pliedthat"Um...Idontthinkso."AsfarasInotioonehammeredthecarforonedollarthisyear.Smashinganautomobilewithahammeris,Ithink,onlyanoutletforstressanditneedsnospecificreason,butnowIverealizedthatweneedsomemorepracticalmotivationforhammeringafterall.

    Iftheyhadfoundthewords"JapaneseCar"writtenonthehoodofthecar,someofthemmighthavepaidonedollarandpouwithahammer.Ortheymightnothave.Itsayanythingdefiniteaboutit,foritisonlythematterbasedonanassumption.Butanywaytheoldcar,waitingforsomeoobatterit,wastihsomeominousatmosphereofvioleheatmospherewasinvolvedsomethinggravewhiransmittedbywordsorexpressedinmessages.Thatiswhythemiddleagedmanbesidethecarhadtomurmur,"No...Um.."afterashortintervaltothequestiongivenbyapassing-byrunner,insteadofgivingbackadefinite,quickreplythat"No,thisisnotaJapaomobile."Behindhissilentinterval,Iguess,thereliessomevaguescioushat"ItisnowonderevenifthisisaJapanesecar."His"um..."mustbethewordsunspokenandthemessagenotexpressed.

    Generallyspeaking,AmerissenseofantipathyshiftedfromSaddamHusseintotheJapaneseeythisyear.Thisshiftingisveryobviousinanyfieldofthenewsmedia.TheneersarefullyloadedwiththelettersfromreadersaorialsdenoungJapanandtheJapaaverageAmeris,exceptforthelocalautomobileworkers,willpoundonaJapanesecarwithahammer.Theyarejustlisteningcarefullyfortheuntoldwordshiddenintheairandinterceptingtheunwrittenmessages.

    heless,justoimeIactuallyexperienethingnastybecause"IamJapanese."Ithappe