] The companies' divergent fortunes -- symbolic of the two
] nations' broader auto industries -- have Japanese auto
] and government officials worried about a replay of the
] "Japan-bashing" trade friction of the 1980s, when Toyota
] and others were blamed for stealing car sales and U.S.
] jobs, prompting outraged auto workers to smash Japanese
] cars in protest.

What's worse? That this could potentially happen again? Or that in today's age, there are actually people who could get this upset about it happening at all?