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Contents 1 Conspiracy Theory Removed 2 Misplaced Quote 3 Recent Photo 4 Correct Pronunciation 5 Wrong link 6 Arm 7 Hardly A Japanese Slum

[edit] Conspiracy Theory Removed

I removed a quote from the Disclosure Project since the source it cites requires a login and password. Find a public source of some kind, print or digital, before restoring the quote. 128.12.186.192 09:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Misplaced Quote

Why is there a quote at the bottom of his bio? Shouldn't it be moved somewhere else or even removed?

How do you correctly pronounce his name?

Inouye - ee-KNOW-weh

[edit] Recent Photo

Are there any recent photographs of Senator Inouye available? I would estimate the current one is early 1970's.

[edit] Correct Pronunciation

Inouye is actually pronounced "ee-know-OO-ay."

Please included his efforts to upgrade military citations for persons of Japanese ancestry; including himself. This worthy effort contains an uncomfortable element of self-service that should be included for proper balance.

OMG, "ee-know-OO-ay" is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong. That's basically the haole way of pronouncing his name. They turn ANY word ending in "e" as "ey". Listen to any marine stationed in Kaneohe pronounce the city name. Mr. Inouye's surname is spelled in Japanese as 井上（いのうえ）, which is romanized as "inoue". The use of "y" is old school and obsolete, but is still used by people with the surname who have been in the west for many generations, such as Mr. Inouye. Groink 04:41, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong link

The link in relation to the death of his wife was in fact a link to a NYT story about an accusation of inappropriate sexual behaviour against him. The report states that these were never proven, an apology was made by the accuser, and therefore this is not relevant and has been removed.

I might question why unfounded charges of pederasty remain in Arthur Clarke's article, while this accusation of sexual harrasment is purged as irrelevant. But leave that aside for the moment. Wikipedia's "Political Scandals" page still links here; that should be changed. ChrisWinter 15:17, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arm

The article says he lost his right arm in the war. Does he have a prosthetic one now? --BDD 08:07, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hardly A Japanese Slum

Dan Inouye's childhood was spent living in the Bingham Tract, affectionately known as "Chinese Hollywood." It was and is a solidly middle-class neighborhood of working families and small business-owners. The neighborhood was solidly Chinese and Inouye's family were the only AJA's on the block. Wealthy it was not, but it was far from being a slum.

The allegations by his 1992 opponent, Rick Reed, were politically motivated during a heated race for the US Senate seat. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kuasol1 (talk • contribs) 10:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC).