Monday May 28, 2012

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    7777777

    I doubt companies will be sending people home early and based on the weather right now, I dont think it is necessary, but I dont know what the winds will be like later tonight.

    Posted in: 3 dead, 306 injured in 33 prefectures by typhoon-strength storm

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    7777777

    What do they expect? It seems logical to me that anyone that would dump a baby would do it for a variety of reasons. Personally, Im against dumping babies, but Im also equally against putting a hatch out to annonymously dump a baby thinking you can do it safely and then grilling the people and releasing the results to the public. If they are going to have an annonymous hatch, they need to keep their word on that. If they dont want people dumping babies, then they need to show a history of what catholics to to babies and children in their care. It is a LONG grim history of horrific abuse. That would make most people think twice. It wouldnt stop the cold hearted, but it would make those with a conscience reconsider.

    Posted in: Woman dumped child in baby hatch so she could study abroad; another used it for babysitting

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    7777777

    "Simply unbelievable that the police in this country are incapable of filtering out mental problems among their own recruits. "

    Who is to say the cop is a mental case? Probably he is just a pervert. You don`t have to be mentally ill to be a jerk or pervert. I had a student once who was applying to be a cop and the screening tests he had to go through were pretty impressive. It was obvious that not just anyone off the street could qualify to be a cop in Japan. So I think some screening or background check for mental illness must take place.

    Posted in: Police officer pushes student off bike; lifts up her skirt

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    7777777

    I wonder if he killed himself because of personal problems or police related problems. For him to do it at the police station seems like it could have been a statement about the police force/work. Was he being asked to do unethical things as a police and he couldn`t handle it morally? Was he being asked to rough up people? Was he being bullied as a new recruit? Or did it have nothing in the world to do with policing? I guess we will never know because if he left a note condemning the police, they would hide that. But if he talked to friends or family outside the police force then a better understanding of his reasoning might come to light, but at this point one can only speculate.

    Posted in: Police recruit shoots himself in head at police koban

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    7777777

    Lovenot, of course Im NOT saying "all women are the same as animals". Please read my post again. What Im saying is animals cant be used as an illustration for good mothering because animals are guilty of abuse and murder too. In fact, when a person kills another we often call the murderer an "animal" because they are acting in an animalistic way. But I am saying not all women automatically know how to show love for their babies. If all women knew how, then why are so many grown children seeking out psychologists because of how their moms treated them as a child? Years ago I saw a statistic that more women abuse their children than men. Mothers may feel love but they dont always know how to convey that love as love, and the same can be said of men.

    illsayit, yes I think textbook parenting causes a lot of problems because textbooks and professionals tend to paint a picture of if you do XYZ, then your child will be a good child. But when parents do XYZ and their kids dont turn out as the book or professionals promised then the parents might conclude the problem is the child since the parents followed the professionals formula so it cant the be parents. Parenting isn`t as simple as the professionals paint it to be because every parent comes with different circumstances and each child is an individual.

    NIcky, although the woman in this case may have had PPD/PNI, I dont see her condition as any different than a man who is at the breaking point of stress. Of course, at this point we can only speculate about her condition. The report does not say she had PPD so to automatically assume a mom that kills her baby has PPD is the same as making the assumption that a homeless man that kills someone must be schizophrenic. He may be or he may not be, but perhaps schizophrenics would take offence to such an assumption just like perhaps PPD sufferers may take offense at the assumption that all female baby murderers must have PPD. Probably the majority of women with PPD dont murder their babies. A woman can kill her baby for many reasons.

    Posted in: Woman arrested for fatally abusing 1-month-old daughter

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    7777777

    Lovenot, I dont see any difference in Japan than other countries. All countries have similiar problems I think. As for animals, have you owned pets? Ive owned many kinds of pets and believe me animals can abuse and kill their babies too, and when I say kill I mean murder, not accidentally smoother them or something. I mean deliberately kill. As for motherly love, I personally feel there are maternal instincts in women but maternal instincts don`t equal love. Maternal instincts mean to feed and care for the baby/child. But love is much deeper and has to be nutured, cultivated and for some women it has to be learned and encouraged. Unfortunately not all women know how to give or show love to a child and in my opinion that is where other women, family members, and spouses really need to come in and support and encourage a woman who is struggling rather than tell her what a bad parent she is. She needs help but to know how to give love, she has to be given loving guidance, I think. Women need to support women. Just my opinion.

    Posted in: Woman arrested for fatally abusing 1-month-old daughter

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    7777777

    It kind of amazes me when a mom kills her baby, women have sympathy and blame it on PPD, but if a man is suffering depression and stress from unemployment, work, etc. & he kills his child, hes a worthless good for nothing who needs a dose of his own medicine. I think we should have the same standard. Either both get sympathy or both are good for nothings because stress and depression have no gender lines. All can experience it. Unfortunately some people dont have the self control to keep themselves from taking it out on others.

    As for TigersTokyoDomes comment, I also dont like criminal names being listed whether they are accused or convicted because it puts a black mark on their family in the neighborhood. It can cause children to be ostracized. It can causes spouses and parents to be blamed or looked down upon. If there is no reason to list the name, then it is best to keep it quiet to protect the innocent family members. However, there are times listing a name may be beneficial for example if it were a child molestor, rapist, or any sort of sexual preditor, it could encourage other victims to come forward. Or if it is a suspected criminal on the run, this too would be essential for society to know the name and face. But in a domestic case like this where a living child is involved, I prefer to not know the name because it benefits no one to know.

    Posted in: Woman arrested for fatally abusing 1-month-old daughter

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    7777777

    Farmboy, another form of fake marriage is when normally the woman is already married with children to someone in her home country but pretends to be single to get a visa and money to send back to her real husband and kids. It is ruthless. There was one case where a Japanese man had been married for years to one of these women and gave her money every month thinking he was helping her mother NOT her husband. He even paid for her to make regular visit to her "mother"/husband. It was a terrible shock for him to find out she was maintaining her marriage overseas and just using her Japanese husband for her convenience and profit. The man later found out from police this is not a rare event. It happens fairly regularly.

    Posted in: No. of fake marriages between Japanese, foreigners jumps by 49.2%

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    7777777

    Crazy. We are hearing stories of people being found dead from starvation, we have no idea what the medical costs are going to be in the near future due to radiation, we are being told there isn`t enough money for basic domestic needs so there has to be a tax increase, we have a LOT of people in need from the tsunami and nuclear disaster who have been denied an extention of unemployment but no jobs to turn to, and we have a lot of kids coming out of the foster care/orphan homes that are just sent away with basically nothing with no home to turn to and no way to get a degree yet the government has no money to support their education. Yet the government has hundereds of millions of dollars to spend on causes that have been supported for decades. Tax money should be used on tax payers needs and any extra can be used to help other causes. And I think starvation is a need not a luxury or want, and a kid that has had the disadvantage of being dumped in an orphange with no loving parents deserves a little break too.

    Posted in: Japan contributes $340 mil to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

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    7777777

    Heda, I once heard a very good presentation about the "triangle of life" theory. The speaker said the triangle of life studies were done in collaspeable structures. So this theory is good for countries where construction is poor and structures are likely to collapse, but Japan has good earthquake resistent construction so structures arent as likely to collapse so the best thing to do in Japan is to get under a table, desk, etc. and protect your head. In the triangle of life, getting under something would mean you get smashed by it as the structure collapses, but in Japan it is more likely something will fall and injure you if you are not under something to protect yourself because the structures in Japan tend to sway and throw things rather than just completely collapse on your head. The speaker said Mexico, China, Iran, etc. these countries make collapsable construction so the triangle of life is your best bet in these countries if you cant get out into an open space. Anyway, it is hard to know, but I personally am going to follow the "get under cover" theory because it made sense to me for Japan.

    Posted in: Series of quakes rattle Japan, but cause no damage

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    7777777

    So to make it more appealing and an easier sell they call radioactive debris, tsunami debris.

    Posted in: Gov't to support municipalities that accept tsunami debris

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    7777777

    j4p4nFTW, please do a little research on your own and you will find information on the nuclear plant and yakuza ties.
    You will not have to look hard to find the info. It is out there.

    Posted in: Workers at Fukushima plant toil away in deadly conditions

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    7777777

    Gurukun, the yakuza dont play nice. They have a way of making ppl do what they want them to do. They can threaten bodily harm or mutilation. They can kill with no remorse. And if that doesnt work, they can threaten to harm innocent members of your family, and they dont make empty threats. So those who fall into the hands of the yakuza may weigh their options and feel they have a better chance workiing in the plant getting 8000 yen than the other options. And although I think everyone should be grateful they are doing this work, to label them as heros distracts from the abuse because a hero does things voluntarily. I would bet the majority of these men dont want to be there & would take a lower paying job if they had one. However, there were some old retired men that volunteered to do the job after the big quake, and Tepco refused them. Those were heros. Those were men who said "we are old so our lives are limited and we want to save the younger ppl". They also said by going in voluntarily they could demand better safety and work conditions than those going in as contract workers. So they were willing to put their lives on the line to save the contract workers too. This was true so Tepco refused them. To be called a hero one has to qualify. These men are victims and need to be recognized and helped as victims not applauded as heros to continue as usual.

    Posted in: Workers at Fukushima plant toil away in deadly conditions

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    7777777

    Gurukun, to be a hero you have to do something with courage from your heart and convictions. Some of these men are in those plants by force of the yakuza or force of economics where an empty stomach motivates them. All are victims of a company that is using them at almost slave labor. And some are victims of a yakuza that says "go in or else". In my opinion, a hero shines & is helping and doesn`t need help. But in this case, these men are helpless victims who desparately need help. They need someone to force Tepco to pay them right, train them right, & work them right. Others need help to escape the arm of the yakuza. All these men are being taken advantage of and mistreated.

    Posted in: Workers at Fukushima plant toil away in deadly conditions

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    7777777

    What bothers me most about this is a bit rude to say, but I think the mayor is just trying to hold on to his job and power at the expense of ppls lives, both the ppl he is representing and ppl all over Japan. He recognizes this waste will make the land unliveable, but to ship the waste to liveable parts of Japan and make more places unliveable is okay to him as long as he can keep his job. I also wonder if he is part of the problem of why ppl will not leave. He may be sending out information to the residents that returning to their homes will be fine as soon as clean up is done. This is a lie. The land is too contaminated and the ppl need to be told the truth and helped to relocate. I know having to start all over again is tough and no one wants to lose their good job in this economy, but dont put a job over countless lives.

    Posted in: 3 mayors snub Hosono, Hirano over radioactive waste storage plan

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    7777777

    BurakuminDes, do you not think that Nihonmatsu does not take a dim view on animal abuse either? I think he demonstrated that he cares very much for the well being of both animals and humans, and he made an effort to close a gap of misunderstanding between the two. If he had treated these youth with contempt as though they are worthless, thugs who will never amount to anything, it is very possible that he could have helped pave a way for this exact outcome, but instead he took the higher ground and looked at them as redeemable people who could make contributions to society and learn the value of life in animals. Because he demonstrated to them kindness and mercy, we hope it will inspire them to be better people and someday they can return the favor to someone else who needs forgiveness.

    Posted in: 5 youths ordered to apologize to monkeys, clean pen for throwing fireworks

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    7777777

    Another Y2K story. These "total collape" stories come with each generation creating all sorts of unnecessary scare tactics.

    Posted in: Nightmarish scenarios of the coming financial collapse

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    7777777

    Im glad that Nihonmatsu has a heart. He took into consideration the age & maturity of the kids as well as the fact that probably they did not have any vandalism record. Im glad he was forgiving & just wanted the kids to realize what they did to another living being & to learn a lesson from it so they could move on and have productive lives. In many Western countries, ppl would be saying "throw them in jail" or "put them in a cage & throw fireworks in their faces" which would do nothing to encourage them to be better ppl, but a humbling yet compassionate punishment like this may be just what they need to better themselves as humans. However, I must say apologizing to a monkey must be more for the kids than for the monkeys. I don`t think monkeys understand "gomenasai".

    Posted in: 5 youths ordered to apologize to monkeys, clean pen for throwing fireworks

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    7777777

    "It is barbaric to feel empathly for the killer, instead of sympathy for the victim(s)"

    I think a person can feel both, but priority must always go to the victim and justice. We can look at a bad childhood of a murderer and feel badly for the person and learn from it. Remind parents that are struggling that they have a duty to overcome because how they parent has lasting and rippling effects. But when it comes to justice, we have to put empathy aside and stand up for the victim. However, after judgement is made, then empathy can return by ministering to the killer to prepare them for the afterlife and help them come to a place of remorse and repentence in this life.

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    7777777

    " But maybe it is better for him to sit in jail the rest of his life tortured by his own mind and demons."

    Maitake, the problem with this is 1) justice is not executed 2) he may not be tortured by his actions. Before he took pride in what he did. If he took pride and still feels it (we cant trust his lawyer saying he now feels remorse because that is what a lawyer has to say), then there is no point in keeping him alive to torture him. 3) Mental torture is probably worse than physical torture and legally most civilized countries are against torture so torture as punishment should not be an option. 4) If he still feels pride in what he did and is housed with the general population because he is not on death row, then he can be a bad influence and stumbling block for potentially rehabilitatable people. That is not good. 5) Keeping him alive punishes society. Tax payers have to pay a lot of money to keep him alive, watched, and cared for. Tax payers may not mind investing in rehabilitating people that will eventually return to society, but for those who are condemned to spending the rest of their lives in prison because they murdered, it is a waste of money. The prisoners are just living to gobble up money but not returning anything to society. 6) Most of all, keeping him alive torments the victims family. The father will never feel justice is served until justice is executed. He already had to lose his daughter and granddaughter in a horrendous way. Why must he be tortured more? It is punishing the victim, and that is wrong.

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