On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 21:50:29 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
<etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

>So what do you think marrying a Japanese means, and why do you link it to
>feelings toward Japan or living in it?

I don't link it. I just wondered how people who people could marry
someone who they don't consider human.

>> Then again, I'm just guessing here but I'd say you probably
>> don't know all the 127,435,000 Japanese you so eagerly label as a
>> single unkind entity either.
>
>I don't need to meet them, to see what they obviously and factually don't do. It
>was you pointing out that homeless shelters and soup kitchens do not exist here
>like back home. My home community does not have any homeless shelter, it is
>true. But the local food bank helps a full sixth of the entire population to
>help those in need. That's money and food straight from people's pockets, by
>choice, not by law from taxes. Can you say such of Japan and its homeless or
>poor?

No, I can't. I wouldn't be so foolish as to defend the Japanese
government or their attitudes towards the homeless which I believe you
when you say they stink. That I can handle. Saying 100% of Japanese
citizens are unwilling to help either I disagree with.

>Why don't you speak to some of your kind and generous Japanese friends to see
>what they think and do about homeless or the poor, or meet and listen to some
>homeless yourself?

I guess it's not as much of a problem down here as it is in the big
cities. Either that or they're hiding them well or maybe they're in
shelters. Or maybe the people ARE helping each other. I'll tell you
what I WILL check out the local situation and I will get an answer to
your question too. Maybe it will be a learning experience for both of
us.

Raj