On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 20:22:29 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
<etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

>Or he's gone native, like ordinary Japanese who don't notice, care or act,
>unwilling to do something as simple as voting for reformists this month or
>giving their "trash" to the poor.

I'm a U.S. citizen. I live here on a standard 3 year recycled
日本人の配偶者 visa so I cannot vote. I'm not even a permanent
resident technically speaking. I'm for positive change. I never said I
wasn't. I think giving secondhand items to the needy is an excellent
idea. 

Again, I'm not saying bad policies/people don't exist in Japan.

>> > Sorry, just getting physically more ill with each post I read in here
>> > I could not contain myself any longer from responding.
>>
>> The obvious solution would be to stop reading the group. I mean, since
>> you're so well adjusted and all, why don't you just hang out with your
>> Shikoku country bumpkin buddies?

>He gets physically ill at the reactions of people who would like Japan to
>change for the better, but does not care about doing anything about the
>problem itself.

Reread this thread in its entirety, Eric then come back here. OK, all
done?? Now do you HONESTLY think that what was posted up until I
jumped in was an intelligent discourse on how to change Japan for the
better? Or was it perhaps more like elitist ranting and patting each
other on the back about how Japan and the Japanese are unkind,
uncaring assholes and WE'RE so much better? My position is it was the
latter which is why I let my big mouth finally flap free. 

>> Ah, that explains it. That must give you some sort of special insight into
>> Japan that the rest of us lack.

>He thinks marrying Japanese has something to do with Japan itself, or how
>much we love it or not.

No, I do not and I resent this characterization of a person you don't
even know. 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.

Raj