In article <dUnMb.5146$VS4.171407@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
ifignow <ifignow@hotmail.com> wrote:

> No more J-pop blaring from speakers everywhere,

Ah sweet relaxation--endless hip-hop blaring from speakers everywhere.

> no fishy-smelling hair tonic.

Hey! Nobody *made* you whear that fish-sauce. And you wondered why all
the women rejected you.

> I feel like a real person again.

See how delusional being the USA can make you?

> How do people live in that hovel called Japan??

Since you're back in the USA I guess you can turn your myopic eye back
to the simple pleasures: hating a local ethnic group or religion now... 
But you can always remember the trying days of having a confusing new
culture to hate.

-- 
First they gerrymander us into one-party fiefs. Then they tell us they only
care about the swing districts. Then they complain about voter apathy.
 -- Gail Collins