On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:14:09 +0900, Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com>
belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

>On 11/25/2003 5:52 PM, Raj Feridun wrote:
>
>> For the umpteenth time I think painting ALL Japanese with a broad
>> "uncaring" brush smacks of racism. 
>
>If people were painting ALL Japanese with a broad and unflattering brush 
>you would perhaps be justified in making a charge of ethnocentrism. But 
>I still fail to see the racism. Are the Japanese a distinct race now?
>
>> But that didn't bother me nearly as
>> much as the snobby elitist tone of the posts which was what initially
>> prompted me to respond so angrily.
>
>I didn't see the snobby elitism either, I'm afraid.

I only took exception to the "racist" label. The "elitist" thing I
took as a welcome change, since I am more normally accused of class
envy.