I should have known !!

Hey Folks -

I feel bad. Not long after I posted the article directly below - along with my sarcastic comments - I discovered that poor old Tomoji had been victimized by (who else?) the grubby, "so called" press (the "mainstream" press, the "gate-keeper" we're supposed to trust [as opposed to bloggers who "twist" things- see the forthcoming posting] ).

According to Keith Olbermann, Tomoji - who may have said what Reuters reported - also said that he was "sorry," that he had "lived too long"; a much deeper, human, and perceptive comment than the news service reported.

The comment, however, didn't fit well with the Disneyesque cultural demand for saccharine cheerfulness - forgodssake!! Think of the children!!!

Worse, it undercuts the war on booze and smokes.

Good for Tomoji !!

If I get to Tokyo, I'll buy him a drink.

- Uke Man