Re: Japnese man seized hostage in Iraq
Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:19:22 -0500, Kevin Gowen
> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> inscribed:
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>>Michael Cash wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:21:20 -0500, Kevin Gowen
>>><kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
>>>inscribed:
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>>>>John W. wrote:
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>>>>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>>>>>Michael Cash wrote:
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>>>>>>>On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:22:35 GMT, "necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com>
>>>>>>>brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
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>>>>>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>necoandjeff wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>Michael Cash wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>Why are there always idiots who think *EXTREMISTS* are going to be
>>>>>>>>>>>>rational people?
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>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>He did not need to think that. He simply assumed like many Japanese,
>>>>>>>>>>>that shit would never happen to him
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>>>>>>>>>>What in the world makes you think the Japanese have a monopoly on
>>>>>>>>>>this way of thinking?
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Nothing.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Why do you ask?
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>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?
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>>>>>>>But the guy was Japanese so it was
>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>relevant observation , not a gratuitous
>>>>>>>one
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>>>>>>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.
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>
> I did indeed notice that. I was going to cut-n-paste the client list
> from the website, but that would make it possible for others to google
> up the name of the firm and I know you're waiting a bit before making
> that info public here.
Of course, it will be public information soon enough once my records are
up on the bar's website, but I appreciate that.
This reminds me that I have an update to email to you.
- Kevin
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