"Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message 
news:BD99A1FD.2978B%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
> in article 2th60mF1vti7qU1@uni-berlin.de, m.yoshida at masa@yahoo.co.jp
> wrote on 10/18/04 3:26 PM:
>
>>
>>
>> "Scott Reynolds" <sar@gol.com> wrote in message
>> news:ckvgi9$jfl$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp...
>>> On 10/18/2004 6:28 AM, Ernest Schaal wrote:
>>>> in article 41728233.6387EFD5@yahoo.co.jp, Eric Takabayashi at
>>>> etakajp@yahoo.co.jp wrote on 10/17/04 11:31 PM:
>>>>
>>>>> "m.yoshida" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ernest will ask a question: "Eric, which passport do you have, the US or
>>>>>> Japanese?"
>>>>>
>>>>> US, of course. But I am one of those people who believe it is more
>>>>> meaningful
>>>>> to know about (some of) the flaws of their own country, and still choose to
>>>>> love it, than to be someone who merely obeys or believes what they are
>>>>> told.
>>>>
>>>> I wasn't going to ask that question, since I knew he was an American, an
>>>> American who hates America and particularly hates white Americans.
>>>
>>> Funny. Eric has never given me that impression, and I have been reading his
>>> posts for a
>>> long time.
>>
>> It's quite hard to have a discussion with Mr. Schaal, because
>> he gets more emotional right away than Chinese.  My guess is
>> he is a Chinese-oriented elder.
>>
>> Masayuki
>
> My, you really hate the Chinese, don't you? No wonder, with Japanese like
> you around, that the Chinese hate your guts. Too bad you spoil it for the
> level-headed and decent Japanese.

I have some Chinese friends who are former colleagues at a university 
I worked with in England. They are not as bigoted as you, but considerably 
emotional and political. BTW It is worthy note that here in this thread I 
have never ever said that being emotional and political is a bad thing.  
Basically my position on "Nanjin Incident" is close to Professor Hata 
Ikuhiko's that.  I would say that the death roll of 300,000 is too much 
exaggerated in many aspects.

Masayuki