Pontificating on the Shell and Its Ghost

You claimed WHAT on the internet?!TL;DR version: I don’t give a damn.  She’s Asian.  I’m going to see the movie anyhow.  So should you.
This discussion grew out of, what else, an online argument about Ghost in the Shell and the apparent white-washing done to the main character Major Motoko Kusanagi when Scarlet Johannson was cast.  The work was enough, it seemed only right to keep it and share it.
If we're seriously discussing this, then let’s start at the basics. Masamune S...