On 9/1/2003 9:29 PM, Michael Cash wrote:

> On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:35:51 -0500, "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.komm>
> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
> 
>>I kinda wish it didn't take so long to load. I found another gem:
>>
>>"We encounter more racism here. Some people on the castle steps mock us
>>(one can detect mockery in any language), and the guide quickly puts
>>them in their place. Later, when I offer to help an ancient lady
>>negotiate the steep steps...she patently refuses. She would evidently
>>rather tumble to her death than have a Caucasian assist her. Now, in
>>Tokyo, there was some limited racism, but I was never mocked. It would
>>appear that Kyoto and environs is rather more ethnocentric than Tokyo."
> 
> I'm trying to reconcile that with:
> 
> "All I know is that it's a delight not to continually stumble across
> revolting-looking jalopies belching out black clouds, driven by
> Hispanics, and featuring a mismatched rear door and a trunk lid in yet
> a third color."
> 
> So....revolting jalopies with mix-n-match paint schemes would be
> alright if only it weren't Hispanics driving them?

I s'pose it would be okay if they were Jewish Hispanics.

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