On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:35:51 -0500, "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.komm>
belched the alphabet and kept on going with:


>I kinda wish it didn't take so long to load. I found another gem:
>
>"We encounter more racism here. Some people on the castle steps mock us
>(one can detect mockery in any language), and the guide quickly puts
>them in their place. Later, when I offer to help an ancient lady
>negotiate the steep steps...she patently refuses. She would evidently
>rather tumble to her death than have a Caucasian assist her. Now, in
>Tokyo, there was some limited racism, but I was never mocked. It would
>appear that Kyoto and environs is rather more ethnocentric than Tokyo."

I'm trying to reconcile that with:

"All I know is that it's a delight not to continually stumble across
revolting-looking jalopies belching out black clouds, driven by
Hispanics, and featuring a mismatched rear door and a trunk lid in yet
a third color."

So....revolting jalopies with mix-n-match paint schemes would be
alright if only it weren't Hispanics driving them?