Scott Reynolds wrote:

> On 11/28/2003 5:09 AM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>
> > Same for the much of the rest of the city or society. It's as if people with
> > physical disabilities including many elderly, are simply meant to stay at
> > home if they can't manage alone. Whoever came up with the "Japanese toilet"
> > did not have people with poor balance or weak legs in mind at all, much less
> > the elderly or handicapped, yet they are so prevalent even today in public
> > places such as stations in cities. How women in kimono managed, I do not
> > know.
>
> Many people claim to prefer the squat toilets, you know.

Such people can probably stand or walk on their own.

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