CavemanLawyer said...

CavemanLawyer at 01:22 PM JST - 3rd November

smartacus, yes, I know what the law says. But the law is not God's truth my friend.

The reason that the law is so hard on drivers is because they want to impart a sense of doom on drivers to make them extra cautious. After all, a pedestrian should have…

Posted in Man held over fatal hit-and-run in Chiba at 01:22 PM JST - 3rd November
CavemanLawyer at 01:09 PM JST - 3rd November

Twenty year olds prowling around my school.

Even those with serious age difference issues don't tend to see a problem with a twenty year old dating a high schooler. When I entered college my wife just entered junior high, and that is just a 6 year age difference.

Who do…

Posted in U.S. Marines ordered not to enter some public places in Okinawa at 01:09 PM JST - 3rd November
CavemanLawyer at 01:02 PM JST - 3rd November

Marines go through continuous, rigorous training to stay combat ready, they don't need to take un-necessary risks.

Oh, yes. Everything works fine when everybody does things by the book. Like when they prepared American troops to fight in Korea as if they were going off to Europe to fight WWII.…

Posted in U.S. Marines ordered not to enter some public places in Okinawa at 01:02 PM JST - 3rd November
CavemanLawyer at 12:13 PM JST - 3rd November

Ok, so you think because the old man was 'crossing' the road where there was no 'crosswalk' it is his fault that he was hit.

I think I clearly stated it was mostly his fault, but not all his fault. And not mostly because of the lack of a zebra…

Posted in Man held over fatal hit-and-run in Chiba at 12:13 PM JST - 3rd November
CavemanLawyer at 11:56 AM JST - 3rd November

I can't remember the last time I even saw a 'sidewalk' around here let alone walked on one. When you drive you have to expect pedestrians at the side of the road. Jeez.

Well he was not hit at the side of the road. He moved directly in the path…

Posted in Man held over fatal hit-and-run in Chiba at 11:56 AM JST - 3rd November
CavemanLawyer at 11:49 AM JST - 3rd November

These guys are supposed to be ready for combat at any time. There may have been a number of injuries to Marines engaged in these activities lately.

Would not want Marines to have any experience doing anything dangerous eh? Should really help their combat effectiveness!

the prohibitions against entrering schools…

Posted in U.S. Marines ordered not to enter some public places in Okinawa at 11:49 AM JST - 3rd November
CavemanLawyer at 10:36 PM JST - 2nd November

Cleo wrote: I'm pretty sure the driver would have mentioned them in his own defence.

A lot of Japanese wouldn't. A lot of Japanese totally buy into the whacky idea that they are 100 percent responsible just because they were driving and the other was walking, (even some of us…

Posted in Man held over fatal hit-and-run in Chiba at 10:36 PM JST - 2nd November
CavemanLawyer at 10:10 PM JST - 2nd November

I also know that in some countries, Britain I believe was one that crime went up after banning guns.

There is this little thing I have called a "list of priorities". On that list, I have "number of unnecessary deaths" placed before "crime rates". See, I would rather have 10…

Posted in S Carolina shooter feared 12-year-old trick-or-treater was robber, police say at 10:10 PM JST - 2nd November
CavemanLawyer at 10:02 PM JST - 2nd November

Bush said....

Why is it that I just tune out after those two words? Experience perhaps?

Posted in Bush says U.S. election sets example for budding democracies at 10:02 PM JST - 2nd November
CavemanLawyer at 10:01 PM JST - 2nd November

that iraqi political parties can even discuss the arrangements outlined in this article means of course that the biggest news out of iraq, the one that the mainstream media is deliberately avoiding, is that mccain was spectacularly right and obama was wrong.

I cannot figure out how the heck the…

Posted in Iraqi PM pushing idea that U.S. departure is in sight at 10:01 PM JST - 2nd November