In a message dated 10/23/2005 5:54:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
johntwo8@... writes:
> I have not seen many of the movies that you guys talk about here and I dont
> think I will any time soon. But however, fiction has inspired me to read
and
> explore and even hear this arguments out. Because of the two sides here it
> makes history as a whole I guess that much more real. Hmm. In any event, I
> lived in Japan for almost 3yrs and tried to visit every musume and castle I
> could but didnt even know enough Nihongo to know that being a samurai was
> abolished. Isn't that something? Well most people here that have never been
> to Japan with out much historical studies get their based on historical
facts
> from anime and various movies? Its what started me out. There is a saying i
> have read once and dont remember from where it came but it goes like this:
To
> the novice all things seem posible; but to the expert not so much.
> We have to start somewhere
Exactly. Watching films or reading novels can be an excellent starting-off
place to start studying actual history.
Nina