On 11/28/2003 5:09 AM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:

> Same for the much of the rest of the city or society. It's as if people with
> physical disabilities including many elderly, are simply meant to stay at
> home if they can't manage alone. Whoever came up with the "Japanese toilet"
> did not have people with poor balance or weak legs in mind at all, much less
> the elderly or handicapped, yet they are so prevalent even today in public
> places such as stations in cities. How women in kimono managed, I do not
> know.

Many people claim to prefer the squat toilets, you know.

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Scott Reynolds                                      sar@gol.com