Friday, April 22, 2011
Doesn't anyone notice these things?
News item:
A Japanese girl named Elena ???
It's impossible. Japs don't have a written representation of the letter L, and they emphatically don't give their kids foreign names. Japs have a strong sense of Us vs Them, and they know who Us is. That's why they succeed and we fail. ¶ 1:03 PM
Pope Benedict ventured where no pope has gone before on Friday when he answered questions on an Italian television programme – and was stumped by the first. A Japanese girl asked the pope, who, she said, "speaks with God", why she was having to suffer so much as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that had struck her country.
"I am very frightened because the house where I felt safe really shook a lot and many children my age have died. I cannot go to play in the park. I want to know: why do I have to be so afraid? Why do children have to be so sad?" said seven-year-old Elena.
A Japanese girl named Elena ???
It's impossible. Japs don't have a written representation of the letter L, and they emphatically don't give their kids foreign names. Japs have a strong sense of Us vs Them, and they know who Us is. That's why they succeed and we fail. ¶ 1:03 PM
