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From: shin@krusty.ee.udel.edu (Jeong-Gyun Shin)
Subject: Re: Comfort girls?
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 20:59:56 GMT

In article <C07Hnr.9oG@ulowell.ulowell.edu> cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi) writes:
>Tow points:
>  1. When authority did nothing or little to discourage the wrong doing like
>   prostition, which  had degrading effect on local people, it becomes 
>   encouraging practivally. 
>  2. The prostitutions in those occupied nations were mainly one directional:
>   G.I.s have sex with local young femal. It served the politcal purpose--to
>   degrade the locals. It is not so relevent whether U.S. military had
>  directive to encourage prostition. Ofcourse, if such directive is revealed
>to the public it helps. Even there was one, it must be top classified.

Not even in my dreams, I never never thought any person might come forward
with the issue of morality, I repeat, morality, concerning a government or 
an army.  Of course, Western propaganda might be blinding my thoughts too.

As Mr Mark Choi wrote, one of original contention point of this thread was
a netter comparing Japanese Imperial Amry during pre-1945 with the U.S. army 
during Vietnam; also as Mark Choi wrote, the former is a government sponsored
forced prostitution mostly involving young women of occupied countries, and 
the latter is not.
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: It's Hangin' Time!
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:33:28 GMT
	<1igg7cINNsf@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Friends,

.

        Now that it over and the life of Westley Allen Dodd is over I
would like to give an opinion as seen by one who is Japanese. What Mr.
Dodd did is beyond reason but not beyond humanity. Whether one likes it
or not a human being did this.(kill three children and repeatly raped
and killed a four year old). Although, this type of crime(the rape of
and murder children in this case of the same sex)is practically unheard
of in my country, it may pop up at any moment because we are all
humans.(I say we because my ascension was never complete and
transfixtion was impossible. So I must be patience) Mr. Dodd chose
hanging as a statement but this statement was reverse psychology in
nature. He made all of us as wicked as he was. At least in his own mind
where everything counted. In reality, he was tried of protection status
while incarcerated. Day in and day out of the vicious treatment of other
inmates because of his "baby raping" actions. As Mr. Dodd expressed he
didn't want to change this qualities and he knew that he wasn't getting
out of jail. It is a sad, sad realization when one sees the evilness
that can be expressed within human thought. Mr. dodd is dead but we are
not. We, in the form of law and justice, took and eye for any eye. I am
convinced that this is also evil. Mr. Dodd knew that he could find an
escape
from us but we have found an escape from us too. Life was our best punishment
for Mr. Dodd. 

Death is everyone punishment! 


This is only my opinion and the politics of Capital Punishment is as all
politics to me. Devoid of commonsense!


        
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From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: Not a Myth at All
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:41:22 GMT

In article <`t#@byu.edu> luke@newt.ee.byu.edu (David Luke) writes:
>In article <1i8i7cINNm0h@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> keis@psy.uwa.oz.au (Keis Ohtsuka) writes:
>
>>In my opinion, any messages excluding people
>>based on ethnic origin is racist and should be dealt with such.
>
>>  When it happens in
>>South Africa, we called it Apartheit and vigorously oppesed it.
>>Why should we let it pass when it happens in Japan?  
>
>May we then assume that you are violently opposed to Affermative Action,
>and that you are leading massive protests against the US government and state
>governments, and are organizing nation-wide boycotts of all major corporations
>that practice such racially-based hiring policies?  Chances are extremely
>good that the terminal you are using to post was manufactured by such a
>racist organization -- maybe you'd better stop posting, or you'll be
>compromising your principles... :)

I wasn't aware that the rationale behind Affirmative Action is to EXCLUDE 
people based on race. If this is indeed so, then yes, I am violently opposed
to affirmative action. If Affirmative action is NOT racially exclusive, then
your comment doesn't address Mr Ohtsuka's post.

Mike
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Disclaimer - These opinions are not so much opinions, as pearls of wisdom. Any-
one disagreeing is obviously either a) a snivelling, whining, mentally-
deficient, weak-willed, inconsequential, namby-pamby tool of some vague but
conveniently defined conspiracy, or b) my wife.
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From: chl@neumann.cba.csuohio.edu (Chuck Liggett)
Subject: Re: Not a Myth at All
Organization: Cleveland State University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:00:04 GMT

In article <iu#@byu.edu> luke@newt.ee.byu.edu (David Luke) writes:

>In article <C0G98r.5I1@ncifcrf.gov> masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:
>
>>In article <HARKCOM.93Jan6095158@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp> harkcom@spinach.pa.yokogawa.co.jp (Alton Harkcom) writes:
>
>>  In the US, I saw a Japanese TV program that reported the difficulties
>>for a foreigner to find an apartment in Japan. As far as I remember, they
>>used the term, "gaijin sabetsu" but not "jinshu sabetsu."
>
>This is true.  "Gaijin" means exactly that -- non-Japanese citizens.
>Ethnic Japanese but cultural foreigners are excluded, as well as ethnic
>and cultural Japanese, born and raised in Japan, but naturalized as
>citizens of other countries.  Nationalism?  Maybe.  Racism?  No.

Discrimination?  Definitely.

>
>-- 
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>| David Luke                     "There's nothing worse than a brilliant     |
>| luke@wombat.ee.byu.edu          image of a fuzzy concept."                 |
>|                                                             -- Ansel Adams |

Chuck
From: pascal@apd.cpg.sony.co.jp (Pascal Goguey)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Not a Myth at All
Date: 8 Jan 93 04:36:36 GMT
Organization: Sony Corporation,Communication Products Group Audio Products
	Div,Atsugi,Japan.
In-reply-to: masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov's message of 27 Dec 92 19:25:10 GMT


	For the following lines : A.D = anonymous drcoz.

        Portrait :

1.      A.D. fights against racism but writes that racism is one of the
characteristics that Japanese have by birth (like living in the water is
a characteristic of fishes...)
2.      A.D. blames Japanese because they think they belong to a superior
race, but at the same time has a very high opinion of himself. In his posts,
Japanese speak an almost not understandable english while he speaks perfectly
understandable Japanese. He knows everything about ethnology, and can explain
you the racist acts hidden, for example by gift giving...
3.      A.D. says that Japanese talk english to him because they assume
he's unable to understand Japanese. At the same time, he uses a lot of
Japanese words in his posts, probably because he assumes that the Japanese
readers of s.c.j. couldn't understand him otherwise.
4.      A.D. fights against P.C. but uses terms like g**j*n, n*gr**....
5.      A.D. thinks he represents the truth and the objectivity.

        Conclusions :

        A.D seems to be himself brainwashed at the point he doesn't see
his own contradictions (1,2,3,4).
        His kids will then be brainwashed because raised with racist
anti-Japanese theories.
        A.D. is either very unlucky and has tremendous daily problems with
Japanese, or exagerates just a little bit his daily misadventures. I wouldn't
be surprised by that last conclusion...
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  Communication Products Group Audio Products Div
  Atsugi TEC, Japan
From: YONEZAWA Tetsu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Murakami Haruki's Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of World
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:14:20 GMT
Organization: SIC - EPFL

By the way, Father of MURAKAMI Haruki is my teacher of Japanese when
I was a high school student.

Salut.
tetsu


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From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: *Subaru Gone?*
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:27:25 GMT

In article <1iqq2cINNp04@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> keis@psy.uwa.oz.au (Keis Ohtsuka) writes:
>bbs.lar@tsoft.net (Larry Greenfield) writes:
>
>>I know that Daihatsu has left the U.S. car market, that Isuzu will be 
>>leaving the car market (but still make sport utility vehicles).
 
>Incidentally, both Daihatsu and Isuzu thrive in the Australian car market
>concentrating on a compact car niche market. Daihatsu's ads here are
>much more positive, "a smart car," underscoring a merit of the product,
>a fuel efficiency and a low maintenance cost, an important factor in a 
>car market where petrol is not cheap.

Interesting. Isuzu is planning to cut back its Japanese car manufacturing 
facilities as well, and will concentrate on trucks (causing GM a headache
with the GEO parts). 

Mike
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Disclaimer - These opinions are not so much opinions, as pearls of wisdom. Any-
one disagreeing is obviously either a) a snivelling, whining, mentally-
deficient, weak-willed, inconsequential, namby-pamby tool of some vague but
conveniently defined conspiracy, or b) my wife.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.rights.human
From: barrera@mtu.edu (Barrera)
Subject: Re: Offered: GIFs of Naked Rie Miyazawa
Organization: Michigan Technological University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:56:54 GMT

jcliu@four-lab4.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Liu) writes:

... stuff deleted ...

: with just the Moritaka Chisato GIFs, I can assure you, Barrera-san,
: you're in the minority opinion.  I received so many requests for the
: 

... deleted ...

: Turley-san, Ganbatte!
: 
: Jaa, James

I will go as far to admit the point it really isn't for me to say what 
is and isn't appropriate, but let's just wait and see about opinion.
These posts came out jsut today after all  :)

-chris barrera
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Kashmir Situation
Date: 10 Jan 93 00:14:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.AfHzQT600UhW80xI4B
Distribution: world
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Ladies and Gentlemen,

.

      You know it is stange how we as Asian and those of you that are
not Asians
make the non-connection of Indians(people of India) as Asians. In our
conditionings we look at the physical representation of ourself as
light-skinned, slit eyes and ect., ect., but we very seldom if ever
think of our
Inndian brothers as Asians. From my experience, Indians have a hard time
with Japanese(like all other dark-skinned people). Every Indian that I
have ever known has gave me that look that seem to say damn he don't
even respect that I'm Asian. Come from the same part of the world as
her/him.

   From my many Indian friends I have gather much knowledge and kindness
form this beautiful people. And, they are quite beautiful indeed. I even
have about ten to fifteen friends who are Tamil Indians but only in
India and Singapore.
The British held this people in horrible occupation for more than 80 years.
While the land was being stripped and the people oppressed kipling was
writing those hipocratical lies to the rest of us. To this today, I
never even go there 
a kipling novel for fear of the demons awaiting to ... Well you get the idea.

At any rate, without the people of India there would be no Asia. The Japanese
also did this people much harm.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.japan:13131 ott.general:1590
From: news@bmerh85.bnr.ca (Usenet News)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,bnr.general,ott.general
Subject: Teaching English in Japan - GEOS Corp.?
Date: 4 Jan 93 13:42:49 GMT
Organization: Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Does anyone out there have any experience or have heard anything
about a company called GEOS Corporation? GEOS is a private company
that recruits people from around the world for 2-year contracts to
teach English in GEOS Language schools in Japan.
GEOS has recruiting offices in Toronto, Vancouver, and Seattle, Wash.

I'm very interested in getting to Japan somehow for a 1-2 year stay
and teaching English seems to be the easiest way! :-)
If anyone has experiences to share about teaching English in Japan
through a private company (as opposed to the JET program), please
post to the net or you can e-mail me.

If anyone in Japan is reading this article: have your ever heard of
this company, and what is your impression of its schools (and instructors!)?

---
Bruce Matsugu          Internet: bam@bnr.ca
*** my submissions are my opinions; BNR and NT are innocent! ***
Bell Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Xref: sparky soc.culture.japan:13580 soc.culture.korean:7106
From: wjin@cs.uh.edu (W. Woody Jin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.korean
Subject: McIntosh vs. IBM (Re: wife beating)
Date: 13 Jan 1993 03:50:11 GMT
Organization: University of Houston
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodin.cs.uh.edu

It is interesting that "wife beating" comes to "Mac vs IBM".

In article <1993Jan13.013700.5819@mtu.edu> barrera@mtu.edu (Barrera) writes:
>tylee@leety.austin.ibm.com (Ty Lee) writes:
>: In article <cfIMLM_00WBO418ydh@andrew.cmu.edu> ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano) writes:
>: >
>: >No. I'm alway at school using these cheap Macintoshes. But, I like them
>: 
>: As far as I know, the Macs are not cheap.
>: 
>
>In American slang - Cheap = badly made, junk, worthless
>
>As far as I know with Macs, that is true.
>
>
>-chris barrera

I can find this kind of attitude from the people who have good knowledge
in computers.  But there is a different view.
Not all the people need to spend their time in learning computers.
Most people just want to get what they want from the computers. That's it.
They just don't want to spend their valuable time in learning
what is expanded memory, what is BIOS, ...etc.
I think that McIntosh provides quite good environment for those people 
without harrassing them.  Of course, you have to pay more for what you
save and what you get.
I don't have a McIntosh. I don't like to work in that environment. 
But I consider it a good achievement for the non-computer-professionals.

Many Korean students have asked me what they should buy (ie. Mac or IBM) ?
Then I ask this first :  Are you interested in or willing to spend quite
a time in learning about computers ?
If no, I recommend McIntosh.  One problem is that after they bring the
Mac back to Korea, how can it be serviced ?  Rarity of McIntosh in Korea
also limits the number of Korean software available.
BTW, I don't know much about this.


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From: cmort@NCoast.ORG (Christopher Morton)
Subject: Re: First Love
Reply-To: cmort@ncoast.org (Christopher Morton)
Organization: North Coast Public Access *NIX, Cleveland, OH
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 01:30:52 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.japan

As quoted from <C0KuLw.I66@unix.amherst.edu> by jmfuchs@unix.amherst.edu (jesse fuchs):

> 	Question: If they made a movie about Riki, who would play him? My
> choices are either the guy who played the bandit in "Rashomon," or 
> Tor Johnson. Any other suggestions?

I vote for the guy who played the leader of the cannibals in "The Hills Have
Eyes".  I can imagine the same look of thoughtful introspection on Rikiko's
"face"....


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: Sumo - Hatsu Basho (Preview)
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:53:16 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.104830.20166@Csli.Stanford.EDU> hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga) writes:
>In article <497@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP> tobac@ub-tky.UBSPD.CO.JP (Bach Frederic) writes:
>>Akebono : although he is still young and has not yet had two consecutive
>>10+ records in makunouchi, a reason many use to refute promotion to
>>Yokozuna now, I think he should get promoted this year. The best for him 
>>would probably be to not try to win the yusho this time, but go for
>>11-12 wins. This would relieve him of pressure, and by winning two tourneys
>>later in the year, ensure promotion due to record plus consistency.

>Reminder: the criteria for promotion is "two consecutive championships
>or equivalent".  If one wins two consecutive tourneys, then he is
>(practically) automatically promoted.

"Practically" being the operative word; there's still the little thing about
having the proper spirit (the word escapes me). It's one of the things critics
of Japan's Sumo council point to when claiming that Konishiki hasn't been 
promoted to Yokozuna. Of course, they conveniently ignore that the council 
has publically STATED after each of Konishiki's tournament victories, that 
they would promote him if he were to win or place second in his NEXT tourny,
which he never has. It also ignores that he has won the "spirit" award at
least once, which would seem to indicate that the Sumo people DO consider
him to have the proper spirit. It seems like they are indeed waiting for him
to have 2 strong tournaments in a row.

Now, I have some questions:

I believe Konishiki has won 4 tournaments so far. Has anyone else ever won
that many without being promoted? If so, what was the record for most tournies
won by a non-Yokozuna, and what were the circumstances (eg, were there, for
some reason LOTS of Yokozuna at the time?)

If Akebono wins this tournament, he will have the requisite 2 consecutive 
great tournaments. Has any Ozeki ever won 2 consecutive tournaments and not
been promoted? Akebono was the youngest wrestler to win a tournament and the
youngest (I believe) to make Ozeki, so the council might have some reservations
about making him Yokozuna. Still, there are no other Yokozuna, so it would be
hard to resist promoting him.

Also, has anyone ever been promoted THROUGH the Ozeki to Yokozuna rank? Ie, has
anyone won their first tournament, gotten promoted to a level below Ozeki and
then won their NEXT tournament, and been promoted to yokozuna without having 
been an Ozeki?

Mike
-- 
Disclaimer - These opinions are not so much opinions, as pearls of wisdom. Any-
one disagreeing is obviously either a) a snivelling, whining, mentally-
deficient, weak-willed, inconsequential, namby-pamby tool of some vague but
conveniently defined conspiracy, or b) my wife.
From: yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: College Sweatshirts (was: Roman Hikou)
Date: 9 Jan 93 04:35:04 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu

>tanaka@til.til.com (Yokichi Tanaka) writes:
>  >What's in are the obscure ones.  Big-8, SEC, ACC, Big East schools
>  >might be a good start, because they're relatively unknown in Japan.

jcliu@four-lab4.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Liu) writes:
>Big-8?  Uhh...What 2 teams shouldn't be in the Big-10??  I've heard
>references to certain schools in the Pac-10 who shouldn't be in the
>Pac-10...:-)

Big-8 is Big-8.  I think they are:
  1. Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln
  2. Univ. Oklahoma
  3. Oklahoma State
  4. Univ. Kansas
  5. Kansas State
  6. Univ. Colorado (?)
  7. Univ. Missourri (?)
  8. Univ. Iowa (?)
So, look for their sweatshirts.  

As for who shouldn't be in Big-10, Northwestern has been oft
mentioned :-)

# I wonder if the Elvis stamps would make a good gift?
From: dcroz@twics.co.jp
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Brainwashed
Date: 3 Jan 93 21:51:47 GMT
Organization: TWICS, Tokyo, Japan


Tetsuya Nishimura writes:
 
=}But you still sound to me you are talking about "whether it's convenient for
=}your life or not."
 
     Amazing.  I just can't get through.
 
     You have been arguing that it is *never* possible to determine whether
anything or any culture is better than another.  I am arguing that it is at
least sometimes possible to determine whether one thing is better than another
from a standpoint that is valid for the vast majority of humanity, or even all
of humanity, independent of personal or cultural bias.
From: jcliu@four-lab4.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Liu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: College Sweatshirts (was: Roman Hikou)
Date: 9 Jan 1993 03:34:53 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
NNTP-Posting-Host: four-lab4.berkeley.edu

In article <1993Jan8.195700.9418@til.til.com> tanaka@til.til.com 
(Yokichi Tanaka) writes:

  >Actually, what I heard from the "hip" kids in Japan is that anything
  >famous is out.  They want colleges that no one's heard of and no one
  >else may have.  Everybody's seen (or has) UCLA, USC, Notre Dame, Harvard,
  >Stanford .... they're out (okureteru).
  >
  >What's in are the obscure ones.  Big-8, SEC, ACC, Big East schools
  >might be a good start, because they're relatively unknown in Japan.

Big-8?  Uhh...What 2 teams shouldn't be in the Big-10??  I've heard
references to certain schools in the Pac-10 who shouldn't be in the
Pac-10...:-)

What has been a local hot seller in the Bay Area is the Diablo Valley
College Sweatshirt.  This shirt made its debut in the movie "Summer
School" starring Mark Harmon, who displayed the shirt I think twice for
well over 2 seconds of screen time! :-)

Goose-Turd green is the favourite.

Jaa, James
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From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
Subject: Re: DOES AMERICA SAY YES TO JAPAN? - Off track!!
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 04:11:25 GMT

rainbow@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Jennifer Lynn Hammond) writes:

>If tomorrow all the
>social security was no longer taken out of your pockets prices
>would soar to absorb your new-found wealth at exactly the same
>rate of increased prices.

I guess somebody has to ask.  Is this the "Hammond Effect" we've heard
so much about but nobody has heretofore identified ?

"Prices rise to the level of the compensation that people receive"

I didn't know that.

tom

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