Heda_Madness's past comments

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    Heda_Madness

    Thanks Airion. I knew that Taro was part of Miyako but I'm still struggling with the 181 fatalities in Miyako. Taro was completely destroyed and I'd be surprised if there were 'just' 181 casualties there. The main part of Miyako was quite badly hit as well (many of you will remember the footage of the boat being carried over the sea wall and under the bridge). I've tried to confirm the numbers for Miyako but I can't find anything in English and my Japanese isn't good enough.

    Posted in: 2.4-km-long X-shaped seawall being built in Iwate

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    Heda_Madness

    It's amazing how many people get upset about the concrete protection in this region. There is an extraordinary amount of unnecessary concrete in Japan. But the keyword there is unnecessary. Due to a multitude of regions this area of Japan is susceptible to tsunamis. Even if all of the land was left for farmland it would need to be protected from tsunamis.

    Posted in: 2.4-km-long X-shaped seawall being built in Iwate

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    Heda_Madness

    As Taj said. In Taro it reached as high as 36 metres because of the shape of the land. In Miyako itself it wasn't as high.

    Posted in: 2.4-km-long X-shaped seawall being built in Iwate

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    Heda_Madness

    The death toll seems to be low as I believe that Taro-cho (part of Miyako) was higher than that. There's a lot of video of the tsunami clearing the previous wall in Miyako.

    Taro had two ten metre walls that were designed to prevent a 15 metre tsunami. Part of the reason their death toll was relatively high was that the locals believed that the wall would protect them. Sadly it was higher than that and the area was totally destroyed.

    Posted in: 2.4-km-long X-shaped seawall being built in Iwate

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    Heda_Madness

    As I posted elsewhere. They also need to pay well over $500 k to Peter Bethune.

    It's an expensive time to be in the SS.

    Posted in: Sea Shepherd is asking for cash donations to help finance its anti-whaling campaign. Are you going to donate?

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    Heda_Madness

    They'll need a bit more money now that they've finally agreed to pay well over half a million to Pete Bethune for the Ady Gil incident.

    The agreement grants Mr Bethune a financial settlement of US$500,000 plus interest and costs, on the condition he helps Sea Shepherd ensure their founder Paul Watson is not extradited to Japan where an Interpol red notice has been issued against him.

    Posted in: Anti-whalers ask supporters for cash to fund next campaign

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    Heda_Madness

    Probie, did you actually think an environmental organization would be so silly as to use a substance that would harm the environment?? Oh dear...

    They throw substances in glass bottles. The disposal of glass in the Antarctic Ocean contravenes international law. They admit that they throw glass bottles. And it's fair to assume that they don't have a perfect 100% record of landing glass on the deck. And that glass only staying on the deck.

    So either the answer is yes, an environmental organisation would be silly to use a substance that would harm the environment. Or the SS are not an environmental organisation.

    Posted in: Anti-whalers ask supporters for cash to fund next campaign

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    Heda_Madness

    In most civilized countries the parents would be charged with neglect at the very least.

    Incredible.

    Posted in: Kentucky boy, 5, fatally shoots 2-year-old sister with rifle given to him as gift

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    Heda_Madness

    @lucabrasi

    Exactly...I'm all right so everyone else should be. Disillusioned stance is very selfish and the suggestion that people commit suicide in order to gain attention is ludicrous.

    Posted in: Depressing suicide prevention posters cause controversy in Kobe

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    Heda_Madness

    In other countries there are sportsmen and celebrities who talk about their battle with depression etc. They bring it to the forefront and try and remove the stigma. This hasn't really happened in Japan before.

    If this gets more people talking about it and accepting it, it's a good thing that could help save lives.

    Posted in: Depressing suicide prevention posters cause controversy in Kobe

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    Heda_Madness

    What a load of self-pitying rubbish! Every society in the world has its own issues and everybody feels stress. To me, suicide is nothing but a selfish act to gain attention, especially for these people who jump in front of trains. Just man up and face your life! Stop running away from reality and feeling sorry for yourself! It's pretty bloody simple really!

    Selfish indeed.

    Posted in: Depressing suicide prevention posters cause controversy in Kobe

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    Heda_Madness

    And by the way, judge on Chernobyl by eating vegetables in "Czechoslovakia" is the same as judge on Fukushima by eating rice in Okinawa.

    This is grossly incorrect. The radiation cloud from Chernobyl went over a large part of western and eastern europe - including the UK where food bans in certain areas were finally lifted 26 years after the disaster. There is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that food from Okinawa has been effected by they Fukushima disaster.

    Posted in: Court rejects demand to evacuate children from city in Fukushima

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    Heda_Madness

    Czecoslovakia doesn't exist since 1992. Maybe next time you'd like to do a bit of research on the subject

    It did exist in 1986 when I went there as a child. Which is why the fact it rained was of some importance to me. I researched it, I studied it. I'm very comfortable with my stance that the main reason for the increased cancers after Chernonbyl was in a direct result to the soviet's continual decision to serve milk, spinach and numerous other foodstuffs from the most contaminated area. There are countless articles on the internet that support this stand point. Not to mention thousands of university textbooks.

    Posted in: Court rejects demand to evacuate children from city in Fukushima

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    Heda_Madness

    Go and live there with your kids.

    I'm actually bored with this response now. Because basically what you're saying is that scjence is wrong. What the experts from around the world are saying is wrong. Becaise they won't live there with there kids.

    Of course I've been marked down for.my comments on Chernobyl. Presumably because ive never been to Chernobyl

    But I did go to czechoslovakia in the June. And it rained. And I ate local vegetables.

    So trust me, I've done a bit of research on this subject.

    Posted in: Court rejects demand to evacuate children from city in Fukushima

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    Heda_Madness

    @Heda_Madness

    And where will the kids get their rice from in Fukushima?

    Chiba. Shizuoka. Iwate. Niigata. The same places that everyone else in Japan gets their rice from.

    Do yourself a favour and read up on the systematic poisoning after Chernobyl. You'll notice that the first products that were pulled from the supermarkets in Japan were broad leaved vegetables and milk. There are reasons for that and articles like this are irresponsible.

    Posted in: Court rejects demand to evacuate children from city in Fukushima

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    Heda_Madness

    This article IS hysteria.

    Thousands of children got cancer after the Chernobyl disaster, but the cases did not surface for several years.

    They don't explain why.

    Thousands of children in Chernobyl were continually served milk with exceptionally high radiation and many other foodstuffs. They don't explain why.

    Posted in: Court rejects demand to evacuate children from city in Fukushima

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    Heda_Madness

    I have no concern of the opinions of Gerry Adams though whatever he said he will also know that it was during her Premiership that a dialogue was started with the IRA.

    But I do hate her for what she did to communities, for creating towns and villages with nearly 50% unemployment. For the way she treated the working class. I also hate Arthur Scargill.
    As I said befor, I would have voted Major but the only option in my area at the time was lib dem. my hatred for her and what she did is balanced based on growing up in a region that she decimated. I support her actions in the Falklands War and now she dealt with the Iranian hostage crisis.

    But as a person I hated her. I think I'm entitled to that opinion. I do not celebrate her death, nor do I mourn her passing.

    Posted in: Gorbachev, Obama lead tributes to Thatcher; miners say good riddance

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    Heda_Madness

    yet you defend Thatcher. Coal, Steel and Shipbuilding. All gone. Communities destroyed.

    The miners didn't close them. Neither did the steel workers nor the ship builders. They all went within a matter of years and when an area is almost solely dependent on heavy industry anyone could see what would happen. It happened on Tyneside, in Glasgow, in Belfast, in Liverpool, in Yorkshire, in countless other areas.

    The impact of her government's policies can not be understated. And anyone with half a brain could see what would happen.

    And for what it's worth, I would quite happily have voted for John Major's government but voted Lib Dems because they weren't Labour and were the only viable option in my city. I am more right than left but could never have voted for the tory party under her.

    Posted in: Gorbachev, Obama lead tributes to Thatcher; miners say good riddance

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    Heda_Madness

    Oh and I don't blame the miners, I still find that initial post to be reprehensible. But I also hate Arthur Scargill.

    Posted in: Gorbachev, Obama lead tributes to Thatcher; miners say good riddance

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    Heda_Madness

    I am a Thatcher hater. But then I'm from the North East of the England and I saw what her policies did and that has nothing to do with hindsight.

    Posted in: Gorbachev, Obama lead tributes to Thatcher; miners say good riddance

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