Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:21:20 -0500, Kevin Gowen
> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> inscribed:
> 
> 
>>John W. wrote:
>>
>>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:22:35 GMT, "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com>
>>>>>brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>necoandjeff wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Why are there always idiots who think *EXTREMISTS* are going to be
>>>>>>>>>>rational people?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>He did not need to think that. He simply assumed like many Japanese,
>>>>>>>>>that shit would never happen to him
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>What in the world makes you think the Japanese have a monopoly on
>>>>>>>>this way of thinking?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Nothing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Why do you ask?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The fact that you single out Japanese above as if the notion that 
>>>>>>nothing
>>>>>>will happen to oneself is unique to them somehow. Wasn't that obvious?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>But    the    guy    was    Japanese    so    it    was
>>>>>a
>>>>>relevant    observation    ,    not    a    gratuitous
>>>>>one
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Be gentle. He's not the kind of lawyer who makes arguments in court or 
>>>>crossexamines people.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Activities that you don't do either.
>>
>>Really? That would be quite a shock to my firm.
> 
> 
> I was just looking over the list of some of the firm's clients. Quite
> a few industrial major leaguers in there.

Indeed. I'm sure you noticed no small amount of Japanese corporations. 
My language skills were a nice hook. In fact, just the other day I was 
talking to one of the senior partners and it turned out that we had a 
mutual acquaintance in JETRO.

- Kevin