XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: fubar-removeme@uq.net.au   
      
   > This... is just disturbing and demeaning.  IMHO, of course -- and   
   > that's the opinion of a *guy*.  Though as it happens, I can't even   
   > think about Hooters-brand restaurants without giggling at the concept.   
   > There are certain fantasies that should not be externalized.   
      
   And of course the entire world should hold sacred your own personal values   
   and that of your society...   
      
   > This is probably something that would only work in Japan, with the   
   > reported prevalence of "Ah! It's a girl! Blubber-blubber" behavior   
   > among young males.  In the US, even if you don't manage to go on dates   
   > with the cute girls, they're around you in school and at the workplace   
   > and you're expected to engage in civil and coherent conversation.   
      
   Yes - they squander their youth getting a kickarse education rather than try   
   to get the cheerleaders pregnant. How quaint...   
      
   > The aspect that many of the waitresses enjoy dressing up -- well, fine   
   > -- but acting meek and subservient -- well, as long as it's   
   > *acting*... and historically, Japan's standards for male-female   
   > interaction are different than in the US.   
      
   And many other people around the world would rather cut their own wrists   
   than spend an hour in the same room as an American female. Hardly a standard   
   to be judging others by.   
      
   > It's the addition of money to the equation that sours me.  I mean,   
   > you've got girls in skimpy or non-skimpy fetishistic outfits   
   > cheerfully running around at SF and anime cons, but it's a mutual   
   > admiration society in that context.   
      
   Money and skimpy outfits being part of a business, whoever heard of such a   
   thing? Skimpy outfits have been part of business since before currency was.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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