JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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It's called Earth.
How convenient -- cause all manner of chaos, turmoil, suffering and disaster -- and then preach about how people should not point fingers.
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kinniku:
This is playing a game of semantics. More plainly speaking, he lost his bid because of the content of the Jewish opposition. You seem determined to claim that there was significant non-Jewish opposition, but you provide no specifics. What significant non-Jewish oppositon was there? (more significant than any opposition to Bokova). None. That is indeed why
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kinniku;
If no one opposed her, then it was unanimous, eh? Are you saying that no one opposed Irina Bokova?
If so, then why is opposition to Mr. Hosny an issue?
Read the article, and you see that opposition to Irina Bokova (preference for others) was quite strong, which is why they needed to get other candidates out.
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No one really cares who is in charge of UNESCO. The best thing would be for UNESCO to be dissolved -- that would be a great end to a stupid argument over whether or not Jews will let critics of Israel be in charge of the UNESCO farce.
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kinniku:
No, what is clear is that you feel the need of resorting to ad hominem attacks because your arguments fall short.
Nonsense. It is a matter of one man losing his bid for a job because of Jewish opposition. And I say that non-judgementally. It could be they are right that he is not fit for the job. But the attempt to hide the fact that the opposition was from Jewish quarters can only diminish your credibility.
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Potsu:
Yes. This was the work of people who are opposed to Olympics in Tokyo. Now even Mickey Mouse cannot save the day.
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In other words, not all of ethics complaints were dismissed. My, what an effort it was to write up a sympathetic article like this for this doltish wannabe has-been.
zurcronium:
Why would anyone even attend?
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Well, yes, but the other candidate also faced "opposition from other quarters". The decisive opposition to Farouk Hosny came from a select group of influential Jews.
Not that it matters who is in charge of the UNESCO farce anyway.
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Blue_Tiger:
Good point. The government promotes suicide as a cost-saving measure. But JR would like people to kill themselves away from their tracks.
Companies also benefit from suicides, as long as they are not held liable.
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LFRagain:
No, I'm not making any of those arguments. I simply pointed out that in many places it is illegal to hold those views regarding "the holocaust", whereas it is not illegal to hold contrary views regarding other genocides and massacres. This is a simple fact, not an argument.
I'm not "arguing", but if you are a Rwandan affected by the genocide in Rwanda, then that tragedy is far greater than any other. Also, if one judges by sheer ferocity of killing, "the holocaust" is less horrific than the killing was in Rwanda, as you essentially pointed out with the comparison of an efficiency of 100 days versus 7 years.
Well, you've misunderstood me, I have no problem accepting that, though others do dispute it.
I would muse that the death of 1 million Rwandans in circumstances that were not a war killing 70 million others could be another factor making that genocide more horrific than "the holocaust".
But my only point is that there are no laws preventing people from expressing dissenting views with regard to other slaughters, but there are laws that will punish people for disputing details of the Nazi behavior.
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Guesswork in such an important case !!?? You should be ashamed. Get back to us when you can tell us exactly what was causing the smell.
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ssslithe:
No -- many of these writers would just start working for someone else. Or they would be replaced by other writers willing to work for less.
Why not take on more lucrative work now? Because later on you will be jumping ship for less lucrative work.
From what research did you derive this "fact"? You wrote:
Maybe because you are posting for free, there's no need to "properly research"? Actually, I think many writers who receive no compensation whatsoever have the highest integrity, and conversely, many of those receiving compensation have "sold out" and cannot be relied upon for unbiased information.
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LFRagain:
But we are not talking about the nature of the war -- we are talking about the nature of the genocide or slaughter. And there have been plenty of episodes equalling or surpassing the Nazi efficiency, most notable Ruanda and Cambodia.
In Ruanda, far more people were slaughtered per day then by the Nazis. Cambodia -- you have seen the piles of human remains, I suppose. But you think that does not bear comparison with what happened to the Jews?
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Beezlebub, your point on dates of intention is taken, and appreciated. However, it historical fact that intention became reality only after what happened in Germany.
Clearly understood in 1917, but wholly forgotten in 1948.
Incidentally, though it is illegal to maintain that "the holocaust" did not occur as alleged, it is not illegal to maintain that genocide did not occur in Ruanda, or Cambodia, or elsewhere. What is so special about the Nazi slaughter that we need laws to probibit people from claiming it was not so bad?
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Exactly what does this mean? How has fighting Taliban in Afghanistan gutted al-Qaida?
Oh, has the US lost focus after mysteriously only remnants of al-Qaida are left?
Eliminate the "remnants" by disrupting them?
Eliminate them by hitting their allies?
How about defeat them through disruption, leading to the elimination of remnants?
No wonder Obama has said he needs more time to review the strategy. There doesn't seem to be one, so first it has to be devised before he can review it.
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tigermoth:
This is peculiar, considering that in many places it is illegal to espouse that view. In fact, posts like yours can remain unchallenged because it is illegal to challenge your view! This censorship and denial of free speech may actually encourage people's skepticism, unfortunately.
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If it is not found anywhere else, then it is not news.
Daunting= impossible. And anyway if their information is important, it would be reported elsewhere. If no one is reporting it, then it is not news. Even commentaries or opinion pieces would be reported as news, if the opinion was considered important.
The point is, would you pay money to read Alan Mutter's opinions?
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Everyone but me. I've long suspected that everyone else is racist, and I'm glad to see an article that proves I am right.
Yes, just look at all the racist posts above. That is my second proof. Sure, no one uses the N-word any more, but you can see it between the lines everywhere.
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tmarie:
JR considered that, but realized it would only encourage those who are angry at their families, perhaps increasing the problem. So they settled on the blue lights.
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As Beezlebub mentioned, the purpose is not to reduce the number of suicides in Japan. This is just a cost-saving device. Every suicide on the tracks costs JR a lot of money. I'm surprised they do not have travel posters up advertising fashionable and desirable places to kill oneself, away from the tracks. Maybe that will be their next campaign if the blue lights don't work.
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