Path: news.ccsf.jp!tomockey.ddo.jp!news.tornevall.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: CL Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: I was interviewed about the Tohoku disaster Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:28:33 +0900 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <0ed1bf6b-65e3-40f5-a470-727459d8b57e@t19g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="qilHZdgCaFQAGFYCubpuAA"; logging-data="28770"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+jsexQXPNAj9zzgQSyh4FX" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.24) Gecko/20100411 Thunderbird/2.0.0.24 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 In-Reply-To: <0ed1bf6b-65e3-40f5-a470-727459d8b57e@t19g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Cancel-Lock: sha1:5OtV6WOQsrlvNDoH5/kmYExc9bw= Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.life.in-japan:169805 On 03/28/2011 09:06 PM, John W. wrote: > On Mar 27, 9:41 pm, The 2-Belo > wrote: >> >> They gave me the opportunity to voice observations about the event, however >> tenuous my connection to it; I obliged since I wanted to be one of the tiny >> voices of relative calm in the maelstrom of people screeching about the End >> Times. >> > After the Kobe quake I wrote a piece for my hometown rag. My > grandmother was somewhat perturbed that I wrote about drinking beer on > a hill overlooking the city watching the city burn. Her displeasure > had little to do with the fire; as a good Southern Baptist she > couldn't believe I'd public own up to drinking. Do you think it was really her Southern Baptist side being upset about seeing that you admitted to drinking or was it actually her Southern Belle side that rebelled at the very thought of you confessing to drinking only beer? -- C "Corn Squeezings" L