Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!news2.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!53.200.244.43.ap.yournet.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: Michael Cash Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Gaijin = American...not Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 02:19:27 +0900 Lines: 25 Message-ID: <8q1n30hpvk8rh1s8oupatr0tpmfpejgo7u@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 53.200.244.43.ap.yournet.ne.jp (43.244.200.53) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1077643169 51772132 I 43.244.200.53 ([51151]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:12305 On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:11:12 GMT, "Musashi" brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed: >Hello again all of you nihontaizai no gaikoku no okata, et al. >I think its really erroneous, and in some cases perhaps insulting, depending >on the person, when Japanese people automatically assume that any western >looking gaikokujin is an American. So sew a maple leaf on your backpack and let a smile be your umbrella, sunshine. -- Michael Cash "I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of a high school transcript." Dr. Howard Sprague Dean of Admissions Mount Pilot College