Azrael said...

Azrael at 01:45 AM JST - 1st July

.___.; I wouldn't really know... I have always thought Japanese "can't" take a better hold of English because of things like nationalism and self-contempt (and related issues).

There's this strange myth fostered by the Japanese themselves that goes: "Japanese language is unique, because it is so complex only people with…

Posted in Why don't Japanese speak English better than they do? at 01:45 AM JST - 1st July
Azrael at 07:19 AM JST - 25th June

The Japanese are pressured to conform to beauty patterns which walk away from Japanese natural features. Breast augmentation, eye enlargement, surgery to acquire double-layered eyelids, botox for thicker lips, chin prostheses for men, liposuction to remove the fat below the eyebrows, and so on. As long as Japanese media keeps…

Posted in Business booming for Tokyo's plastic surgeons at 07:19 AM JST - 25th June
Azrael at 07:10 AM JST - 25th June

In Spanish, there is a saying: "Ladrón que roba a ladrón tiene cien años de perdón." (Translation: "A thief who steals from thieves earns pardon for a hundred years.")

Posted in Police arrest 2 Greenpeace members over whale meat theft at 07:10 AM JST - 25th June
Azrael at 07:05 AM JST - 25th June

Vandals. They should be made to go back and clean it OR pay compensation to the Cathedral administration to cover the cleaning costs.

Posted in Japanese student scrawled on world heritage cathedral in Italy at 07:05 AM JST - 25th June
Azrael at 09:43 AM JST - 21st June

Yeeks. The infection the actors got from the amount of microbes in the rear of the garbage truck will be grand.

Posted in Porn actress, producers arrested for filming in rear of dump truck at 09:43 AM JST - 21st June
Azrael at 06:06 AM JST - 21st June

Why did she kill it?

Posted in Panda at 06:06 AM JST - 21st June
Azrael at 12:45 PM JST - 20th June

I think it's excellent that at least somewhere people fight back against the trend of vulgarism as "trendy" and "acceptable" behaviour in Media outlets. Everyone complains how vulgar and rude youth is and yet, the same ones are setting the lead youth follows.

Posted in Joan Rivers booted from British daytime television show for swearing at 12:45 PM JST - 20th June
Azrael at 09:29 AM JST - 18th June

From a biological point of view, homosexuality may appear inevitable in the sense that the larger the human group, the larger the margin percentages of "different" individuals become, but the percentage remains the extremes of a Gauss Bell.

Should read, "From a biological point of view, homosexuality may appear inevitable…

Posted in What are your views on same-sex marriages? at 09:29 AM JST - 18th June
Azrael at 09:23 AM JST - 18th June

I do not advocate same-sex marriages.

All in all, same sex unions seem to be a viable solution; there are certain contractual characteristics inherent to marriage that have been molded into civil law. Civil unions may allow to legalize some partner benefits which the law is able to protect.

Marriage…

Posted in What are your views on same-sex marriages? at 09:23 AM JST - 18th June
Azrael at 01:54 PM JST - 1st June

It may be possible; love at first sight has happened so some people. There are lucky cases and really bad mixes, too (a-la Romeo and Juliet, I guess). However, the odds of reciprocity are even lower.

Posted in Do you believe in love at first sight? at 01:54 PM JST - 1st June