In a message dated 4/28/99 10:50:51 AM, Jedediah@tri-countynet.net writes:

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        "Oh, that was good." He leaned forward a little, his eyes staring
right into Ukyo's. "Now that the formalities are out of the way, we can
discuss business." 

        Ukyo frowned slightly. That had to be the weirdest pick-up line
she'd ever heard. "What business?"

        "This restaurant, is it insured?" he asked.

        "Of course it is," she replied. Now she wasn't so sure the guy was
hitting on her. Was he trying to get her to sell?

		This is not the way organized crime works in Japan! The 
Yakuza are usually left alone by the police if they do not hassle ordinary 
citizens so they do not hassle ordinary citizens. In fact many Yakuza gangs 
see it as their responsibility to help protect ordinary citizens and would 
not be tolerant of a man or orginazation that commited crime like this. Most 
Yakuza only bride/blackmail politicians and other upper level government and 
buisness offcials. The crimes they do on the street level are prostitution 
rings and loan sharking. They would never harass an ordinary store owner for 
money if they did they would be considered disgraced and dishonored