Ernest Schaal wrote:

> in article be6dlv$svc$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp, Norman Diamond at
> ndiamond@nospam.wta.att.ne.jp wrote on 7/5/03 8:29 PM:
>
> > "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
> > news:BB2C1834.4298%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
> >
> >> Unfortunately, this mindset, which brings into mind the thinking of sexist
> >> third world countries, seems to be accurately reported. Clearly, the
> >> Japanese have a LONG way to go before the reach maturity.
> >
> > Try again.  You've quoted Japanese GOVERNMENT officials.  The Japanese
> > GOVERNMENT has a long way to go before reaching maturity.
> >
> > Which, in fact, makes the Japanese government very little different from the
> > governments of most other countries.
> >
> > What about yourself, by the way?  When your president does something stupid,
> > do you say that you have a long way to go before reaching maturity?  Or do
> > you figure out the difference between your government and your country's
> > ordinary people?
>
> This time I quoted Japanese government officials, but other news articles I
> have read have shown that Japanese businessmen are just as bad, and that
> Japanese schoolteachers really have a problem keeping their hands off their
> students.
>
> As for your remark about the president, that is one man. The wave of
> Japanese political scandals involve a multitude of men.

Then you should also read the stories indication the approval ratings of the US
president and his policies, such as a war on Iraq, domestic measures in the war
on terror, or the possibility of more wars elsewhere, or listen to interviews
with the general public, to get an idea of how they also think.