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DanManjt
Too bad some find it necessary to cheapen Phelps achievement's and the whole spirit of the Olmpics with their anything-but-humble jingoism.
Shame on you.
Posted in: What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race?
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DanManjt
Cleo
Hello and good evening. I apologize for not responding to your last post on the other thread from a few weeks back. I am confident, however, that the future will provide us an opportunity to continue on that topic.
As for this one:
You entire response is predicated on two assumptions, one being the assumption that history is written by the victor. As with my question to you the other day about Yasukuni and the soldiers remains:
Are you sure about that? I mean, really sure?
'Cause, if by chance, I or someone else, were to, well, shatter that myth....
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DanManjt
Talk about a loaded question. If you've watched Phelps much, you'd know his "long victory yell after he wins a race" is a rarity.
Phelps is rather humble, considering his accomplishment.
Posted in: What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race?
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DanManjt
China will become democratic just as soon and as easily as the US becomes Confucian.
Posted in: Do you think the Olympics will bring democratic and economic reforms to China?
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DanManjt
Now there's a euphamism.
Posted in: Yasukuni
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DanManjt
In the world of geopolitics, do you think of Japan as part of the West?
In the world of geopolitcs, Japan is part of Japan. And always will be so long as there is a Japan.
Posted in: In the world of geopolitics, do you think of Japan as part of the West?
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DanManjt
Bush mixes sports, politics at Olympics
Plain and simple: A bad move.
There really is no good that can come of it.
Posted in: Bush mixes sports, politics at Olympics
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DanManjt
beithsidhe
You argue against a strawman. I simply did not post what you seem to think -- judging from your post-- I did . Your misunderstanding of my position results, I fear, largely from what you bring to the issue, rather than what I wrote and believe.
I will, nevertheless, to address your points in turn:
Womanly and girlie females comes in a variety of waste lines; but to suggest femaninity has nothing to do with fitness and obesity is patently absurd. While the designer may not be talking body size talking, I am.
I am because in my country -- the US -- obesity is rampant, and becoming accepted. In her country -- Japan -- smoking is rampant and accepted. Both of these are serious health risks that should not be tolerated, let alone accepted. And it is hardly a revelation to accept that things that pose serious health risks are unattractive. And part of the reason why obesity is rampant, and becoming accepted, is because people make fanciful excuses for it.
And they shouldn't.
One of the more insidious excuses for obesity in women is that their is nothing really wrong with it, because bad bad men have warped women's ideas of beauty, blah blah blah.
Frankly, beithsidhe, you support the notion that there are too many who are too quick to slander or libel anyone who challenges the prevailing lies and myths put forth by some of the so-called feminists.
Posted in: I think many Japanese women feel that they can never live up to the refined beauty that they feel Western women strive for. So, instead, they shoot for a cute look, one that doesn’t require tall, curvaceous bodies and instead emphasizes girlishness.
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DanManjt
Very funny how the quote of the day set up the opposition of Japanese woman against * many* "Western woman". What is a western woman? Certainly not a Russian, or a Turk. But we don't talk of the West. Only many in the West. And only in the West do we dream up fanciful forgiveness for the obesity epidemic. Now that very harmfull, and speaks of Man's folly. Sex aside.
Posted in: I think many Japanese women feel that they can never live up to the refined beauty that they feel Western women strive for. So, instead, they shoot for a cute look, one that doesn’t require tall, curvaceous bodies and instead emphasizes girlishness.
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DanManjt
Oh, I might add:
Japan did not suffer the War; she prosecuted it.
Posted in: Hiroshima mayor hopes next U.S. president will back ban on nuclear weapons
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DanManjt
Dogdog
You take the words right out of my mouth.
Which is truly is a shame. Not you taking the words out of my mouth.
The self-obsessed victimization a la the Bomb in the end trivializes it. A true tragedy, for they have nothing, nothing, to offer to make the world a better place.
Posted in: Hiroshima mayor hopes next U.S. president will back ban on nuclear weapons
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DanManjt
I recognize many Japanese women feel that they need not live up to the anti-feminine ideal some Western women strive for. So, instead, they happily revel in their femaninity, one that doesn’t induce bloated bodies and instead emphasizes femaninity.
Posted in: I think many Japanese women feel that they can never live up to the refined beauty that they feel Western women strive for. So, instead, they shoot for a cute look, one that doesn’t require tall, curvaceous bodies and instead emphasizes girlishness.
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DanManjt
Forty-three years have passed since the end of the war, and I think we have had enough chance to reflect on the nature of the war. From reading various accounts from abroad and having been a soldier myself, involved in military education, I do believe that the emperor bore responsibility for the war... -- Motoshima Hitoshi, Mayor of Nagasaki, 1988
Posted in: Hiroshima mayor hopes next U.S. president will back ban on nuclear weapons
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DanManjt
Ohh, she looks bad.
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DanManjt
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Posted in: Obama addresses 200,000 in Berlin with message of unity for world's people
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DanManjt
Cleo LFRAgain
Got really busy really fast. I apologize for the delay and plan to respond this weekend.
Cheers.
Posted in: Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors
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DanManjt
Chuck Baldwin is a kappo of American Christian Right. A former Republican, he is the "Constitutional Party" nominee for the President this year. He runs his own Baptist Church in Florida, is an ardent critic of Bush, and has suggested that the US govt was involved in the 9/11 attacks. He has his own radio show, where you can hear stuff like this all you want.
In short, he is a legitimate political analyst --if by legitimate you mean either capable of speaking into a microphone or having enough money to pay someone to create your own website.
In the end, Baldwin is the simply a most unfortunate logical outcome the Religious Right's development over the past three decades: eschatalogical paranoia.
Posted in: Religious right AWOL from the real war
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DanManjt
This is a bold move that will quickly help alleviate high gas prices,
Way to go Bush. You are my hero!
Posted in: Bush lifts ban on offshore oil exploration to cope with soaring gas prices
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DanManjt
Well, I am glad that at least we both are finding this amusing.
In reply, let me just say that as a general JT rule of thumb, when people resort to ad hominem and then declare victory it usually means they've puttered out of ideas.
If you wish to continue our discussion, kindly respond substantively to my yesterdays post.
Posted in: Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors
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DanManjt
serendipity628
I suppose precision and clarity seem tedious to the the unrigorous.
Cultural sensitivity and insensitivity have nothing to do with it.
What part of international conference do you not understand?
Posted in: Tatami rooms don't agree with G-8 visitors