> If you are not going to pay heed to say, UNICEF, medical professionals, or
> university professors, I'd like to know who other than yourself you would
> believe.

Sorry, you're right. I overstated my case there. I should have said *some*
of those statistics are pretty clearly unreliable, instead of just rejecting
all of them.

For instance:

"Shocking statistics compiled by researchers indicate that three out of four
junior and senior high school students surveyed in Tokyo have experienced
solicitation for sex by older men"

is followed by:

"Statistics show that almost all high school girls engage in some form of
sexual titillation with older men for money or promises of presents"

So 70% have been solicited (presumably some said no), and yet almost all are
engaging in a form of prostitution? It doesn't take a university professor
to see that that doesn't add up.

> What I want you to do is find the truth.

Right. Thank you. And if I see the need to be very careful about statistics
in my pursuit of the truth, will you just accept that, and stop jumping down
my throat about it?

--
John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com