I read and write Japanese in the same insanely complicated and only partially phonetic script as everyone else does (what choice do you have?) but that's not my point. French "R" and English "R" are totally different sounds, right? And in Spanish the same letter represents still a different sound, right? So how can anyone with a straight face claim that if you started writing Japanese with Roman letters everyone would develop an English accent? The claim is ridiculous on its face.