Alphaape said...

Alphaape at 10:32 PM JST - 21st April

I wonder will this robot make kindly suggestions to the kids as to what they should ask their parents to buy. I imagine that there is a gift shop near the nursery, that has miniature robots for sale. I see it just as another ploy to get parents to buy…

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Alphaape at 09:39 PM JST - 21st April

I think that his comments are telling in one important way. He took 55 years to resolve his emotional issues with the enemy he faced on Iwo Jima. Even if he came from the racist part of America, you could still say that he was somewhat "enlightened" as compared to…

Posted in Back in the 1940s, every newspaper, every magazine, the movies, the radio, everything was geared that the Japanese were short, myopic, everyone wore glasses, they all had buck teeth, they were all interbred, they were rapists and they were just evil people. We had that drummed in our head. When I look at movies from the 1940s that I saw as a kid, they're absolutely ridiculous. You never saw such evil people. at 09:39 PM JST - 21st April
Alphaape at 09:34 PM JST - 21st April

Now will the JMSDF be allowed to send ships over to the area to protect their interests, or will they just rely on the coalition of American, British, French and other European navies to patrol the area. Time for the JMSDF to step up and at least say that they…

Posted in Nippon Yusen tanker apparently hit by rocket off Yemen at 09:34 PM JST - 21st April
Alphaape at 11:36 AM JST - 21st April

Not trying to say blacks were the better GIs, but just trying to point out that the racist comments by the gentleman go both ways. There were images of what they thought about the Japanese as well as their own soldiers. Times were different then, and I hope that we…

Posted in Back in the 1940s, every newspaper, every magazine, the movies, the radio, everything was geared that the Japanese were short, myopic, everyone wore glasses, they all had buck teeth, they were all interbred, they were rapists and they were just evil people. We had that drummed in our head. When I look at movies from the 1940s that I saw as a kid, they're absolutely ridiculous. You never saw such evil people. at 11:36 AM JST - 21st April
Alphaape at 11:30 AM JST - 21st April

Even in America with our taxation system, if you are totally destitute, you can go to school for free. There is a free lunch program. Books are all free. There are additionally services to help. I don't mind paying my taxes on things like education. Not trying to preach any…

Posted in Arrears of public high school fees totaled Y439 million in FY 2006 at 11:30 AM JST - 21st April
Alphaape at 11:23 AM JST - 21st April

A good book also on this subject is called "America's Geisha Ally..Reimagining the Japanese enemy by Naoko Shibusawa, it covers many of the sentiments made by the gentleman. To sum it up, the American press made sure those sterotype images of Japanese were ingrained in the American fighting man and…

Posted in Back in the 1940s, every newspaper, every magazine, the movies, the radio, everything was geared that the Japanese were short, myopic, everyone wore glasses, they all had buck teeth, they were all interbred, they were rapists and they were just evil people. We had that drummed in our head. When I look at movies from the 1940s that I saw as a kid, they're absolutely ridiculous. You never saw such evil people. at 11:23 AM JST - 21st April
Alphaape at 07:52 PM JST - 20th April

Thanks to all of you who have given me info on the Japanese education system. Sad to say, I think that the J-gov/society are setting themselves up for their own demise. On the one hand, I am sure if there was a move to reform education so that post Jr.…

Posted in Arrears of public high school fees totaled Y439 million in FY 2006 at 07:52 PM JST - 20th April
Alphaape at 11:07 AM JST - 20th April

I don't understand, if it is a "puboic high school" I would assume that the costs of operating the school is borne by the government (either the local city or prefecture). If you are a taxpayer (or not even a taxpayer) isn't it the responsiblitiy of the gov't to provide…

Posted in Arrears of public high school fees totaled Y439 million in FY 2006 at 11:07 AM JST - 20th April
Alphaape at 08:18 AM JST - 16th April

lipscombe, My comments about knife control and all of us getting along were just sarcasm. Not trying to make light of this crime at all. But just to present it the same as people do with the anti-gun rhetoric.

Whether it be with a gun or a knife, someone can…

Posted in Elderly woman killed in random stabbing in Fukuoka at 08:18 AM JST - 16th April
Alphaape at 07:31 PM JST - 15th April

This is a terrible crime and I pray for the family of the deceased woman. Good on the neighbor who tried to stop this mayhem and save a life.

I think what needs to be done in Japan is to amend the constitution to ban the sale of knives, and…

Posted in Elderly woman killed in random stabbing in Fukuoka at 07:31 PM JST - 15th April