Snowy

Hey ambrose thankyou for your post on racism. There was one time when I was refused entry in a Bar for being a foreigner (see previous post.) because it was a snack bar. Some snack bars and soapland establishments dont accept foreigners (re the photos on the link) but these kind of places you wouldnt want to go anyway. I thinks there is a certain amount of ethnic racism from various extreme groups such as the people who drive around in sinister black vans blaring out patriotic music, but these people are far from the mainstream. I dont think its so much racism that can be a problem its more the fact that there is too much emphasis on difference in Japan. Im a foreigner so I am considered inherently different by Japanese and vice versa; this can be very frustrating.

Of course I am more than just a foreigner, I am a Beckham too. Thats right, im not from England i am from Beckhamland.
"Where are you from?"
"Im from Eng..."
"BECKHAM! BECKHAM! BECKHAM!"

And so have unfolded a thousand conversations. Its almost like some kind of disease that people are trying to spit out. To think that my country is synonomous with a man who has the charisma of a mouse fart is highly depressing. I remember watching him on some cooking programme where he had to sample various japanese dishes and then comment on how they tasted. After the on switch had been pressed in his rectum he would utter every time:
".........very.........good......"

To come up with this creative energy to speak looked like it had shattered him. It seemed so difficult that it was almost like he was trying to squeeze an elephant out of his bum. The translator felt rather embarrassed by his mundane replies so she was interpreting very liberally. "oh thats yummy," "delicious," "fantastic!" For me David Beckham is the perfect embodiment of Charisma Man (or re Carlos in previous post.)