Category Archives: Japan

Japanese communists rip britches on Law which warns, “stuff happens”

In the post below I expounded on the Law of Unintended Consequences, using an episode of my service with the U.S. Army as an example. The Law is a universal constant, a great crocodile which bites in all directions and … Continue reading

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Law of “stuff happens” rules even U.S Army, and Japanese strikers

One of the most powerful regulations in human affairs — bettering perhaps the influence of laws governing gravity and thermodynamics — is the Law of Unintended Consequences. It is that immutable rule which holds that an act, done with the … Continue reading

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Land of the Rising Sun and the culture-shocked occidental

Everyone should go to Asia before he dies — if for no other reason than to experience true culture shock. In 1951, during the Korean War,  the Army landed us at Yokohama Harbor. As we trooped down the gangplank and … Continue reading

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