using English pseudo-haiku to criti (r)

[tanaka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Subject: using English pseudo-haiku to criticize Mitsubishi

Mr Wolfberg,

since i'm not on the <burmanet-l> mailing list, i can't
tell if my second message (below) was distributed on it.

please distributed the message below on the mailing list,
if it hasn't been done already.

Thank you very much.

;;; (Mr.) TANAKA Tomoyuki   (Tanaka is my family name.)
;;;
;;; e-mail: tanaka@xxxxxxxxxxx

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(1)
i've read the English pseudo-haiku poems in that collection.
i believe that using pseudo-haiku is an EXTREMELY INEFFECTIVE
way of criticizing Mitsubishi.  i can learn almost nothing about
what objectionable things Mitsubishi is doing.

using pseudo-haiku is not only extremely ineffective, but also
(possibly) offensive, as i argue below.  a good cause does not
justify employment of a tasteless method.

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(2)
English pseudo-haiku poems are mainly done by American school
children.  it's a good device for teaching how to count the
number of syllables, etc.  by itself it is not objectionable.

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(3)
using pseudo-haiku for Mitsubishi is like collecting a list of
pseudo-Confucian sayings for criticizing China (PRC).

--- Confucius said, "Don't practice missile-throwing near other
	people's houses." --- John Dole, Beijing.

--- Confucius said, "Chinese people should be nice to other
	Chinese people." --- Jane Buchanan, Shandong.

--- etc.

i hope everyone sees that this would be an inappropriate method
of protesting China's recent actions.

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(4)
if they continue to focus on this superficial understanding of
Japanese culture by using pseudo-haiku for Mitsubishi, i request
that they do comparable things for US and French companies.

for PepsiCo, use rap music and speech style.

for Texaco, use country & western music and speech style.

for Total, use the French tradition of womanizing, keeping
	mistresses, or eating snails.

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if Mitsubishi is to be criticized, it should be done fairly;
focusing on and ridiculing Mitsubishi's Japaneseness is bad
strategy.

i really believe this approach of using pseudo-haiku for
criticizing Mitsubishi should be stopped.

(i dislike being called "Tanaka-san" in English text or speech
by white Americans, for a similar reason i object to using
English pseudo-haiku to criticize Mitsubishi.)


;;; (Mr.) TANAKA Tomoyuki   (Tanaka is my family name.)
;;;
;;; WWW:    http://bronze.ucs.indiana.edu/~tanaka
;;; e-mail: tanaka@xxxxxxxxxxx