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To: Rambi who wrote (60447)	9/2/2001 6:42:19 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Respond to of 71178

Freddy brought up something once that I agreed with completely, A remarkable display of good judgement. I just got my Nissan 300ZX back from the shop. I took it in because the engine was stumbling. An intermittent problem, the sort that can be truly difficult to diagnose. The shop is a very Japanese little independent- Japanese to the point that I wasn't sure if the venerable Aki understood what I was telling him. He just put aside his copy of the Rafu Shimpo and nodded inscrutably as I described my car's troubles. But Aki really knows his stuff. The problem turned out to be in the wiring for the fuel injectors. There was a recall several years ago, and the local dealership that did the work for me did a sloppy job. Aki cleaned up the wiring and the car runs like a scalded cat. I push the throttle and now the front end lifts visibly. I'd forgotten how powerful this engine is supposed to be. Now I hafta be careful not to get caught speeding. Oh, and a day and a half of testing and repair work set me back the princely sum of $75. I think he'll get to work on my car from now on.

To: Rambi who wrote (60447)	9/2/2001 7:13:41 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<When I look at it this way, I can't be surprised at some of the gang behaviors that may be reflecting cultural attitudes about women (e.g.) To change deep-rooted attitudes takes generations not days.> Not really Rambi, it just takes a few years in the cooler [which also has the happy effect of cutting off the prospect of them breeding]. Or, you can change their attitude instantly, by re-education, as they do in China, with a bullet in the back of their brain. Those who are considering doing the same crimes will get religion all of a sudden. Those who were re-educated will never again appear before a judge with another victim to answer for. No cultures include rape, murder, pillage and plunder [within their own community]. The cure is quite simple and involves "re-education" of those who indulge those values. Removing some of the driving forces would be good too, such as that caused by teaching people that they are hard done by and should have a chip on both shoulders because their great, great, great, great grandfather was [perhaps] taken away from a miserable life in Niger [which is not a racist term] and given a better [I wouldn't be surprised] life on a plantation in the USA, albeit as a slave - some modern day employees argue that their lives are little different from that of a slave though there are of course legal protections against excessive beating and there is the ability to vote [which never seems to take away the demands of the boss and taxman]. I hope that's not a contentious suggestion. Making drugs legal would solve a lot of crime too. Drugs only became a big problem when they became illegal. When old Chinese guys used to smoke opium in downtown Auckland, that didn't make it attractive. People have gone to pot for thousands of years but really took it on when it became illegal and thereby became fashionable! It's now a major part of the culture in Kiwiland. It's like an assertion of independence and defiance and individuality [ironically and inaccurately] in an increasingly smothering motherland. Hmm, I am trying to cut down on ranting. Maybe I should smoke dope instead. Mq PS: Yes, I should read the history of exactly how people came to be removed from where they lived in Africa. Were they already slaves, sold for profit by their chiefs? Were they extra, landless, people the local chief didn't want but could get a few bucks if he let the British take them away? Was their homeland simply invaded and the population enslaved? Ignorance doesn't stop me making suggestions about the situation today.

To: Rambi who wrote (60447)	2/24/2002 12:23:41 AM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Happy Birthday Penni or Are they still there ? The pineapples...at customs ? You may not know this but I am currently obsessed with pineapples and when I found you discussing them here (I know it was long ago but pineapples don't get mentioned much on SI) I thought I would drop in and say Happy Birthday, you are someone who should definitely be eating a bit of pineapple everyday. And this post I am responding to is a great pineapple post and it is right here that I see the pineapple... "To change deep-rooted attitudes takes generations not days." You can't really change a deep rooted attitude, you can only kill it or prune it. If you kill it, be prepared to replace it with something useful, if you prune it, you strengthen the roots. Warmest regards with expressive flourish a delicate orchid of gray