On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:08:08 +0900, Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com>
wrote:

>> Remind me again. When did I say I hadn't seen homeless people? I've
>> seen homeless folks on almost every visit to Osaka and Tokyo depending
>> on where I go in those cities. I just haven't noticed them down here
>> (yet).

>You're right. You never said you hadn't seen homeless people. It seems 
>that was just Eric's assumption.

>So in other words, I was questioning Eric's original conclusion (that 
>you were "ignorant" of conditions in other parts of Japan), but doing it 
>in a somewhat oblique way. In fact, I never thought you were claiming 
>that homelessness was not a problem in Japan just because you didn't see 
>homeless people in your town.

Oh OK, thanks.