In fj.life.in-japan E.F.Schelby <schelby@swcp.com> wrote:
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:

>>In fj.life.in-japan E.F.Schelby <schelby@swcp.com> wrote:
>>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>>
>>>>In fj.life.in-japan E.F.Schelby <schelby@swcp.com> wrote:
>>>>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:

>>>>You mean where someone tells them they're a failure if they lose?
>>
>>> Nope. That seems to be an American custom.

>>Really? So why did you teach her all her efforts are in vain?

> I didn't.

And yet you insist this is "an American custom".

Odd...

> Will you be satisfied with that and quit?

I was never disssatisfied. I simply think it's odd that one feels all
one's efforts are in vain simply if one doesn't get one's way...

>>So, you're raising your daughter in an inferior fashion?

> I raised her in the true-blue (pun intended) fashion of "all men 
> are created equal." What I avoided was the model of American
> exceptionalism.

And yet you labelled her response as "an American custom".

Odd.

>>Very confusing; most of my friends just picked themselves up and went
>>on, even if they ARE Americans.

> Okay, that dates you ;-). 

Does it date my friends, as well?

> And now, Mike Fester, let's end this game, shall we? I don't want
> to play anymore.

Then you need merely trim your cross-posts, removing Japan-related
groups, or not reply.

Mike