On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:26:14 +0900, Declan Murphy
<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:41:16 +0900, Raj Feridun
>> <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>> with:
>> 
>> 
>>>On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 08:49:51 +0900, The 2-Belo
>>><the2belo@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Raj Feridun and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:01:06 +0900, Declan Murphy
>>>>><declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Raj Feridun wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:53:31 +0900, Michael Cash
>>>>>>><mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:06:37 +0900, Raj Feridun
>>>>>>>><rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on going
>>>>>>>>with:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:54:54 +0900, The 2-Belo
>>>>>>>>><the2belo@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Maybe, or perhaps you and the rest of your like-minded cohorts in here
>>>>>>>>>>>have actually managed to convince yourselves that you're not racists
>>>>>>>>>>>and I'm correct.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>I fail to see how anyone in here could conduct an intelligent conversation with
>>>>>>>>>>you about Japan and *not* be labeled as racially biased.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Where they have failed perhaps you can succeed. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I'll clue you in; Jeff's a white guy. So you can just go ahead and
>>>>>>>>automatically write him off as a racist too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Who's Jeff?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I thought you said "I've been lurking in this group for quite some time 
>>>>>>now and I find it fascinating" No??? You were just talking to Jeff.
>>>>>
>>>>>Well, I was in awe for chrissake. 
>>>>
>>>><zod> As well you should have been, in my presence.</zod>
>>>
>>>Sorry, my awe was mostly for Rodney of course and then Declan, and
>>>Michael. These are the sorts one doesn't even feel worthy in the
>>>presence of. In fact, I am uncomfortable even typing their names in
>>>this message without permission. 
>> 
>> Declan and I are just reg'lar guys. We crap one turd at a time, just
>> like everybody else. Rodney is a different matter.
>
>I don't know what it was in that curry I had for lunch yesterday, but 
>right now I'd do anything to crap one turd at a time. Perhaps its 
>because I've strayed from the path, and haven't been rolling out my mat 
>five times daily, bowing deeply in the general direction of Rodneyville.

That's what it boils down to. You can kneel, or you can squat. The
choice is the individual's, but obeisance will be made.