
Originally Posted by
Kamo Gari
Sounds like a load of Charlie Chan bullshit to me, and your apparent inference that Japanese fishermen are clueless, ignorant buffoons is offensive. Having lived in Japan for several years myself, as well as having a Japanese wife (and a large family of blood relatives as well as in-laws in Japan-- who we visit every year, BTW-- not to mention *my* being ethnically half Japanese), I'd like to offer you a simple F-U.
Your story probably went over fine with those used to buying and enjoying tales of simple, hokey clowns living out the stereotypes (pick your country), but not so well with those of us who have actually been around the globe a bit.