On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 20:31:24 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
<etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

>Shintaro Ishihara wrote:
>
>> > I'm finished frothing at the mouth for the nonce. Suffice to say, I am no
>> > longer a big fan of Japan. This place and these people are not worthy of
>> > being ranked among humankind because they don't know what it means to belong
>> > to that group known as humankind.
>>
>> Isn't this too much to say when U.S. Neo-Conservatists are massacring
>> people all over the world to satisfy their corporate greed and political
>> ambition? As far as the public is concerned, Americans are just as
>> guilty of being credulous as their airplanes dropping bombs on wrong
>> targets.
>
>Which is why much of the antagonism faced by Americans (not the violence) is
>understandable, and why I have given up attempting to defend America's history or
>politics, openly critical of Iraq policy myself.
>
>But we are addressing problems of Japan, not the US.

Why limit yourself? ;-) I think we maybe we DON'T disagree after all,
Eric. Ignorance, hatred, apathy and criticism of the less fortunate,
avarice and greed are all HUMAN traits and we humans come in all
shapes, sizes and races.

Raj