LFRAgain said...

LFRAgain at 01:35 PM JST - 5th October

Michaelqtodd,

"Still believe there was more to this "kidnapping" than we know about.Violence inflicted on Noriko, drugging of the children etc re all possibilities for why he is being held."

Damn it, man. You're doing it again. Rumor mongering sucks.

Posted in Rally held outside Japan's embassy in U.S. in support of Savoie at 01:35 PM JST - 5th October
LFRAgain at 01:32 PM JST - 5th October

Timborder,

"The best stick with which to beat Japan is that the children were forcibly denied consular access as American citizens, a citizenship they are entitled to under Japanese law (being minors)."

You make a very good point with this. I'm not sure how they're going to sort all of…

Posted in Rally held outside Japan's embassy in U.S. in support of Savoie at 01:32 PM JST - 5th October
LFRAgain at 12:36 PM JST - 5th October

zurcronium,

Yeah, I saw that interview too. It did sort of turn the stomach to watch this woman put forth this pious facade. God's got nuthin' to do with this mess.

Posted in Rally held outside Japan's embassy in U.S. in support of Savoie at 12:36 PM JST - 5th October
LFRAgain at 12:06 PM JST - 5th October

Kersey23,

While I can appreciate your frustration with a complicated and difficult situation, would it be too much to ask that if you're going to copy and paste here the exact here same post you put up two days ago on another thread, that you at least break it up…

Posted in Rally held outside Japan's embassy in U.S. in support of Savoie at 12:06 PM JST - 5th October
LFRAgain at 11:48 AM JST - 5th October

fishy,

Because he tried to take his children out of the country.

Not exactly. He tried to take his kids to the U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka, which, contrary to popular belief, is not exactly another country. Extraterritoriality doesn't actually apply here, and the Consulate is still beholden to local laws.…

Posted in Rally held outside Japan's embassy in U.S. in support of Savoie at 11:48 AM JST - 5th October
LFRAgain at 10:30 AM JST - 5th October

"It seems that the Japanese people needs religion."

No. No. Oh, for the love of Pete* , no. No one needs religion.

*irony noted

Posted in No. of suicides in Japan reaches 22,000 in Jan-Aug at 10:30 AM JST - 5th October
LFRAgain at 09:10 AM JST - 5th October

Of course some countries have a right to tell other nations not to produce weapons that could effectively destroy them.

But the hitch is this right belongs to all nations, not just some. And it's a right that is best exercised from a position free of hypocrisy. This "we can…

Posted in Should some countries have the right to tell other countries whether they can or cannot have nuclear weapons? at 09:10 AM JST - 5th October
LFRAgain at 07:29 AM JST - 5th October

One thing about this fixation so many here seem to have on the divorce itself:

That's the thing about divorce -- Know one can really know what led to it except the two that are divorcing. They were together 16 years. A lot can happen in that time. A lot…

Posted in American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help at 07:29 AM JST - 5th October
LFRAgain at 01:12 AM JST - 5th October

Twilight Zone was a great series. I watched it all the time as a kid. It's probably where my fascination with sci-fi started.

Speed,

The Takei episode I think Pukey2's referring to is called "The Encounter."

Details here:

http://tzone.the-croc.com/tzeplist/encount.html

Posted in 50 years later, 'Twilight Zone' bridges time at 01:12 AM JST - 5th October
LFRAgain at 11:01 AM JST - 4th October

"...it includes scenes with her smiling". I just find that sentence absolutely hilarious. It's like in her normal life she can't or isn't allowed to smile.

If you've watched her nightly newscast, you know why this is remarkable. It didn't matter what the story, this woman seemed almost incapable…

Posted in Christel Takigawa 'graduates' from TV announcer's job at 11:01 AM JST - 4th October