Apsara's past comments

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    Apsara

    So we can expect the new pope to promote kindness to animals?

    He is not a b-rate actor trying to revive his fame, he doesn't need doing a PETA poster.

    What does PETA have to do with it? Cleo was referring to St. Francis' legendary affinity to animals. Promoting kindness to animals would be another way to emulate St. Francis.

    Posted in: Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis

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    I think Hisahito's dad's work schedule has a bit more flexibility in it than most kids' dads...

    Posted in: The graduate

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    @mikihouse Ban the knife ? Are you stupid ? where does it end with people like you. I understand the gun thing to a point. But look where the ban on survival knifes went. People just move to kitchen knives are you going to ban them too ?

    THEGONGSHOW, it's pretty obvious Mikihouse is being tongue in cheek, and is most likely pro-gun, since pro-gun people can be relied on to come out with that kind of comment every time there's a stabbing.

    Mikihouse, how many people do you think might have died if he'd had a gun? I would say a lot more.

    Posted in: 2 stabbed to death, 5 wounded by Chinese man in Hiroshima Pref

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    Only the wealthiest couples can adopt children or find surrogates not this Japanese couple

    They are both women- no surrogates required, just a sperm donor. You really have been living under a rock for quite a while, haven't you?

    Posted in: First gay wedding held at Tokyo Disney Resort

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    I was in Chch at the end of last year and there is a lot of rebuilding still to be done- some suburbs are just disaster zones, not to mention the city centre. Hope the rebuilding momentum builds up from now and Chch can be a vibrant city again.

    Posted in: Christchurch marks 2nd anniversary of deadly quake

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    As the eldest of three, I was looking after my youngest sibling (6 at the time) when I was 14, and even though I might not have been able to look after a small child ****well, I certainly could have kept a 3-year-old alive at that age. There has to be more to this story than we are seeing here- maybe medical conditions with one or both kids.

    any mother will know that a 3yo needs to be forced fed since they have likes and dislikes, like literally put food into their mouths!

    This is rubbish. As the mother of a picky toddler I can tell you that they can't be force-fed, but that they will not starve themselves if food is available.

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    The murderer's mother seems to have been separated from her spouse

    What this has to do with murder I have no idea. My parents are divorced and I had relationships go wrong in my early 20s but never did I consider for a second picking up a knife. I don't think anyone can "prevent further occurrences" by looking at these factors- they are far too common, you're probably looking at about 40% of the population of most countries there.

    It would be a lot more practical to look at whether he had a history of mental illness.

    Posted in: 3rd victim dies after Guam rampage; suspect held on $2 mil bail

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    Apsara

    Must have been an unusual family, to say the least!

    Posted in: Man arrested for biting 'snake-possessed' son to death

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    I find it terrible when people use little children or even babys to explress political opinions.

    I don't see how the baby is being "used" here, other than a banner being rested on the stroller. It has come along with its parents on the protest, it doesn't look to be in any discomfort. Aren't people allowed to protest once they have children?

    Posted in: Sleepy protest

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    Apsara

    To elaborate, I suppose this means at a depth under the earth's crust, but it is confusing in a news report about an earthquake "in the Pacific Ocean."

    I don't think so. Earthquakes are always reported with their magnitudes and depths, and anyone used to seeing earthquake reports (which anyone in Japan very much is) understands immediately that the depth given is beneath the crust, regardless of where the earthquake happened.

    Posted in: Quake jolts Kanto, Fukushima areas

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    Thank goodness I don't live in Osaka. If I did, this would be the last straw, I'd move, even if it was just over the border into Kyoto or Hyogo, so I didn't have to have this ass as mayor of the city I lived in.

    Posted in: Osaka to reintroduce Saturday classes for elementary schools

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    They mean depth. 20 km is how far below the surface of the earth it is, i.e. as you move towards the core- 40 km isn't unusual for an earthquake. It's got nothing to do with the depth of the ocean anywhere.

    Posted in: Quake jolts Kanto, Fukushima areas

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    The 3/11 earthquake was huge but no one that I saw was falling over.

    Neither are the people in the photo. They are crouching so they'll have an idea of what they can reach if they are in a situation where they have to lower their centre of gravity to keep their balance. Is that so hard to understand?

    The picture shows anal people doing anal exercises that will be forgotten in the first instant of a crisis.

    Right, so you're saying it would be better for them not to have drills at all, since in your expert opinion they're wasting their time. But then you would no doubt criticise them for not trying to be prepared- it's so hard to please the armchair experts of JT!

    Posted in: TEPCO drill

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    Same to you, gogogo- that's the position they would be in (and possibly were in last year) in the case of another earthquake that size, it's impossible to keep your footing with that level of swaying. I can't believe people are asking this- you live in Japan and have experienced reasonable-sized earthquakes, right?

    Posted in: TEPCO drill

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    I don't understand why they feel the need to bend down because the control room of any generating station should be earthquake proof

    What an odd thing to say. Did you experience the earthquake last year, and if so, were you able to stand normally? Even in Tokyo it was hard to stand straight during the earthquake let alone in Fukushima, and I don't think anyone's yet designed a building that's so earthquake-proof that there's no swaying at all- that's not what "earthquake-proof" means.

    Posted in: TEPCO drill

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    Will this lead to a typical over-reaction of random body searches at train stations and banning liquids from trains?

    The 1995 sarin gas attack didn't result in that kind of body search or ban as far as I know, so I don't know what basis you have for calling that (far-fetched) possibility a "typical over-reaction"?

    The commuters in the car must have been terrified- the Marunouchi line was one of the lines affected by Aum's sarin attack and I'm betting it was one of the first things that went through everyone's mind.

    Posted in: Container explodes in Tokyo subway car, injuring 14

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    makes you wonder if the underneath foundation of the island is slowly weakening itself......

    Earthquakes are not a new thing in Japan...

    Posted in: Two strong quakes jolt northern Japan

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    Apsara

    Problem here is, with all the modern technology, they still have only "cold water" washing machines... In France one can programme the washing machine to any desired temperature 20 or 30 degrees.

    No, that's not a problem, cloth diapers can be washed in cold water. And the newer technology is actually washing machines and detergents that wash effectively with cold water- it's wasting resources by using hot water that is actually old fashioned.

    Posted in: Himeji chemical plant blast threatens diaper supply

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    Apsara

    Redesign? Yes. Just use Velcro. Yes, more expensive. Failing that use a different kind of adhesive.

    What are you talking about? The chemical affected is the absorbent part of the diaper, not the adhesive. Velcro has nothing to do with it.

    Posted in: Himeji chemical plant blast threatens diaper supply

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    Apsara

    It won't take long to repair the plant.

    It could take months for all we know, unless you have heard something different or are an expert in the manufacture of this kind of chemical? Even if it takes only 6 weeks or so, Japan goes through 20 million disposable diapers a day (not an exaggeration- the US uses 50 million a day) so they will have to be up and running very soon to keep up with that demand.

    As soon as this news spreads there will be a big panic buy of all the diapers on the shelves right now which will affect supply as well- I'd say it will start happening tomorrow actually.

    Posted in: Himeji chemical plant blast threatens diaper supply

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