Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Kevin Gowen Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Japnese man seized hostage in Iraq Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 22:32:20 -0500 Lines: 66 Message-ID: <2uode4F2b2i1lU1@uni-berlin.de> References: <73fde4f0.0410271421.79961670@posting.google.com> <2uhsbtF2a5aqrU1@uni-berlin.de> <41843F37.6010506@yahoo.com> <4184751E.88B223AC@yahoo.co.jp> <41849E22.145DF2DB@yahoo.co.jp> <9rrao0ld57cbaj4ukfupqa84tfojk44bgs@4ax.com> <2ulgjqF291po5U47@uni-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de KUDQYNHSW93jWvRWvUa21wk5AQqFMmIvV0q25DG5qKHu+/I8Lh User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:20760 Michael Cash wrote: > On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:24:30 GMT, "necoandjeff" > brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed: > > >>Kevin Gowen wrote: >> >>>Michael Cash wrote: >>> >>>>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:22:35 GMT, "necoandjeff" >>>>brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>necoandjeff wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Michael Cash wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Why are there always idiots who think *EXTREMISTS* are going to >>>>>>>>>be rational people? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>He did not need to think that. He simply assumed like many >>>>>>>>Japanese, that shit would never happen to him >>>>>>> >>>>>>>What in the world makes you think the Japanese have a monopoly on >>>>>>>this way of thinking? >>>>>> >>>>>>Nothing. >>>>>> >>>>>>Why do you ask? >>>>> >>>>>The fact that you single out Japanese above as if the notion that >>>>>nothing will happen to oneself is unique to them somehow. Wasn't >>>>>that obvious? >>>> >>>> >>>>But the guy was Japanese so it was >>>>a >>>>relevant observation , not a gratuitous >>>>one >>> >>>Be gentle. He's not the kind of lawyer who makes arguments in court or >>>crossexamines people. >> >>Nor do I need to be to understand that when you use the word "Japanese" when >>describing a particular trait, habit, way of thinking, etc. it is implicit >>that you believe the trait applies more strongly to Japanese than to people >>in general. > > > That strikes me as being something of a leap. Maybe he switched to being the kind of lawyer who makes arguments in court and crossexamines people. - Kevin