On 11/28/2003 11:46 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:

> Scott Reynolds wrote:
> 
>>On 11/28/2003 5:09 AM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>
>>>Same for the much of the rest of the city or society. It's as if people with
>>>physical disabilities including many elderly, are simply meant to stay at
>>>home if they can't manage alone. Whoever came up with the "Japanese toilet"
>>>did not have people with poor balance or weak legs in mind at all, much less
>>>the elderly or handicapped, yet they are so prevalent even today in public
>>>places such as stations in cities. How women in kimono managed, I do not
>>>know.
>>
>>Many people claim to prefer the squat toilets, you know.
> 
> Such people can probably stand or walk on their own.

And regular squatting helps them to keep fit.

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