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CaptDingleheimer
Many senior Japanese politicians often make public remarks like this, 'rah rah Japan'-type stuff claiming Japanese cultural and moral superiority, and hinting at what the world could/should learn from Japan. What they could probably do with realizing however, is that the world really doesn't care about Japan, and doesn't think about Japan. Sure, lots of people drive a Toyota or a Honda, some even eat sushi- but to many people, Japan is just 'that city in China where you can buy a little girl's dirty undies out of a vending machine'. Save it, Japanese politicians- nobody is listening, save for a handful of Japanese people and foreign expats in Japan. When I lived in Japan, I was eagerly asked left and right: "What do Americans think about Japan?!?" I usually gave some sort of malarkey answer, made up on the spot, to tell them what they wanted to hear and change the subject. But nearer the end of my tour, I just told them the truth: "They don't."
Posted in: Aso says world religions can learn from Japan
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CaptDingleheimer
What a jackass.
Posted in: Aso says world religions can learn from Japan
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CaptDingleheimer
Wait until they say he slipped on that slippery powder stuff those Sea Shepherd guys lob onto their decks.
Posted in: Japanese sailor lost off whaling ship in Antarctic
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CaptDingleheimer
If you were married to someone who brings home tens of millions of dollars because of what he can do with his hands, you'd probably take over the vegetable slicing, too.
Posted in: Daisuke Matsuzaka and his wife to make first appearance on 'SMAPxSMAP'
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CaptDingleheimer
Seriously, what's the deal with Japanese men and little girls?
Posted in: Girl's hair cut by man with scissors in Miyagi
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CaptDingleheimer
You know, Jesus died in Japan, and was buried in Aomori-ken. Look it up.
Posted in: Ginza
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CaptDingleheimer
While I'm not strongly against whaling, I'm tired of hearing this cop-out that "it's only at a few upscale restaurants". Horse crap. You can get a plate of whale at any izakaya for $5 bucks.
Posted in: Greenpeace protests anti-whaling arrests
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CaptDingleheimer
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"Police said 40 similar cases have been reported in the neighboring area this year, but Fujita has only admitted to nine cases."
What is it about the other 31 cases he's so embarrassed to admit to?
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It was cold outside those days.
Posted in: 24-year-old man arrested for flashing high school girl in Tokyo
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CaptDingleheimer
...and MacArthur was criticized for calling the Japanese "a nation of 12-year olds".
Posted in: 'Arafo,' 'gu' voted most popular words for 2008
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CaptDingleheimer
"Singer-songwriter"? I thought it was "sing-a-song-writer" in Japan...
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CaptDingleheimer
What's up with that "FIGHT-O!!!" fist in the air thing they do, anyway? Used to see it on political campaign posters and whatnot...
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CaptDingleheimer
As a passenger riding with a driver who's been drinking, your only responsibility is to reach into the cooler in the back seat and get him a fresh beer so he can keep his eyes on the road.
Posted in: Should bar owners who serve alcohol to customers knowing they are driving be liable for prosecution if the customer is involved in a traffic accident? Should passengers in cars driven by drunk drivers be also liable for prosecution?
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CaptDingleheimer
Wait- which one is the guy?
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CaptDingleheimer
I've never been much for conspiracy theories, but I've long suspected that the current administration doesn't want to catch Bin Laden (though perhaps they do now in their final so as to leave at least something positive for the history books). The average American seems to believe that 9/11 was all Bin Laden's doing and that he IS Al Qaeda. Catch him, and the base of the administration's support for the War on Terror would likely say "Alright, we got 'im! War's over, bring 'em home."
Posted in: Obama vows to exit Iraq, crush al-Qaida and rebuild U.S. 'moral stature'
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CaptDingleheimer
I think I'd have an easier time taking Japan and it's whaling activities seriously if they just came out and said "Look, we hunt whales because we like to eat them. Now buzz off." The whole 'research' thing just seems so lame, as it's such an obvious cop-out. Right up there with back in the '80s when "Rossignol can't sell skis in Japan because Japanese snow is unique and different." Gimme a break...
Posted in: Australia invests in whale research to challenge Japan
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CaptDingleheimer
I was talking about that silverwind feller.
Posted in: What do you make of all the publicity over the recent arrests of Japanese university students for smoking pot?
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CaptDingleheimer
Man, I'd go rock out to that for sure. What was the damage on a ticket?
Posted in: The Who
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CaptDingleheimer
Sounds like someone has formed pretty strong opinions on something despite a complete lack of experience with it. Kind of sounds like someone doesn't know what the hell he's talking about...
Posted in: What do you make of all the publicity over the recent arrests of Japanese university students for smoking pot?
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CaptDingleheimer
Like it or not, Japan generally follows American social movements with some delay. 'Sexual harassment' and 'no smoking section' were unheard of in Japan until they started catching on to moves America was making ten years earlier or so. America still has a long way to go in decriminalizing marijuana, but once a few more states go the way Massachusetts just did in the recent election (65% of voters in favor of making possession a civil matter with a simple fine and no arrest/criminal record) I think you'll see a change in Japan. At least they'll perhaps stop treating marijuana as if it's right up there with heroine as they do now. Also, the more tax-paying Japanese parents out there of otherwise good kids who get caught with gasp a whole gram of bud and have their lives ruined should give clout to a movement to discontinue treating simple possession cases as if they were Colombian drug lords or ax murderers.
Posted in: What do you make of all the publicity over the recent arrests of Japanese university students for smoking pot?
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CaptDingleheimer
... or perhaps 'Inferiority Complex Japan'?
Posted in: Japan to be known as 'Samurai Japan' at WBC