Re: Asians have hijacked Japanese study

From: Travers Naran (tnaran_at_no-more-virii-please.direct.ca)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:23:18 GMT

Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:52:56 GMT, Travers Naran
> <tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca> brought down from the Mount
> tablets inscribed:
>
>
>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:59:04 GMT, Travers Naran
>>><tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca> brought down from the Mount
>>>tablets inscribed:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:36:56 +0900, "Fabian" <lajzar@hotmail.com>
>>>>>brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Winston hu kiteb:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>They were looking forward to the gaijin visiting. It is not fair to
>>>>>>>provide them with asian students.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Yes, it would be terrible if the Japanese kids had their illusiosn
>>>>>>shatterred and learned that Australia is actually a multi-cultural
>>>>>>society wouldn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>>Or that "Australian" isn't a race.
>>>>
>>>>What about the aboriginals?
>>>
>>>The fact that you used a different word there ought to go a long way
>>>towards helping you answer that question for yourself.
>>
>>Well, the full term is Australian aboriginals (to distinguish them from the
>>British transported type Australians), and their "race" (if you can call it
>>that) exists no where else on the planet.
>
> You have used the word "Australian" twice there to refer to two
> distinct groups of people....which sort of weakens any point that you
> may wish to be making that the word "Australian" denotes a race of
> people.

Well, all the groups in Australia do have a distinctive culture, language
and cuisine. ;-) Unless Foster's commercials lie to me.

But then again, some Japanese seem to refer to $B%"%a%j%+?M(B as a racial
description.

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