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Ok so this morning I was talking with a fellow MAist and I was telling him that I found a funny site about ninja's. This site is by no means serious at all, and is one of those BS sites that as soon as you read the first line on the site you automaticly know its just for laughs. Anyways, this site has gotten some hardcore hate mail and I wanted to share with you one that I found disturbing. The reason its disturbing is because its from a Grandmaster of the Ninjutsu art, and I would like to hear your opinion on it, and basicly what you think of what he said. IMHO I think it was crossing the line and from a grandmaster this should of never came from. Anyways here is the site --> realultimatepower.net and this is the hate mail (copy pasted it for you)
DEAR ROBERT (OR WHOM EVER)
I HOPE YOU REALIZE THAT THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE POSTED ON YOUR SIGHT IS NOT ONLY COMPLETELY WRONG BUT ALSO VERY MISLEADING AND DANGEROUS. YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF NINJA,NINPO OR NINJUTSU BUT CLAIM TO BE AN AUTHORITY ON THE SUBJECT. GOD FORBID SOMEONE ACTUALLY TAKES YOUR GARBAGE TO HEART AND TRIES THIS INSANITY....YOUR GOING TO GET SOEM POOR KID KILLED....ARE YOU READY TO ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY. AS FOR ME....IM A NINJUTSU SOKE...GRANDMASTER....IN A LEGITAMATE NINJA RYU (FAMILY) WITH 25 YEARS UNDER MY BELT IN AN HISTORICALY TRACEABLE LINEAGE. I STONGLY URGE THAT YOU DO THE FOLLOWING....
>1:PLACE AN APOLOGY ON THE SIGHT WITHIN 48 HRS OF RECIEPT OF MY EMAIL TO ALL NINPO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
>2:PLACE A NOTE ON THE BEGINING OF YOUR SIGHT TELLING EVERYONE THAT GOES TO YOUR SIGHT THAT YOU ARE FULL OF BS.HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE ART AND TO NOT TAKE THE SIGHT SERIOUSLY
>3: REMOVE THE SIGHT BEFOR SEPT 15 2002. SHOULD YOU NOT REMOVE THE SIGHT BY THAT DATE THEN I WILL FIRST LOBBY AOL TO HAVE THE SIGHT REMOVED. IF THAT DOES NOT WORK I WILL PAY YOU A VISIT TO TEACH YOU WHAT REAL SHINOBI IS CAPABLE OF DOING....AND BELIEVE ME...I CAN AND WILL VISIT YOU. YOUR SIGHT IS DANGEROUS AND OFFENSIVE...ESPECIALLY TO SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO HAS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO THIS ART AND HAS INHERITED THE SYSTEM AND KNOWS THE DANGERS AND VALIDITY OF NINJUTSU. I EXPECT AN EMAIL IN RETURN TO CONFIRM YOUR RECIEPT OF THIS EMAIL.....GOD HELP YOU IF YOU DONT RESPOND.
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Wow someone got pissed really bad. . I guess i may have done that too if someone was dissing my art like that, but it's not like he wrote "F$*^%%*^K YOU F8564ING @SS W1P3 I F00KIN HATE YOU SUCK IT BITCH." or something like that. But still from a grandmaster it doesn't sound very professional, but he had every right to do it and i would've to in his shoes.
Robert Hamburger's "Real Ultimate Power" website and book are infamous around here. Honestly, don't get the book. All of the funny parts of the book are in the website. Basically, the funniest thing about Hamburger is the claim that ninjas will "totally flip out and kill people."
If you want a good humorous site on ninjas, check out "Ninja Burger." It's awesome.
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Don't just assume this man who sent the email is actually a grandmaster of an authentic art...
Also, it would be really funny if the person who made the sight was a skilled practitioner of another (or the same) art and this guy came to kick his ass and ended up getting his own kicked.
Also, can you post a link to the sight? Thanks
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Haha I wouldnt assume he was, but if I were to believe he was... it was like ... wow... Also, its too obvious that the hamberger site is all BS yet he sent such a letter to the kid. I wouldnt see it as dissing on his art. Because a ninja in modern day isnt usually what it was like. TV has messed up the actual vision of what a true ninja was.
This is worse than the time the Polaroid Corporation came out against the song "Hey, Yah" for the lyric "Shake it like a Polaroid picture" because shaking a Polaroid picture while it is developing can result in an inconsistent distribution of developer fluid on the picture itself.
Also he spelled site wrong several times to humorous consequence.
For example: "YOUR SIGHT IS DANGEROUS AND OFFENSIVE" when run through the thesaurus could become "Your ability to see could potentially harm or insult others."
Interesting Ninjutsu Thing
. I guess i may have done that too if someone was dissing my art like that, but it's not like he wrote "F$*^%%*^K YOU F8564ING @SS W1P3 I F00KIN HATE YOU SUCK IT BITCH." or something like that. But still from a grandmaster it doesn't sound very professional, but he had every right to do it and i would've to in his shoes.
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