From: rtang@sunee.waterloo.edu (He who must not be Named.)
Subject: Re: Chinatown unsafe? (was Re: Will America fall?)
Keywords: unsafe, very unsafe
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 10:44:20 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.013917.25994@leland.Stanford.EDU> underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
>In article <1992Apr9.191353.7775@oakhill.sps.mot.com> jpak@manute.sps.mot.com
>inquisitively asks:
>>
>>Is this true?  Is Chinatown (SF) more unsafe than it was, say, five years ago?
>>I'd like to know since I'll be visiting the BA this summer and I'd like to go
>>to Chinatown if I can but I'd rather not get caught in the middle of a cross-
>>fire.  [wry :-)]
>
>Please.  For your own sake, don't walk anywhere near China town.  You
>are, however, permitted to spit on the place as you drive by on your
>way to Japan town.
If that isn't the most hateful thing I've heard!  What ever bad conditions
in the chinatowns of the U.S. isnt due to chinese culture. Its criminals
in general.  We dont have such fears about Chinatown in Toronto, so I
guess its not Chinese culture thats the cause.  I WONT even mention the
police reports about any criminal activity in Toronto China town, since
its isnt THEIR culture thats makes them criminals.
>
>Do visit Japan town.  It is pleasantly and cleanly arranged; do try out
>the green-tea ice cream sold by the Korean vendor.  In fact, there are
>a couple of Korean operated shops in Japan town; they have all wisely chosen
>to stay away from China town.
What are you the marketing manager for the Japanese-American Anti-chinese
business association.  Sure its nicer in Japan-town, since it isnt
spralled out but restricted to a nicely controllable area like a mall.
I've been to both Japan-town in LA and SF. As well as the Chinatowns,
When ever you have a larger area, its A LOT harder to control the 
situation and make it spiffy for everyone.
>
>My Chinese [strictly in the genetic sense] friend also said that LA's
Gee has he ever read any of your posts.  HE MUST have A GREAT SENSE
of HUMOUR if he has!

>Chinatown is just as bad, if not worse.  Chinese culture is, in many
>aspects, very different from either Korean or Japanese culture.  Please
>know the difference, for _YOUR_ and your children's own good.
Hell, in Canada, we THINK ALL american cities are riddened with CRIME
so what your point!  You are so corrupted by preducdice its un-believable!
Just because you've been told chinatown in SF in not as safe as you
want it to be, it doesnt mean ALL chinatowns are, and to make the extension
to chinese culture is ludicrist.  Incidently, when I was at Little Tokyo
in LA, one store clerk said that it wasnt safe as soon as you walk off 
the mall.  Gee that means Japanese culture is causing the crime!
DUH!!!  Ya, in fact as soon as we left some home-less dude came up to us
for money.  The GREAT thing was he had a crumpled newspaper hiding his hand.
Gee Japan town is REAL safe!!! NOT!  Good thing there were 8 of us there
at the time! 

But visit Japan-town anyways! The incident I was in may be an isolated one.
I am not as brash to jump to half-baked conclusions as Dwight Joe.
AND mine was first hand experience, while his was heresay at best!

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Your powers of deduction never ceases to amaze me!
So how many "shi-getsu baka" pranks did you FALL FOR THIS YEAR!