korimakorima “The prison where Marie Antoinette was imprisoned and the character whose head was cut off alive were shown at the opening ceremony, but doesn’t France consider this history [? Isn’t this history considered a national disgrace?” Shinichi Hoshi commented, “There is a bar in Paris that is a medieval dungeon, complete with torture devices. There is even a guillotine. These are the ugly parts of the past history and are a national disgrace for them, but they don’t want to be afraid to stand up for themselves because they don’t live in an underdeveloped country. Foreign tourists are happy. Perhaps it is because of our backwardness that we do not like to show up and show foreigners our past history which we find ugly. I am reminded of the saying, “The more backward you are, the more you want to show off your good points. “A Natural History of Whimsy. It’s a book from 1968. It’s amazing. Shinichi Hoshi. korimakorima “Maybe it’s the backwardness. The more backward they are, the more they want to be tall and show off their good points.”
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