On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, joanna bujes wrote:
> Bill Bartlet writes:
>
> "Are there any redeeming features whatsoever of Japanese culture?
> Nothing comes to mind."
>
> I feel as heartsick as you about the welcome given to the Japanese
> hostages. I am also actually surprised that no one has said anything to
> commend the Iraqis for releasing them. But to answer your question off
> the top of my head and from relative ignorance about Japanese culture:
> Hokusai, Zen, and an extraordinary aesthetic sense do come to mind.
>
Kurosawa? Miyazaki?
Miles