Regarding the little discussion re. raws, I think Owen had the last word after all. I do find it raws very difficult, and I only persist because I'm pig-headed about it. As for the Lelangir's comic, I did not link it when it appeared because I did not like it. I don't have a problem with the portrayal of myself in it: perhaps I am received as talking down to other bloggers, and I may need to address that [1]. Still, two things: 1. the strip was in a very bad taste, 2. jokes were too inbred. If a general reader cannot relate, it's a PHAIL.

[1] The Russian proverb about it is: "Сказка — ложь, да в ней намек: добрым молодцам урок" (A.S.Pushkin, 1834). How do they say it in Japanese?