"Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:BE6404D1.DA66%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
> automobile in Los Angeles except for the movie stars. Beef is ubiquitous
in
> Japan, from Hokkaido, to Tokyo, to Osaka, to Kyushu. MacDonalds, MOS
> Burgers

You call what MOSBurger serves *beef*? XO

I've heard it's best compared to sawdust...

> In addition to beef, chicken, pork, and other types of meat are quite
> popular. Even horse meat is sold in some sushi restaurants. While there
are
> vegetarian restaurants here, they are not the norm.

Don't forget whale. Mmm, whale.

> The second thing that really is a give-away to the fact that Kaz might not
> have ever visited Japan is his use of the term "snobbish Kobe type
> pseudo-Westerner Etas(burakumins)." Burakumin form one of Japan's largest
> minority groups, and have been subjected to prejudice and discrimination
for
> centuries. To use the adjective "snobbish" with the noun "burakumin" shows
a
> disconnect with reality, like talking about those "snobbish people on
> welfare." Not all burakumin are poor, but they are definitely in an
inferior
> position in Japan, thus the use of the word snobbish in that context makes
> no sense.

Good point...I hadn't even noticed that, I was so distracted by the rest of
the bullshit.

These mythical snobbish burakumin must come from the same place as the
legendary illegal Cuban immigrant with a mansion in Beverly Hills and
several million in stock options...


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