On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:03:57 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
<etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

>Raj Feridun wrote:
>
>> >However, let's not forget samaritan americans' family culture.  So busy
>> >sacrificing themselves for others, they forget to take care of themselves
>> >and their own flesh and blood:  parents disowning/kicking their kids out of
>> >home (or vice-versa), all the fuck-the-children divorces and lousy
>> >step-parenting, the tendency of people to live as absolutely far from their
>> >parents as possible, the culture where "housewife" is a perjorative term,
>> >the non-functioning extended family, and the desire of elderly parents to
>> >live in an abusive nursing home rather than with their own offspring.
>>
>> A ray of hope shines into the darkness.
>
>No it is you attempting a diversion again. We are talking about Japan, not the
>US. I feel the same way about problems in the US and elsewhere, the same as many
>people here. People here shit on their own hometowns for some reason.
>
>> Thanks for this, Hibijibi.
>> You've said a mouthful. I don't spite you one bit for agreeing with
>> Ed's original rant since at least least you're not going off as if
>> everything unkind and uncaring in this world is a Japanese
>> prerogative.

>Who claimed this? You haven't explained this yet.

Correction:

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Thanks for this, Hibijibi. You've said a mouthful. I don't spite you
one bit for agreeing with Ed's original diatribe since at least you're
not going off as if everyone Japanese in this world is unkind and
uncaring.
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Ed said it first. I don't have a list of the rest. Read back about 120
posts in this thread.