Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com> wrote in message news:<bebu7q$akt$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp>...
> On 7/7/2003 10:22 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> 
> > Scott Reynolds wrote:
> > 
> >>On 7/6/2003 8:09 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> >>
> >>>masayuki yoshida wrote:
>  
> >>>>Although Eric ALWAYS points out the lack of our
> >>>>history knowledge, are American people far more knowledgeable about
> >>>>their own nation's past than Japanese?
> >>>
> >>>This is totally besides the point, and this attempt at diversion is a common
> >>>tactic among Japanese when confronted over Japanese political or social issues.
> >>
> >>Why is it beside the point?
> > 
> > Because he is trying to cloud the issue by turning the attention to America, which
> > does indeed have its own problems. But we're talking about Japan.
> 
> Oh, I see. International comparisons are not permissible.
> 
> It would appear then that the only acceptable standard for comparison is 
> perfection, which naturally Japan falls short of.

Perhaps he is not aware that any social phenomenon should be discussed
by a wide variety of perspectives and explanational ways.  So I have
to confess that his comments are always too simple to interest those
who are familia with the Japanese matters.  Very sad, but posters in
fjlij have to accept the fact.  ;-)

Masayuki