such
alteration of nomenclature seems unnecessary to many.

In the United States V-J Day is commemorated on August 14 since the news
of the surrender broke on that date in the US time zones.

V-J Day is still a state holiday in Rhode Island. The holiday's official
name is "Victory Day", and it is observed on the second Monday of August.

In Australia, the name V-P day was used apparently from the outset. The
Canberra Times of 14 August 1945 clearly states reference to "VP Day"
celebrations."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-J_Day