necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
> <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
> news:cjatai$gdq$13@news.Stanford.EDU...
>> necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
>> > <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
>>
>> >> Actually, since he has to check the knife in these days, all he has to
>> >> do is declare it at customs.
>>
>> > And what does this have to do with ability to read Japanese (presumably
> to
>> > be able to know the law)?
>>
>> Sorry, why does he need to read Japanese to declare a pocket knife at
>> customs?

> Ooops. I must have mistaken you for the mtfester who posted a response
> (notably deleted above) to my response which was made in the context of
> Brett's question about whether one needs to be able to read Japanese before
> travelling to Japan.

Oh, you mean:

"No, not at all. If he gets hauled before a judge for carrying the wrong
kind of knife,"

Yes, obviously nothing to do with carrying a knife  at all.

Good point.

Mike