Cool! "Low class" people can always figure out a way to protest
indirectly:)
1st and 3rd Squad comes upon a bunch of bedraggled peasants partying
with drums, flutes and shouting a "controversial" song.
Saitou: "break it up folks...we have more than enough room for ALL of
you in the prison"
Random Member of the Shinsengumi (elbows Saitou): "ummm, Sir" (points
to Okita)
Saitou: "Okita, do you really want me to inform Hijikata of you
dancing in the streets?"
--- In SHQ@yahoogroups.com, "Shimazu Masayoshi" wrote:
> "Ee ja nai ka" was a line from a protest song of 1867. Apparently
> these people "danced in protest" of something regarding rice (taxes I
> think). Now, I didn't quite understand the whole dancing in protest
> bit, but then I remembered my project on the Onin War (1467-1477) last
> year. In those days, the Ashikaga Shogunate issued a set of laws for
> Kyoto, which began with "Dancing is forbidden..."
>
> NOW I get it...
>
> lol...So the Shinsengumi are the Dance Police?! lol
>
> --M.