Re: Japnese man seized hostage in Iraq
Michael Cash wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:24:30 GMT, "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com>
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
>
>>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.
>>
>>Nor do I need to be to understand that when you use the word "Japanese" when
>>describing a particular trait, habit, way of thinking, etc. it is implicit
>>that you believe the trait applies more strongly to Japanese than to people
>>in general.
>
>
> That strikes me as being something of a leap.
Maybe he switched to being the kind of lawyer who makes arguments in
court and crossexamines people.
- Kevin
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