On 17 Jul 2003 21:53:45 -0700, worthj1970@yahoo.com  ...
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>Brett Robson <jet_boy@deja.com> wrote in message
>news:<bf7g7u022fr@drn.newsguy.com>...
>> Kevin Gowen II at his finest. Your faux academic tone is quite cute.
>> 
>Are you seriously reading this thread?

Beats Krazy Kaz. I'm having an argument with a perl programme that insists on
dying without telling me why and fighting off a persistent migraine. A bit of
light relief is called for.

It looked interesting at first, but Kevin felt intimidated by someone that may
know more than him on his pet topics, or at least hold more promise, his
insecurities got the better of him and couldn't stop himself. You know what he
is like as soon as he saw a (perceived) weakness, he went for the throat.

All I know about Japanese history is
1. they lived in mud huts and were called Jomons 
2. until Kyoto, the capital moved around a lot.
3. some militant monks got burnt to death in temple near Kyoto
4. Tokugawa kicked some guy from Osaka's arse and to punish them he moved the
capital to Tokyo
5. Commodore Perry turned up and had a bigger penis than the last Tokugawa who
was so embarrassed that he wouldn't become Shogun
6. 1889 Meiji Constitution was the first modern constitution in Asia.
7. Some samurais in Kyushu staged a revolution wearing dresses, wooden sandals,
silly haircuts and armed with chopsticks and sharp knives. No surprise they
lost.
8. The US invaded Okinawa and test fired their nuclear arsenal on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki (which they missed)
9. They invented trains, radios, TVs, cars, and mobile phones.

Something happened in 1192 but all I can remember is the nmeonic, ii kuni.


>I tried and decided to only
>read Richard's part of the post, since his comments were halfway
>intelligent and not nearly so belligerent. But you'll notice I did in
>fact post something. Maybe I've become that particular type of person
>that feels the need to be part of every single thread.
>

I sure you are just as able as Kevin to google up something to add to the
conversation.

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