Bento said...

Bento at 05:44 PM JST - 30th July

"These kind of tragic events just shoots to shreds the whole pro-life movement." "How sad for the little boy who was born into our world to only die moments later." Zurconium you contradict yourself magnificently. Unless your stating that the 600,000 feotuses hoovered to oblivion annually don't count as patent…

Posted in Newborn boy dies after being found in Tokyo Internet cafe toilet at 05:44 PM JST - 30th July
Bento at 01:43 AM JST - 30th July

Happily Japan is a lot further behind than 20-30 years in the numbers of unprovoked murders committed, league table..and a century or two behind in the random sniper victim, league table.For a "society" to be judged meaningfully it must be judged in its entirety not on a selective basis.

Posted in 20-year-old man arrested for killing woman in Tokyo apartment at 01:43 AM JST - 30th July
Bento at 12:48 AM JST - 30th July

smith,the problem referred to was the problem of men(not this man) looking up girls skirts(not this girls skirt)..thanks for your opinion on how this particular incident should be dealt with..still doesn't help solve the "problem" of men feeling the need to film up skirts..or the much bigger problem of people…

Posted in Police sergeant arrested on suspicion of filming up-skirt videos at 12:48 AM JST - 30th July
Bento at 06:04 PM JST - 29th July

I don't deny any reality..properly trained or not these guides can never be sure they are not in the same locality(bullet range) as drunks out shooting,whether for fun of food..whether for deer or bear (so these two species occupy separate ranges?.. that's probably news to rocket scientists)..it is self evident…

Posted in Bear-viewing hikes in Japan Alps at 06:04 PM JST - 29th July
Bento at 05:39 PM JST - 29th July

whilst other humans seem to think "off planet"

Posted in Serial cat killer on the loose again in Tokyo's Setagaya at 05:39 PM JST - 29th July
Bento at 05:28 PM JST - 29th July

Smith, so will you be kind enough to let us know how the problem should be dealt with? "It's not that they don't have these incidents in other countries, because we all know they do, it's that they do nothing about it here aside from blaming the women, or trying…

Posted in Police sergeant arrested on suspicion of filming up-skirt videos at 05:28 PM JST - 29th July
Bento at 05:30 PM JST - 28th July

what? don't blame you for your opinion?..why? did someone force you to have it?

Posted in 3 death row inmates executed at 05:30 PM JST - 28th July
Bento at 06:00 PM JST - 27th July

the optimism has come from the realization that commerce is continuing and has been profitable.After the massive negative sentiment generated at the beginning of the credit crunch and subsequent market meltdown,people have realized that the negativity was overdone ,all things are relative and now things are perceived to be better…

Posted in Nikkei hits 9 1/2-month intraday high above 10,000 on economic hopes at 06:00 PM JST - 27th July
Bento at 06:40 PM JST - 24th July

nanda,"Bento, my implication was that whoever killed the mother and brother also killed the cat" why the need to imply this when all three are lying dead is a cold fact and the likely killer is obvious. no your implication was the perp of that crime might be the same…

Posted in Serial cat killer on the loose again in Tokyo's Setagaya at 06:40 PM JST - 24th July
Bento at 06:22 PM JST - 24th July

ossan..you statement was "human safety is assured by being properly armed in bear country"..this is not the case as there is a much greater risk of being shot by a hunter than being killed by a bear(check the stats) in a utopia where all hunters are responsible,as you claim to…

Posted in Bear-viewing hikes in Japan Alps at 06:22 PM JST - 24th July