>>> Continued from previous message   
      
   >LL>17) According to Mr. Kumiko Yagi, Professor of Arab/Islamic   
   >LL>Studies at Tokyo University of Foregin Studies, "There is a   
   >LL>mind frame in Japan that Islam is a very narrow minded   
   >LL>religion and one should stay away from it."   
      
   BK>OTOH, they think much the same of us.   
      
   Japanese love Americans.  Especially young Japanese.   
   But then, everybody loves music performed by a competent   
   piano player ...   
      
   >LL>My estimation of the Japanese has risen dramatically!   
      
   >LL>V E R Y   S M A R T   P E O P L E !!!!   
      
   BK>Sad, very sad.   
      
   I compliment the Japanese people and you call that "sad"?   
   Shame on you!   
      
   BK>Remember, Japan has to import oil, and the Arab countries,   
   BK>particularly Saudi Arabia, run OPEC>   
      
   We import oil from Saudi Arabia.  And from Venezuela.  And from   
   lots of other countries (both OPEC and non-OPEC).  The Japanese   
   do have one advantage over us, though.  Fancy sports cars.  While   
   we choose to trade blood for oil, Japanese choose to trade fancy   
   sports cars for oil.  That way, Japanese save lives.  Unless   
   they get nuked, by either a bomb or a power plant.   
      
   --Lee   
      
      
    * SLMR 2.1a * Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?   
      
   --- Maximus 3.01   
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