cc wrote:

> "Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
>
> > The almost unanimous reaction from any age group is my kids are cute, too.
> >
> > Try wearing scruffy clothes and laying on a piece of cardboard in the
> middle
> > of town, or asking strangers for loose change claiming you haven't had
> food
> > for days.
>
> Well, that's why pro-beggars take cute kids or pets and mutilate them.

No, I'm suggesting he pretend to be homeless and hungry all by himself if he
wants to conduct an experiment how "kind" strangers are. Of course Japanese
will call white, black, Asian, or Pacific Islander children cute. Given an
opportunity, they'd call American Indian and Latino kids cute, too.

> That
> brings more money. Last year, they've arrested a guy that was cutting dogs'
> paw to use them as props to beg in Umeda.

Wasn't it multiple dogs?

> When my aunt was in Japan, one day, she told me : "That afternoon, I've seen
> an original business, there were 2 young people with a beautiful dog sitting
> on the pavement and they charged the kids for touching the dog.

So kind.

> The parents
> encouraged the children to go there, as that's certainly cheaper and more
> convenient than having a pet at home.

Or visiting a pet shop or zoo with petting exhibit or asking a friend with a
pet.

So kind.

> I didn't know the price. I've given
> them 2 big coins. How much is it normally ? They also do it with cats ?". I
> didn't tell her they mostly do it with high-school girls.

So kind.

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