Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!news-ber1.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Initial impressions from the Japanese premier of Fahrenheit 9/11 Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 22:02:16 -0500 Lines: 52 Message-ID: <412AAFB8.8000802@yahoo.com> References: <2oidcuFarmbiU11@uni-berlin.de> <4125415A.8010509@yahoo.com> <2okumiFbdbunU23@uni-berlin.de> <41255EE4.3060005@yahoo.com> <73fde4f0.0408201913.32390d3@posting.google.com> <2onvh2FckcjnU21@uni-berlin.de> <73fde4f0.0408210511.57aa8bcd@posting.google.com> <2oq6c6FckcjnU36@uni-berlin.de> <73fde4f0.0408221029.2f7545bd@posting.google.com> <2ose5aFd9vt9U19@uni-berlin.de> <41295D7F.6010708@yahoo.com> <2ou8gqFd9vt9U37@uni-berlin.de> <73fde4f0.0408231053.393b41a0@posting.google.com> <2ovoqrFfc0a4U2@uni-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de um2wh4ZKrnJvA7P6jf1IiwipQ/T+qYAbbsKHFyKZspangfTtnk User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:17259 Kevin Gowen wrote: > John W. wrote: > >> Kevin Gowen wrote in message >> news:<2ou8gqFd9vt9U37@uni-berlin.de>... >> >>> John W. wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Kevin Gowen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Stop beating around the bush! >>>>> >>>> >>>> Snap! >>> >>> >>> If you are going to imitate the negroes, at least do it right. >>> >> >> Here's the thing. You said "I'm sorry you didn't have very good >> parents" and I asked you to apologize. If you have no understanding of >> why someone would ask for that apology, then say so; if you ever feel >> offended by something I said and asked for an apology I'll give it. >> But if you offend somebody and they let you know and ask for an >> apology, a decent person gives it. > > > You said, "the apple falling far from the tree is actually a good thing > most of the time." What does that statement tell me about how worthy of > emulation you think your parents are? > I was continuing the metaphor. You don't want two plants growing close to each other. When that happens they suffocate each other and neither grows to its fullest potential. One will typically whither and die in the shadow of the other, which gets the greatest amount of sunlight and water. So it's actually best if the apple falls (and thus grows) out of the shade of its parent. I think very highly of my parents, mainly because when I was younger they understood the importance of letting me choose my own path and seek their guidance rather than them dictating it and forcing their guidance upon me. They took the risk that in so doing I might choose to live forever away from them; but the result is that I am extremely devoted to them and that's a major reason I don't (and probably won't again) live in Japan. Understand? John W.