Africanist said...

Africanist at 04:41 PM JST - 4th June

The ignorance of some people here:

Africa's base problem is over population

Africa has so many problems, but overpopulation isn't one. However, the typical Liberal Democrat solution, throwing money, won't work. How about helping Africa with educational grants, bringing their intellectuals to Japan to study Japanese success? Let them find…

Posted in Is pouring more financial aid into Africa the best way to help that continent develop? at 04:41 PM JST - 4th June
Africanist at 12:54 PM JST - 30th May

Aaron the Moor in "Titus"? Too flat. So 2 dimensional. What's his motivation?

Iago in "Othello"? much more believable. He has motivation aplenty, being so worked up about being not just under a black, but under a foreigner who is under a black. And the way he stabs Roderigo? Should…

Posted in Who gets your vote for the most evil movie villain of all time? at 12:54 PM JST - 30th May
Africanist at 03:53 PM JST - 29th May

African leaders complain about trade imbalance with Japan?

I think US leaders have given up complaining about it.

Posted in African leaders shift from aid to trade imbalance with Japan at 03:53 PM JST - 29th May
Africanist at 03:32 PM JST - 29th May

NorikoT:

As general Eisenhower said after the war. I hate Germans. Was not the whole point of the wars and post war dramas simply to destroy the proud German race?

Say what? Don't you realize that Eisenhower is a German name? He said he was ashamed to be German, not…

Posted in 'What are Nazis?' Today's kids can't handle movie subtitles at 03:32 PM JST - 29th May
Africanist at 03:27 PM JST - 29th May

jinjapan: How is Japanese police practice relevant, when the flight originated in Hawaii and ended in South Korea? I don't see how it's necessarily in Japanese jurisdiction at all. It may be a legally Japanese affair since a Japanese national was involved, but it is more especially Hawaiian and South…

Posted in Japanese woman found hanged aboard KAL plane at 03:27 PM JST - 29th May
Africanist at 01:05 PM JST - 29th May

Why does everyone leap to the conclusion that this was a suicide? Shouldn't you wait for the investigation?

Posted in Japanese woman found hanged aboard KAL plane at 01:05 PM JST - 29th May
Africanist at 03:08 PM JST - 13th May

"I got angry because I couldn’t make him understand me.”

Sounds to me like the old man was seriously senile. He should have had professional care, not some teenager without any training in caregiving.

Posted in 16-yr-old boy held for allegedly beating grandfather to death in Kagawa at 03:08 PM JST - 13th May