Guest guest Posted March 9, 2002 Report Share Posted March 9, 2002 Levy writes: © The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. [traditionally, Japanese did not produce grapes, hence did not produce red wine. But they did produce rice, fermenting it as sake, and distilling it as a 150 proof killer vodka. It should be added that sake runs 18% alcohol, rather than the normal max of 12% or so for red wines. In Japan, vending machines sell sake right next to coke colas! anytime day or night. Inspired by Buddhist monastic interpretation of its bodhibuilding training rules, Japanese often are said to " drink their rice " rather than eating solid foods after midday. From medieval Chinese times forward, sake has been called 'hannyatou' among literati - 'prajna water' or 'wisdom water' for its liberative powers for creative imagination. I would tend to think that the Japanese and French share in common a disdain for that cultural birth defect known as Puritanism, both being deeply entrenched 'pleasure cultures' with little interest in the Puritan cult of 'guilt and meaning', which feeds stress and collective meaningful misery and angst. Haute cuisine, good wines, and good sex with nubile nymphs are highly valued in both those evolutionary advanced cultures.] [Go back a few years and ask some Allied prisoners of war and Chinese civilians how humanistically advanced and elevating the Japanese culture really was. Mel Siff] Ken O'Neill Tucson, Arizona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2002 Report Share Posted March 10, 2002 " Ken O'Neill " writes: > I would tend to think that the Japanese and French share in common a disdain > for that cultural birth defect known as Puritanism, both being deeply > entrenched 'pleasure cultures' with little interest in the Puritan cult of > 'guilt and meaning', which feeds stress and collective meaningful misery and > angst. Haute cuisine, good wines, and good sex with nubile nymphs are highly > valued in both those evolutionary advanced cultures. ** I find your insults to Puritanism and American culture highly insulting and infantile, and really has no place on the Supertraining list. Puritans and Puritanism are of major importance to England's and America's past and present. The Pilgrims were Puritans. Here's a great 5 minute article on it. http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/puritani.htm Your methodology for opining that Japanese and French culture are more advanced than American culture is questionable at best. I certainly have a great respect for both cultures, and have had the blessing of experiencing them quite fully. Perhaps you find food, wine and sex with young girls to be the criteria of cultural advancement, the over-indulgence of which have plagued mankind (in Japan, France and America) for ages. orbitz.com has great deals on one way flights to Paris and Tokyo. Be thankful you have the opportunity to leave. If you want to discuss this with me further, it's probably best to do it off the List. Email me. Regards, Lester Long New York, NY long5@... ------------- > > [Go back a few years and ask some Allied prisoners of war and Chinese civilians how humanistically advanced and elevating the Japanese culture really was. Mel Siff] > > Ken O'Neill > Tucson, Arizona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2002 Report Share Posted March 11, 2002 That was a good one Suz. I've gotten a lot of milage out of it sofar. :-) Bob --- In @y..., " Suzanne Cart " <massuz@c...> wrote: > I just received this e-mail and thought the rest of you might find it > amusing too: > Suz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.