Rindler Sigurd <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote:
>> > I have a feeling that the judges are carefully selected people who
> belong to
>> > the old boys network.Foreigners have truly less chances in winning a
> case.
>>
>> No, not really; everyone has the same snowball's chance...

> True, but English teachers will run out of steam and money against the
> state's unlimited access to taxpayer's money in order to pay the lawyers.

Sorry for the confusion; "snowball's chance" refers to "a snowball's
chance in hell".

Ie, nobody has a good chance. Actually, I believe foreigners have a  
slightly better chance than Japanese, as they are less subject to some
of the means of "persuasion" Japanese companines have used against
Japanese plaintiffs.

Mike