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From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: the information that
Date: 13 Nov 92 06:44:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.wf0xhJe00iV3A1vBd2
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Dear Sir,

           Please read:


Subject: the mystery of Rikiya Asano
X-Andrew-WideReply: netnews.soc.culture.japan

Someone else complained to the postmaster at CMU about the garbage
Rikiya Asano has been puking on soc.culture.japan, and the CMU
postmaster investigated.  It just so happens that the the CMU
postmaster is a colleague of mine, working on an R&D project with me,
and he saw my call for a new newsgroup.

I learned from him some interesting information.

It turns out that Rikiya Asano is not currently affiliated with CMU,
and his account is scheduled to be terminated during a normal account
purge scheduled for December 18.  Asano is listed in last year's
student directory as a Junior (*not* graduate student) in the Art
Department.  It isn't clear when his affiliation with CMU ended, but
most likely it was before the beginning of the semester.

A cursory examination of some publicly readable files on the account
shows some evidence that someone else may be using the account.  In
the absence of hard evidence, though, the easiest thing is to wait a
month for the account purge.

There also seems to be a pattern of accounts belong to students in the
College of Fine Arts being used by other people, many times because
the account owner just gives his password to someone else.  Apparently
art students don't appreciate the need for system security.

Given that the infamous Rikiya Asano rants started at about the
beginning of the current semester, it is quite likely that we are not
dealing with the real Rikiya Asano.  Possibly, the real Rikiya Asano
is back home in Hokkaido^, completely clueless that he is being made
to look like an idiot in front of the entire world, perhaps sad that
he dropped out of CMU.

[Asano is even being mocked on the fj.* newsgroups!  Curiously, the
 Japanese posters have been writing his name in katakana.  Could
 this be a psychological way of distancing Asano from the Japanese
 race?]

This would explain a lot.  The postings allegedly coming from Rikiya
Asano use sentence structure and syntax that is very un-Japanese, with
misspellings of place names that no Japanese would make.


    I have decided to take Mr. Mark Crispin to court for slander. I
welcome from you any investigation as to me using the nettwork to
promoye racism. I talk about Nippon because that is my home. If your
Colleague(as asserts) has some kind of indiffernce to me or what I say
than thet is up us. Seeing that I have every thing that I ever wrote on
hard copy, I assure, Sir, That I will prove my 
innoccense and intenting in a real court of law. If you have anything at
all to talk to me about, please feel free to. I'm currently a Grad
student in the Civil Engineering Dept. My advisor is Dr. Oppenheim.
Thank You.

P.s. If I did misuse this system, i was only because on one taught me to
use it.
From: yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Why does LDP fear the Right?
Keywords: LDP,right-wing
Date: 12 Nov 92 21:11:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov12.211145.15649
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii) writes:
>>My question: What is so scary about loud trucks?

hash@ikarac5.ctrl.saitama-u.ac.jp (Toshihiko Hashimoto) writes:
> [ ... ]
>Still now the reason why Mr. Takeshita was so scared
>about KOMINTO has not been clarfied and it is really
>what we all want to know.  But there are many rumors 
>or guesses about that, and one of them is that KOMINTO
>must have got some Mr. Kakeshita's secret which would
>surely make him in serious trouble if it were exposed
>to the public.
>
>What's your guess, Mr. Ii?

I'm glad this point *was* of interest to many. I thought I was
completely missing something.

My Henry Robertsonian guesses:
  1) Mr. Takeshita had a mistress.
  2) LDP using yakuzas to settle problems were common everyday event,
     Koumintou incidence being just one of many.
  3) LDP members have sensitive ears.

Hashimoto-san, please keep us updated on this event :-)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
Subject: Re: A Japanese student killed in Lousiana
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 06:22:27 GMT

masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:

> pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai) writes:

>>If there's a way to decrease the number which also inevitably prevents
>>women, the elderly, and others from being able to defend themselves
>>from criminals, is it reasonable to go for it?

>   What are you talking about? What prevents people from defending themselves? 
	How about handguns, for starters?  I'll give you a hint -- my
grandfather was a responsible firearms owner by the time World War I ended.
Some laws state he would need to wait 15 days to purchase a firearm despite
no felony arrest, and indeed only a few parking tickets, in well over
sixty years as a voting citizen.  The law certainly won't help him, and at
his age a chunk of lead pipe isn't likely to help much.  Can you suggest a
weapon that an 80-year old man with polio and arthritis might use to protect
himself from the punks next door?  I gave him an autoloading shotgun.  You
would seem to give him a waiting period.

>   Are you seriously thinking that a criminal will take the lesson bringing
>his illegal weapon?

	Are you seriously thinking that he will obey a gun control law?

>   He he he he... A kind fellow sent me an e-mail to show how I, as a 
>non-US citizen, can own a handgun legally in the US. I'm looking forward to
>some stranger visiting my house. Why don't you drop by, Phil? My training
>could be as adequate as Mr. Peairs'. Oh well, maybe not. I need more
>practice of saying, "freeze!" in order for it not to sound like "fleas!"

	And you need a lot of other practice as well.  I suggest contacting
the NRA if you ever reach our shores -- they'll help you learn what you can
and cannot do with that gun.  Meanwhile, how's the suicide rate over there?
(cheap shot, I admit it, but it was deserving)


< Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu viking@iastate.edu >
<  ISU only censors what I read, not what I say.  Don't blame them.  >
<  "This isn't an answer, it's a pagan dance around a midnight fire  >
<   written in intellectual runes." -- Rich Young                    >
From: blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Please give your opinions...
Date: 12 Nov 92 22:46:17 GMT
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.

In article <1992Nov12.004808.17045@u.washington.edu>, 
tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu writes:
=> I've been watching this discussion concerning the term "gaijin", and
=> have been mulling it over.  In the last eight years, four of them in
=> Japan, I never (=not once) encountered a Japanese who intended the
=> word "gaijin" as a slur against me or any other non-Japanese. Still, I
=> did encounter racial discrimination many times, but not through the
=> use of this word.
=> 
=> I think that what's happening is that the non-Japanese who interpret
=> this word negatively are reaching a critical mass. It doesn't really
=> matter much how the word is originally intended because it's meaning
=> is undergoing an evolution by way of the *listeners*.
=> 
=> Here are some possible reasons for the growing number of non-Japanese
=> who are offended by the word "gaijin":
=> 
=> 1. They don't understand the language or intent of the speaker well
=>    enough to recognize it's really a neutral term for most Japanese.

Some.

=> 2. They reject the word out of principle based on Politically Correct
=>    usage of language that they bring from the West and then try to
=>    apply that philosophy to Japanese.

More.
 
=> 3. They have actually experienced the word being used in a negative
=>    manner on occasion and think it's always used that way.

Many.
 
=> In any case, Japanese people are going to lose this argument in the
=> long run, because the minority always decides what it finds offensive
=> and, out of sensitivity, the majority usually gives way and tries to
=> accomodate the minority opinion so as to decrease tensions.

Reasonable analysis, Tad. I think that within one language, your last
point is true. But it is a little crazy when people try to enforce
standards on another language. 

I've been called a lot worse things than "gaijin" in my lifetime, and
some of them right here.

- Bill
From: shin@krusty.ee.udel.edu (Jeong-Gyun Shin)
Subject: Re: Japanese Major Suggests Military Coup:Your Opinion? (mod. long)
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 14:49:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov2.165210.29132@physics.ucla.edu> aoki@physics.ucla.edu (ken aoki) writes:
>For example, perhaps relevant to the question raised:
>Amongst some of the LDP members, the idea
>to change the constitution to allow for a more permanent
>and firm status for JSDF has been considered.
>It has never been tried for the reason that even
>if it goes through the house (2/3 majority necessary,
>by no means trivial) it will never make it through the 
>mandated public referendum (50% majority).

In article <1992Nov3.175303.4143@island.COM>, fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
>I believe they must either amend the constitution to allow the forces to 
>exist, or disband the forces. Right now, the forces have no constitutional
>status, and consequently would be illegal. If they continue to exist, without
>the constitutions being amended, it seems that constitution is being openly
>ignores, and hence has no real purpose.

In article <1992Nov4.012300.18974@tcsi.com> miket@hermes.tcs.com (Michael Turner nmscore Assoc.) writes:
> ...                                                   In Japan,
>there might be more of an attitude of "ignore it and it won't be a
>problem."  The quasi-legal status of the Japanese Defense Forces might
>be a case in point.

Ultimately, Japan's armed forces have status of a typically functional
part of Japanese society; it's there for practical reasons, but don't
ask too many questions and get into specific legality of it since that 
stirs too much of problem, and as long as Japan knows its armed forces 
will do whatever necessary in the interests of Japan when time comes
(sarcasm on and off, I forgot).  Quite typical, I guess.  

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: jiazhang@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jiajie Zhang)
Subject: Volunteers Needed (repost with IP address)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:33:24 GMT



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Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
From: pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai)
Subject: Re: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 08:52:01 GMT

In article <Bx9n3w.HGF@ncifcrf.gov> masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:
>   Have you got the result of "Average Asian vs. Average American" vote?

If you think it is racist for an Asian to say that, you'd probably
think it sexist to say that men can't have babies too.

>   Please, look at the subject title. As I understnad it, this thread should
>have a connection to the Hattori incident and is a place for talking about
>the tragedic death of the Japanese student and what we could and should
>do to avoid the next incident.

I thought we were talking about what we should and should not do to avoid
the next incident.

>   I understand the importance of the issues of racial problem, gun control
>and the relationship between these two. However, unless the Hattori incident
>was caused by racism, emphasizing the racial problem under this title is
>misleading at best.

I think some posters have been asserting Peaires was racist. Whether
he was or not (I have seen no evidence he was), I think the issue of
gun control and racism have a lot to do with each other.
 
>   I thought you were talking about "criminal" violence because you seemed
>to be stating that your reason for supporting the current gun control (or
>non-control?) system is that a firearm in innocent people's hands can reduce
>the violence. When you asked, "Can banning guns eliminate violence?",
>which violence were you referring to? 

Indeed, I do feel that banning guns will not make the problem of
violence by criminals better.

>>In San Francisco, a (possibly) Asian man on a bicycle survived an
>>attack on Nov 2 by THREE robbers who knocked him off his bicycle.
>
>   I wonder why you keep saying, "possibly." Just curious.

Because that's what the paper said and I don't have any further info.
The incident happened late at night and witnesses didn't have a good
view. The bicyclist left the scene of the crime. (he probably was
afraid of being treated like Goetz)

-- 
My opinions are my own.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.japan:10124 talk.politics.guns:23521
From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Date: 5 Nov 92 07:51:48 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

In article <Bx8224.HMG@ncifcrf.gov> masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda) writes:
>>It's only illegal to drive it without a license if you are on public property.

>  Can you run over someone in the next door when you are driving in your 
>private property?

That depends on the geography: Certaily a uncontroled vehicle can cross
property lines and do damage. If this occurs, you are criminally liable.

>  Can you shoot someone in the next door when you are handling your gun in your
>private property?

Again, it depends: If you follow the generally accepted guidelines of
firearms safety, it could not. If you ignore safety, it might and you
would be guilty of a crime. There is no problem with laws against
reckless handling of firearms. But if one responsibly keeps firearms
in one's own home, why should this be illegal?

                                            Frank Crary
                                            CU Boulder
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: sakimura@sscl.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Organization: Social Science Computing Laboratory
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:01:07 GMT

Actually, imposing education as well as insurance may be a good idea.
In that case, the insurance fee for a hammer would be quite negligible, 
whereas that of a gun may be substantial. I suppose this "actuarial" 
sort of view may differentiate something which need more restriction 
and which do not.

Natsu Sakimura
sakimura@sscl.uwo.ca
From: arnet@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Arne Thormodsen)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 06:59:54 GMT
Subject: Re: RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS MASSACRE 47 COLLEGE STUDENTS IN ROPPONGI
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan

>Heh, heh.  If you believe that Henry Robertson's sci-fi stories are for real.
>Do you dream about electric sheep?

Or perhaps spend too long up in a high tower? :-)

--arne

P.S. Who is this "robohen" anyway.  His stuff is kind of derivative,
but well-written in its own way and definitely weird. (Speak man,
speak!)
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Mr. Richmond.
Date: 8 Nov 92 14:23:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.EezOxl200iUyQ4LJEi
	<BxDqqn.2qq@world.std.com>
Distribution: soc
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Mr. Richmond,

                 Again you are in error. My Statement, "Do you believe
that every white person is the same?" Is a yes or no question. The
Obvious answer is no. All white people are not the same. How you are
able to change this into my assuming what Fu*king race you are is beyond
me. This must reflect your education or your personality. Personally, I
don't care what rase your are. As long as you can accept yourself. I am
not all that concern about your manners, although it is my hope that you
will be able to reeducated yourself. I that you personally, attacked me.
You, you di*k, answered my letter saying, in effect, that I was the
racist when you really misunderstood my comments. I don't personally
care if you are black, white or yellow in my opinion your are ignorant.
It seems as though you are also paranoid about when the word white is
used. 

               Please forgive me for communicating with you. Am sure
that if you would study alittle harder you may find that I am not as
racist as you are  paraniod. Why are you so paranoid. Despite, the what
I go though, I have a fantastic life. I am America's most promindant
Graduate Civil Engineer Student.

                                          So, don't kill "file" me yet! 
And, may I ask that you completely forget that I exist. I really would
be grateful for this.
From: dcroz@twics.co.jp
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Please give your opinions...
Date: 10 Nov 92 16:51:27 GMT
Organization: TWICS, Tokyo, Japan

 
In <SMITTIE.92Nov6133823@tui.csulb.edu> Smittie says:
 
<<Gaijin is traditionally translated as foreigner.>>
 
     But "traditionally" is not a synonym for "correctly."  I haven't been
getting all the posts to this newsgroup at my site, but I haven't seen you
address any of the arguments made for the case that this is not an adequate
translation.
 
<<From this we can conclude. . .>>
 
     Nothing, if this is not a correct translation of the word.
 
<<"Mr. Alien" would be an accurate translation of "gaijin-san," "Mr. Japanese"
would not.>>
 
     Both terms address a person in terms of "otherness."  In this they are
comparable.
 
<<I do not agree with the premise that if I think a word sounds bad I can then
infer inherent malice whenever it is used.>>
 
     Has anyone made such an argument?  It rather looked to me like people were
saying the opposite:  that because they detect a given connotation, they infer
that this is part of the word's emotional freight, and therefore its meaning.
 
<<The reason that words like "nigger" are relegated to the classification of
racist terms is that at one time there was universal malicuous intent. That is
to say, everytime the word "nigger" was used the speaker intended to infer
malice.>>
 
     Not so, not so.  In past eras there were multitudes of whites who used the
word completely without malice, secure in the belief that they were charitably
disposed toward their "inferiors" as the good book demanded.  Never a suspicion
that regarding people of other races as inferiors might be undesirable, nor any
hostility toward the "lower orders" (as long as they stayed in their place).  
 
     No, the reason that this word is relegated to the classification of a
racist term is that part of its meaning is, "member of an inferior race."
 
<<Such is not the case with gaijin.>>
 
     It is true that not every person who uses the term bears malice toward
non-Japanese people.  However, this does not answer the question of whether the
meaning, "member of an inferior race," is conveyed when one Japanese uses it in
speaking to another.  The question of conscious malice is irrelevant.
 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,talk.politics.guns
From: pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai)
Subject: Re: Japanese exchange student killed in Louisiana...
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 06:54:16 GMT

In article <SMITTIE.92Nov9190630@beach.csulb.edu> smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie) writes:
>>The problem is with CRIMINALs who misuse guns.
>
>This doesn't seem to be so in Hattori's case. The problem was that a legally
>owned gun was used, by the registered owner, to take the life of a young man

In an nation of 250 million people, nearly anything can happen. Not
everything that happens should influence national policy. Particularly
if the proposals have adverse effects on millions of people.

>The class taught that if you thought someone was trying to break into your home
>the best course of action was to muster everyone in one room, preferably a room

Yes, I know about this approach. It is usually a good one. It is not the
answer for every situation. If you think the intruders have cut your
phone lines and are planning to set the house on fire, it will not be
the most appropriate.

>Even Police who spend
>years trying to learn how to know someone's intent don't get it right all the
>time.

Exactly! All the monday morning quarterbacks who think they could have
done so much better than Peaires are not being very fair to him.

-- 
My opinions are my own.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: daveshao@leland.stanford.edu (David Shao)
Subject: Re: New era in American politics....
Originator: daveshao@leland.Stanford.EDU
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 21:55:38 GMT


In article <1992Nov7.104631.29772@leland.Stanford.EDU> underdog@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dwight Joe) writes:
>
>Concerning #1, look at the American legislature and executive.  The former
>has been controlled during most of the last 50 years by the one party
>(the Democrats).  If our system were like the Japanese one, where the
>executive (president) is selected by the legislature, then almost all
>our presidents in the last 50 years would have been from one party (the
>Democrats).  Because the executive and the legislative branch are separately
>elected body, it is very hard for one party to control both of them.
>

I believe that had the United States had a parliamentary form of
government the past 50 years, the Republicans would have controlled
the Federal Government most of the time, especially the past decade.
I cite the examples of Japan, Germany, and England as countries
where the people have chosen the more conservative option.

The current system allows people to vote for a Democrat for Congress
and a Republican for President.  The Democrat fights for "pork"
for one's district or state while the Republican hopefully interferes
just enough so that the country doesn't totally collapse.  Of course
the result is the 4 trillion dollar deficit and gridlock on addressing
the nation's problems.  

Hopefully the most recent election signals an end to the electorate's
willingness to try to have it both ways.  But we must remember that
even though President-elect Clinton and the majority in both houses
in Congress are of the same political party, this does not necessarily
mean that they will work together.  Though Clinton may have campaigned
together with his fellow Democrats, the Representatives and Senators
know that they will be judged most on how much federal spending
they can secure for their respective districts or states.  Remember
that Reagan was able to pass much more legislation his first term
even though his party did not control the House than Carter.
The political parties are much too weak in the United States, and
the current system which allows divided government is the reason.