Farmboy said...

Farmboy at 12:30 PM JST - 30th August

No, but there should be a helpline available for readers to forward dangerous sounding postings to...preferably to police officers trained to sift dangerous from just insane sounding messages.

Holding a website responsible would basically be forcing all but the largest websites out of business. Do you think a website owner…

Posted in Should operators of websites be held criminally responsible if users post death threats, notices of intent to commit crimes, instructions on how to build bombs, etc? at 12:30 PM JST - 30th August
Farmboy at 09:54 PM JST - 28th August

It has never seemed to me that trouble had to be invited. It just visits anyway. Is McCain suggesting that things are hunky dory now, and Obama will change all that?

Posted in McCain says Obama's views invite trouble abroad at 09:54 PM JST - 28th August
Farmboy at 09:16 AM JST - 26th August

I'll have to buy one of these guides...I want to find out who serves the most delicious natto...

Posted in Critics dispute Michelin regard for Tokyo food at 09:16 AM JST - 26th August
Farmboy at 10:26 AM JST - 18th August

I do not know about any one else`s math but if you have 46% and the next largest group has 30% doesnt that make the 46% the majority?

Ummm no. The other nonwhite groups would be seen in combination, so you would need more than 50% to have a white…

Posted in White Americans no longer a majority by 2042 at 10:26 AM JST - 18th August
Farmboy at 07:12 PM JST - 17th August

I grew up in the USA, and there was plenty of bullying at my school. Some people just found it entertaining to abuse others. It's not just a Japanese phenomena, though killing oneself because of bullying may be.

As far as stopping it, I've never seen a successful way to…

Posted in What is the best way to eradicate bullying from schools? at 07:12 PM JST - 17th August
Farmboy at 08:51 AM JST - 15th August

18 intellectuals? Did they have to pass a test? I have to agree that building another military installation would be insane.

Posted in Group opposes plan to build replacement U.S. military base in Okinawa at 08:51 AM JST - 15th August
Farmboy at 11:53 AM JST - 14th August

It's nice that they haven't wired in the retaliatory barrage of missiles from the US ships stationed near Japan. Should be really fun if that happens...

Posted in Missile attack alarm falsely activated again, this time in Aichi at 11:53 AM JST - 14th August
Farmboy at 09:31 AM JST - 12th August

First, I agree with kinniku. Sugar-coated popcorn is nasty. Second, I can't imagine not having plain popcorn at a movie theater, but if that's what people really want, why not? Maybe they can eat apples and carrots, in this way continuing to annoy folks around them with eating sounds and…

Posted in Popcorn disappearing from British cinemas at 09:31 AM JST - 12th August
Farmboy at 08:29 PM JST - 10th August

It's better than U.S. coverage in that at least you can watch the complete opening ceremony without interruptions or commercials. U.S. broadcasters, at least most of them, assume the viewer has the attention span of an ant, and plan accordingly.

Posted in What do you think of the TV coverage of the Olympics so far? at 08:29 PM JST - 10th August
Farmboy at 06:32 PM JST - 10th August

If there are no U.S. bases in Japan, then Japan will need to have more weapons and troops, since some of its neighbors aren't all that friendly. If Japan has more weapons and troops, there are just enough right wing nutcases in politics to get the country back into an…

Posted in Does the U.S. need to have military bases anywhere in Japan? at 06:32 PM JST - 10th August