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Musashi lives! - El Dingo - 08-31-2007 Of course Musashi would have used a sword (probably wooden) From: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_ninja">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/od_ ... hina_ninja</a><!-- m --> China kung fu monks seek apology for ninja affront Fri Aug 31, 1:34 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese kung fu, is demanding an apology from an Internet user who said its monks had once been beaten in unarmed combat by a Japanese ninja, Chinese media reported on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Shaolin Temple, in the northern province of Henan, became famous in the West as the training ground for Kwai Chang "Grasshopper" Caine in the 1970s "Kung Fu" TV series. Ninjas -- professional assassins trained in martial arts -- date back to mediaeval Japan. "The so-called defeat is purely fabricated, and we demand the Internet user to apologise to the whole nation for the wrongs he or she did," the Beijing News said, citing a notice announced by a lawyer for the Shaolin monks. Relations between Chinese and Japanese are sensitive at the best of times, with emotions still running high over Japan's invasion and occupation of parts of China in the first half of the 20th Century. The Internet user, calling themselves "Five Minutes Every Day", said on an online forum last week that a Japanese ninja came to Shaolin, asked for a fight and many monks failed to beat him, the newspaper said. "The facts that the monks could not defeat a Japanese ninja showed that they were named as kung fu masters in vain," the Internet user was quoted as saying in the post. The Shaolin temple "strongly condemned the horrible deeds" of the user, the newspaper said. "It is not only extremely irresponsible behaviour with respect to the Shaolin temple and its monks, but also to the whole martial art and Chinese nation," it quoted the monks as saying International Incident! - Haggis Killer - 08-31-2007 Sparked by some knucklehead on an internet message board! How cool is that? Wow! I love our current planet. - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 09-01-2007 You insult the interweb! I demand that you retract your reckless and insulting statement! How dare you impugn the reputation of the World Wide Web?! Retract now, or face...uh..um...or face my emphatically typed scorn! Retract! -Y Nyah, nyah! - Haggis Killer - 09-02-2007 And Bleah! while I'm at it. Can't catch me! Can't catch.... oh. Wait... You know where I live, don't you? Drat. Ah, screw it. Nyah, nyah, nyah!!!! this is Chinese news - Drunk Monk - 09-02-2007 Chinese newspapers often use web forums as their sources. I've seen it happen many times already (might even be in one or two of the articles I posted in the 'DM quotes' thread). Of course, it's not reliable by any means, but most Chinese newspapers are quite tabloid in nature, especially the ones in Taiwan, Hong Kong and overseas. That being said, it's funny that Reuters decided to pick this one up. I've actually met Shaolin's lawyer - attorney Huang (I kid you not - that's what he prefers to be called). It might not be the same guy now, but he was in a tough seat, trying to control Shaolin's name internationally. What is telling about this statement is that it does not designate an accuser beyond 'the monks'. The 'monks' would never make such a collective statement legally. If it were official, it would have Abbot Yongxin's name on it. As it stands, it could have originated from any of the 40,000 practitioners in Shaolin. I saw this come up on the KFM forum. I'd be digging into it more, but I'm on vacation now. That's the official DOOMShaolin comment on this. HK, please carry on with your taunting of the PPFY. - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 09-02-2007 I believe it was my volley on the "neener, neener, nee-ner!". Retract your provocative statement regarding the veracity of the interweb, you running-dog capitalist stooge! Bah! - Haggis Killer - 09-04-2007 My tethered rage spits fire upon your outrageous crimes! Nothing will make me contain my seething opulence against the perfidies spouted via digital maunderings of unrestrained hand nubbins. Fie! Avaunt! Salute! Gorbachev! - Dr. Ivor Yeti - 09-04-2007 I admit defeat. Your reasoning is superior and unassailable. Much respect. Whew! - Haggis Killer - 09-04-2007 Lucky for me. I just about passed out on that last one. I stand corrected - Drunk Monk - 09-10-2007 Attorney Huang is involved. This is official. Quote:Shaolin monks deny online tale of ninja that bested them, demand apologyhttp://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070831/K083106AU.html#skip300x250 Hai! - Haggis Killer - 09-11-2007 Irresponsible! Impact! Feel the wrath of our mighty legal-fu! Seems the bretheren need to chill, no? Maybe they just had a bad scorpion or something. Went down the wrong way. I'd be mad too. five minutes every day... - Drunk Monk - 09-12-2007 ...gets my vote for the king of trolls. |