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From: mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net
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Subject: Re: child abuse in Japan... Japanese Way???
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 05:17:26 +0000 (UTC)
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X Japan <japanskeptic@yahoo.com> wrote:

Much deletia.

> When I tell her to STOP hitting, slapping and screaming at our 2
> babies (one is 6 months, the other 18), she flatly refuses, saying

Sounds like you KNOW  what to do; just gotta pull the trigger.

> Also, I would like to hear from some Japanese folks on this board. Is
> this REALLY the Japanese Way, or this a sad excuse from my wife in
> order to justify her atrocious temper?

The second.

Mike