Jim Breen <jwb@csse.monash.edu.au> wrote:

> Louise Bremner wrote:
> > <anthropologist_of_japan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >>Once again, please don't punished me for speaking the truth.
> > 
> > Once again, cite?
> 
> Louise, how can he possibly cite his own fantasies?

Well, if he were to admit they are indeed his own fantasies, I wouldn't
ask for a cite. 

But he claims he's speaking the truth, hence my request. 

Hint to "anthropologist_of_japan": such a "likely story" would've been
reported extensively in the media at the time, if it were true.
Newspapers have archives.

> 
> I remember when we were in Japan in 81/82 and visiting some Japanese
> friends. They had Xmas presents for our children (all "pre-adolescent").
> Our daughters were given twee plastic toys, and our son an electric
> slot-car set. The girls were *not* impressed.

Heh.... That's not just in Japan.

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