From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Followup: Chinese communists & Japanese Imperial Army
Date: 6 Sep 92 10:53:24 GMT
Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan

yunson@lpf.umd.edu (Yunson Du) writes:

>In article <2575@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:
>>yunson@lpf.umd.edu (Yunson Du) writes:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (deleted) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

>>>You are on vacation, I am not. Sorry! I really cannot say more.
>>
>>How do you know if I'm on vacation or not?  Sorry, I really can't
>>help wondering how you know all these things....
>>
>>Dave
...

>YOU said you are on vacation in reply to my first posting? Want
>to deny? Or you have a bad memory? Or both?

Hmmm somebody's sure confused here :-) 

I went into the news spool and greped for all the articles "From:
davidg" and found 64 of them between Aug 22 and Sept 6. Then I
greped -i for "vacation" within them and came up with three:
 
  #8903
  Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
  Subject: Re: What do most of Japanese think of Korean (Re: An open letter..)
  Message-ID: <2467@aegis.or.jp>
  Date: 24 Aug 92 00:38:46 GMT
  ...
  wohfuchi@splash.Princeton.EDU (Wataru Ohfuchi) writes:
  ...
  >  So, anyway which the hell companies were they that making fun of
  >Koreans in their advertisements? When? What kind of advertisements?
  >Was there any criticism against the companies? Would you kindly report
  >on it, Mr. Dave McLane? (I hope you're still on vacation and have
  >enough time to do some homework, De-bu. ;-)

  #9142
  Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
  Subject: Re: Phobia (was Re: The Russo-Japanese War (part 2))
  Message-ID: <2523@aegis.or.jp>
  ...
  f67700241@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (Greg Franklin) writes:
  ...
  >When I was in Japan last year, I asked my Himeji host family if they had
  >ever traveled to America.  The father (middle 50s) volunteered that he had
  >gone to Australia on vacation with just such a group.

  #9418
  Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
  Subject: Re: Followup: Chinese communists & Japanese Imperial Army
  Message-ID: <2575@aegis.or.jp>
  Date: 6 Sep 92 01:15:46 GMT
 
  yunson@lpf.umd.edu (Yunson Du) writes:

  >You are on vacation, I am not. Sorry! I really cannot say more.

My reply to your post was as follows (your works omitted):

  #9395
  Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
  Subject: Re: Followup: Chinese communists & Japanese Imperial Army
  Message-ID: <2568@aegis.or.jp>
  Date: 5 Sep 92 08:37:18 GMT
  
  I don't know what it actually says in Japanese history books as I
  don't read Japanese and even if I could there are many. In any case
  I would guess that history books published in Japan don't all say
  the same thing and neither do those published elsewhere. If so, why
  would there be more than one? 
  
  In addition there are other problems with responding to your
  follow-up. Your statment that if version in Japanese history books
  don't agree, they would be "seriously-distorted" assumes that you
  have access to the true facts. While this allows you to dispose of  
  opinions which differ yours, I don't think it helps move towards any
  kind of agreement as your mind is already made up: you're right, and
  people who disgree with you are distorting things. Since they
  probably feel exactly the same way so we can probably look forward
  to another 50 years of arguments. 

  [* details based upon the truth-distortion metaphor omitted *]

  For those of you who read my "Wrong Way Home" post and suspect that
  I'm simply going down the checklist of behaviors of back-seat-rider
  behaviors ... you're right, I am. 


While I did have a summer break back in August, there is no record
of any reply to you where I said I was still on vacation. Are you
sure you don't have me confused with somebody else? 

>You are the strangest person I ever talk to. First you said all 
>you posted is not your opinion, it is THEIR opinion. Then you
>emotionally defend it. And you state that opinion without any
>solid supporting evidence. I did politely asked for that. Then you 
>came up with some garbage ???evidence???. I find out that you really
>have nothing interesting to say even though you claimed so. You
>are having nice vacation, ha?

Yes, I reported what other people said. But emotionally defend it?
Hmmmm, where exactly do you think I did this? Please supply quotes
so I know what you're referring to. Likewise on the "garbage
???evidence???". I'm can't figure out what you're talking about. 

As for still being on vacation, no, that was over weeks ago.

>Enjoy by yourself!

You too.

Regards,

Dave

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