On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:25:40 +0000 (UTC), mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net
brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
>
>> I must admit to reservations about the author (a gaijin scholar working in a
>> Japanese university) since he parrots the language of Japanese "scholars,"
>> who call it an "incident" instead of a "rape".
>
>But that's simply the Japanese use of the word "jiken". While not
>unambiguous, it does NOT imply a trivial matter. They use it to describe
>(eg) the Sarin Gas attacks in Tokyou, and assuredly they do not think
>lightly of the "Sarin Jiken".

As also reflected by the words used by the police operators who answer
the 110 emergency line.




--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College