I can't believe this is still going on. I'm sure NO ONE that has used the term meant it in a derogatory sense. I would have said something and since it seems like half the reefers on the west coast are Asian I'm sure I wouldn't have been the only one.
But the term itself is enough for some people to take offense to it. It takes a lot to offend me personally, but from someone who has personally seen my own mother be called a Jap, g**k, ch*nk, etc ... it does bother me. Sorry that it seems hard for some people to understand that. Again it has nothing to do with being PC. Its a term that offends people. I guess if you can't understand that, there is no getting thru to you. Hopefully you'll just shake your head like I'm an idiot but you'll refrain from using the term.
Now since I'm 50% Asian and the rest German/Irish, I'm gonna finish this beer and admire my Japanese micros.