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- From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment,talk.politics.misc,alt.activism
- Subject: Re: Idiotic Japan Bashing
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.203235.28191@pegasus.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:32:35 GMT
- References: <JMC.92Dec29001443@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
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- jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU writes:
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- >Let us consider Japan.
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- >In 1868, Japan decided to model its empire on that of Napoleon III,
- >Emperor of France.
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- >In 1870, Napoleon III lost the Franco-Prussian War and was deposed.
- >Japan decided to model itself on Prussia.
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- A quick review of the discussion will produce no evidence that
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- 1) Japan has been accused of having a 200 year plan 200 years ago
- 2) Japan itself is being discussed, "some Japanese companies"
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- So you had a chance to demonstrate your knowledge of history but lost
- a point in reading comprehension.
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- tom
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