JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
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Bento
Bush Jnr was with out question the finest most talented and reliable comedian ever to get into the white house.He made me laugh out load many times.Ha Ha Ha...oops.. what.. he was the president of the USA..sorry about that i thought he was the after dinner entertainment.
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molenir "guess it doesnt matter as long as they are jews"..which religion are you jewish,christian,islamic or just plain moronic..all human lives are precious..soldiers too.
Posted in: Israeli forces bisect Gaza, surround biggest city
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Bento
the even bigger majority of domestic cats,whether properly cared for or brutalized daily,never kill a child..mixing dogs and children is inherently dangerous,mores the pity, cats are way to selfish.
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Bento
amen to that frank.Ever played Minohara in Gunma?Spectacular!
Posted in: Women revitalize golf industry in Japan
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Bento
a temporary cut in the sales tax, (could be targeted preferentially at Japanese produced) that would result in a 2 trillion yen reduction in the sales tax receipt for the government would be a much more efficient way of stimulating the Japanese economy.Its only my opinion but at least 50% of this stimulus cash will simply be stuck straight into a bank account,which will be no surprise to the bankers who have probably been leading the lobby groups for this secret bank bailout. Will foreigners be eligible for this cash now..or is that yet to be decided?
Posted in: Aso rejects calls to resign, saying he has to lead Japan out of recession
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Sailwind..can you explain,without later changing your definitions, why it is the Palestinians that should drop their right of return claims.Rather than "it is never going to happen" why not try and Justify this "necessity" for the peace process to advance..why should Israel not become another country with another name and be the internationally monitored homeland for Jews and Palestians alike.It would not be the first time in the last 20 years that an internationally recognised country has become a different country and be internationally recognised after the change.That would remove all motivation for Palestinian terror attacks and Jewish Counter terror attacks.This solution is not unacceptable to the Palestinians...who is preventing this possible solution? Or is it too much like hard work..so the killing continues through moral and logistical lethargy.Its the status quo thats causing the trouble...Why is it that the "military wing" of the Palestinians are deemed Terrorists, yet the "military wing " of the Israelies get to call themselves the Israeli Defence Force..these are some of the "Real World" issues that motivate people to extreme actions.. Israel prefers to remove the people rather than remove their motivation..
Posted in: Israeli forces bisect Gaza, surround biggest city
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Bento
if people want to ignore the real reasons why people behave the way they do then fine,bypass your brain,but arguments are never won or lost, the number of people holding different opinions merely change..the number who hold the opinion that Israel is now the primary aggressor is rising. I was interested to note the use ,by an Israeli general in a tv interview yesterday,of the word "eradicate" when she stated there objectives in terms of Hamas..give the situation a few more years and that word could well change to "exterminate"..that would be irony working overtime. Eradicate is a word normally used when dealing with animals less important than humans..or as the fascists in europe used to call them..untermenchen..all human life is precious..not just the lives of those who share your opinion.
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sensei,shiuu..your analogies at the start of this thread are perhaps a tad simplistic..how about this one. The house in question is in fact a semidetached house in a peaceful town where for years two families lives happily side by side..then one families distant cousins suffered outrageous persecution in a far off town at the hands of the the fascist lord.The surviving family members from that far off town wanted to move to somewhere safer..they remembered their distant cousins lived in a peaceful town so they moved in with that family,,unfortunately there was not enough room in the house for all the new members ,and because of the horrid persecution they had suffered they wanted to feel safe again,so they asked the next door family to move out to the shed in the garden so that the new arrivals could live in their house.Naturally enough the family said no we want to live in our house, but because the lord of this safe town felt immense guilt and sympathy for the far of cousins suffering at the hands of the facist lord,he allowed the eviction of the palestinian family to occur. Since their eviction they have been living in the shed in the garden unable to leave town without the permission of the newly extended israeli family..and whereas the israeli family have the best home security devices that money can buy..the people living in the shed are not even permitted to open and shut their own door. If it was my family in the shed..i`d be throwing more than bricks through the window of that house..because half of it is mine..and i am going to get it back.
Posted in: Israeli forces bisect Gaza, surround biggest city
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Bento
59 years of married life and separated by death thats almost as rare a thing as a lottery win!You have my sympathies and my respect.
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Bento
pay your children to do the yard work for you..and give yourself time to spend the money.
Posted in: Connecticut man's last lotto ticket wins $10 mil for widow
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Bento
Yelnats, if your spouse specifically asked you not to talk to your neighbour and you did anyway...well enjoy your time in coventry..you got on the bus that took you there.
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Bento
i see your definition of innocent civilian has entered an ameboidesk metamorphosis..you failed to mention the innocent "until proven guilty" ,codisyl attached to your definition until now..originally you merely said they were anybody that fell under the jurisdiction of a civilian court..yes? never the less by your new definition and expanding your original example of the bomb attack at the bus stop, if this attack had been carried out as a suicide attack (and as a general rule of thumb ,suicide bombers tend to die in their attacks),which technically may be their first "act of terrorism" and they have not been convicted of a crime in a civilian court of law preceding this event and are not proven members of illegal organizations..you are saying that even the bomber themselves fall into the "innocent civilian" category?
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So by your own definition a passenger who, the previous night, had been at a fund raiser for an orginization with "links to terrorism" and had donated money knowing that this would find its way back to the "struggle" at some point and be used to directly finance the purchase of weaponary.Such a person, caught in the terrorist attack at the bus stop, (possibly even perpetrated by the same group he had donated money to the previous night) would be by your own definition an "innocent civilian" merely because if they had lived and had been implicated in financing a terrorist organization would have had their case heard in a civilian court? Can you really be that naive? Out of interest how did you come up with your definition,was it all your own work?
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I`m waiting for your definition of innocent civilians..are you able to formulate one or not?
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nope no clearer..where is the bus stop? outside the recruiting office for the local militia? who uses the bus regularly..members of the militia..in uniform or out of uniform...?
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Bento
The laughable fact is that in all honesty Israelis still consider themselves to be the more heavily persecuted populous. Crazy selfish people..come on moderate Jews stand up for common decency before your zionist masters lead you all back to the wilderness.
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sailwind, if life was black and white then yes that last statement of yours would of course be true...but life is grey..can you clarify what you mean by "innocent civilians" in this context. are all israeli people,living in israel, who are actively not wearing a military uniform innocent civilians? Are those israeli civilians who used to be civilians in another country until they decided to return to "their god given country" and live in illegal settlements constructed in occupied territories..are they also all innocent civilians. All civilians in israel are expected to serve in the military at some point in their lives..are these people innocent civilians before they join the military and do they become innocent civilians again once they leave the military..and are all actions perpetrated or likely to be perpetrated by these potential/past military people inconsequential to their status of "innocent civilian"?
Are family members of non "innocent civilians" who knowingly allow/help them to continue their non innocent activities able to be classified as "innocent civilians" Try and wedge open that blind eye of yours for just long enough to get a glimpse of reality.
Posted in: Israel demands monitors as part of a Gaza truce
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oil is priced in us dollars..the dollar has been strengthening against most currencies..so the cost reductions that the fall in the oil price has caused is offset,somewhat, by the rise in the value of the dollar,fuel is more like 2/3rds of the price it was.Also the chances are the airlines have managed to "hedge" their supply price at a higher level than the price is now..thinking themselves smart for hedging as the price increased they will now be feeling a slightly different emotion as the price has retreated,financial whizz kids..who needs them.
Posted in: Air travel in Asia-Pacific slumps in September
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It is the pitiful attitude that expresses itself in "being inconvenienced" by these people who think their best option is offing themselves that in fact contributes to them offing themselves.Have some compassion try and reduce the feeling of worthlessness that these people have managed to develop within "society" I agree with the moderator we should not mention censorship in this thread,on this website we refer to it as "moderation" All views are welcome but only if they pass the "moderator" first.
Posted in: Man jumps to death from station platform in Yokohama; two women injured
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Can
t recall the tv show, but i recently saw one of the pre-election "guage americas mood" type program from about 1 week ago and it did show a halloween effigy of Mr Obama (albeit with a slightly corrupted name) hanging from a tree in the front yard of a southern house..no mention of secret service involvement there.Having said that it was from a state where a good proportion of the white voters still labour under the illusion that Obama is islamic due to his middle name being Hussain..Posted in: Effigy of hanging Palin prompts visit from feds