Destiny of Vengeance

On the National Mall today, we saw a panhandler holding a cardboard sign that read:

"Family killed by ninjas. Need money for kung fu lessons."

We thought that this was incongruous, because (we thought) ninjas are Japanese and kung fu is Chinese. Wouldn't it be better for him to learn the Japanese art of karate, the better to counter the karate of the deadly Japanese ninjas? However, a little research revealed that, historically, there were a few Chinese ninjas as well. But still, the odds are that the ninjas who killed this panhandler's family were Japanese. So why would he learn kung fu, unless he was sure that these ninjas were some of the few Chinese ninjas?

But then it occurred to us that we probably don't know squat about the ninja situation on the ground right now. After all, this guy is having to deal with the ninjas of today, not the ninjas of history. In the current geopolitical climate, what with globalization and all, who's to say what country ninjas are going to come from, and what martial art can best be used to defeat them? This is America, where we're free to choose our own destiny. Personally, we would sue for wrongful death, but that's just us.