XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: miles@gnu.org   
      
   "Blade"  writes:   
   >>> "Although Japan is one of the most literate nations in the world,   
   >>> adults, as well as children, are major consumers of manga..."   
   >   
   > I'm curious. In what way do you read that as anything other than:   
   >   
   > "Even though they know how to read, they still read comic books"?   
      
   I read it as saying "If such a literate nation reads ,   
   maybe they're not the childish pastime we thought they were."   
      
   [I'm not entirely sure the Japanese would always agree though -- I've   
   heard many comments like "People these days read nothing but manga!   
   What will become of our country?!?"]   
      
   -Miles   
      
   --   
   Come now, if we were really planning to harm you, would we be waiting here,   
    beside the path, in the very darkest part of the forest?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)