on 7/3/02 10:24 PM, Tosh at tosh3@earthlink.net wrote:
This may have been stated already, but just reading the quote that is given to us - he maybe commenting on the dietary changes that have taken place in Japan since the 60's or 70's. For instance more beef and McDonalds! But then again I haven't read the entire interview. Also one has to go beyond the language and cultural differences to understand what the other is saying. So I won't presume that there is any racial feelings from what I have read on this list.
I read the interview -- yes, Patrice, I periodically buy a WIRE ;-) -- and found it more jingoistic than racist, statistics aside. Didn't leave a bad taste in my mouth, and I didn;t think he was taking aim against anybody else's race, just representing zealously for his own. Of course, if RJ Smith gets ahold of this, Keiji might be the new Professor Griff. skip h