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To: Step1 who wrote (22645)	8/14/2002 6:36:56 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Ah but Japan could rapidly increase in crime for a decade and still be behind NZ of 40 years ago. As you say, one of the similarities to Britain is perhaps the weirdo stuff . But the similarities I saw were my own deduction - I'd never heard that anyone else saw such similarities and I am surprised that there is such a view [inscrutable far east saving face and all that allegedly Asian stuff which is just as much a Pommy trait and apparently now an American trait = they say they have to go to war with Saddam now or lose face]. Both Britain and Japan are scrupulously monolingual [another parallel I've just thought of]. Both are [were in Britain's case] culturally and genetically superior to everyone else, including each other of course. Our son has a lot to do with Japan. I'll ask him if it's changed at all from a crime point of view over recent years. I've been in quite a few countries and Japan certainly feels much safer and less hostile than anywhere I can think of. The worst place was outside the Greyhound Bus terminal in Los Angeles a few months after the Los Angeles riots - the tone of the people on the street was ugly. I really didn't feel at all safe there, in broad daylight at that. A dumb tourist, waiting to be relieved of his money, passport, credit cards, luggage and life... Mqurice PS: Here are his websites for Japanese [mostly written in Japanese]: Learn Engrish here: eigokyoshitsu.com and go snowboarding here: snowadventures.co.nz