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To: c.hinton who wrote (237560)	7/23/2007 1:41:16 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I had an interesting encounter with a symbol in Hawaii in the eighties. The place was mobbed by newly wealthy Japanese. As I strolled up and down the strip in Waikiki, you'd encounter gangs of them at crosswalks, waiting for the "Walk" sign to activate. Americans, Japanese-Americans and Hawaiians just looked both ways and walked if it was safe. But the Japanese never turned their brains on - they just obeyed the "authority" of the mindless symbol that had no idea of the state of the traffic. They stared at it dutifully. They're ready for THEIR next Hirohito!