> Well then, chalk one up for me...for trotting out every ignorant
> prejudice about Japan that can be held by one person
You're not alone! It's not very well known in this country that Japan has a very large military establishment. People tend to think of it as the country the A-bombs were dropped on, but that was long ago. In fact, Japanese public opinion is slowing coming around to supporting Japanese nukes.
Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________________ A gentleman haranguing on the perfection of our law, and that it was equally open to the poor and the rich, was answered by another, 'So is the London Tavern.' -- "Tom Paine's Jests..." (1794); also attr. to John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) by Hazlitt