Yep, That IS what my wife says about chat groups. REH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Matthieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 6:22 PM Subject: Re: Hikikomori > I don't believe it's all about intelligence; quite to the contrary, I think > many of those (mostly) boys, are quite clever, but don't seem to want to 'go > out into the world'. Maybe they know too much! Ignorance about the true > nature of what you are up to in this world may sometimes be a boon. I know I > now probably wouldn't take the risks and reap the profits of what I did in > the past, had I been more aware of the odds against me. > Why leave your parents when they provide you with all the goodies and allow > to live your life, have your fun, have girls or boys, have sex, have media > and games, and good food etc.. Maybe parents have just become too easy to > live with ;>) > > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Keith Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 8:51 AM > Subject: Hikikomori > > > > The phenomenon of hikikomori in Japan (to which Karen drew our attention > > recently) appears to be spreading to Europe. Growing numbers of young > males > > are now staying at home and not trying for jobs. It's been firmly > > entrenched in Italy for some time; it's now growing in Germany > > (traditionally the country of the "eternal student"!); and it's now > > becoming significant in England (according to a BBC radio programme this > > morning) -- being termed "lifelong parenting" by sociologists -- even > > though unemployment here is much less than in Europe. I don't know about > > France, but I suspect it's happening there, too. > > > > The general drift of all the reports I've read or seen on TV about this > > phenomenon suggests that it's a case of the less competent dropping out of > > school or college. It's all part of what I see as an IQ divide in an > > increasingly high-tech and competitive society. > > > > Keith > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > ------------ > > > > Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com > > 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England > > Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; mailto:khudson@;handlo.com > > ________________________________________________________________________ >
