Matthew Simon's past comments

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    Matthew Simon

    Both this story and the Jet 731story have made it to CNN now on the front page. Hashimoto is an idiot, if he had not meant it he should not have said it in the first place. He is probably receiving lots of political pressure to apologize now.

    http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/16/opinion/japan-wartime-past-nationalism-kingston/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

    Posted in: Hashimoto offers to meet 'comfort women' to apologize

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    Matthew Simon

    This statement is a little bit of an exaggeration:

    “still sits in the midst of unhealed scars from war and daily violence imposed by the military”.

    Posted in: Okinawan women demand apology from Hashimoto

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    Matthew Simon

    Yubaru, there are tons of loopholes in the sex industry in Japan, just because its not sex in the basic definition. "Health Clubs" salons and the mizushobai trade are everywhere in Japan. There are literally tons of legal sex businesses everywhere in Japan.

    Posted in: Okinawan women demand apology from Hashimoto

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    Matthew Simon

    Official MV for that song is here, pretty interesting stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcIOg_m-bp4

    Posted in: Pamyu invasion

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    Matthew Simon

    ??? Well those clothes are quite interesting

    Posted in: Pamyu invasion

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    Matthew Simon

    Just an over sight on someones part, people read too much into things sometimes.

    Posted in: S Korean media slam Abe's 731 jet photo

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    Matthew Simon

    Mikune, using stress as an excuse to commit murder is ridiculous, millions of people have stress everyday that manage not to commit murder. This guy is getting no sympathy from me and I hope they throw him in jail for the rest of his life. Seriously, I have stress and have experienced some crazy stress while in the military earlier in my life and I highly doubt this individual had anyone trying to kill him on a daily basis to give him stress. I feel bad for the kids this guy can rot for all I care.

    Posted in: Man arrested for killing his 2 teenage children

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    Matthew Simon

    Yeah that's great, I am stressed out let me kill my children. This guy is a piece of trash.

    Posted in: Man arrested for killing his 2 teenage children

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    Matthew Simon

    Hashimoto is a fool. If he needs to stoop to those kind of statements to get attention he has no right to be in office.

    Posted in: China, S Korea criticize Hashimoto over comfort women comments

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    Matthew Simon

    Superlib, since guns are not registered in most places how do you know how many people have guns in America? As far as the NRA blocking legislation if so and people disagree with it I suggest they take it up with their elected officials at the ballot next election. That Universal background check bill was rubbish anyways and had no way to be enforced, anyone will agree with a poll of background checks if asked in a certain way. So those huge 90% agreement numbers are BS. I have had these types of discussions with many liberals over the past few months and I would ask you then, if you have so much support for your cause and the numbers are so conclusive why has nothing changed? It would seem to me that you really don't have the anti gun support you think you have, and watching polls as you like to pull numbers from above seem to say that opinion has swung the other way away from anti-gun legislation in the months after Newtown. Why because emotions settled down and common sense kicked back in. You can blame the NRA and like organizations all you want and cry that its their fault that your crusade was stomped. I think its comical.

    By the way this comment:

    > Shocking. I can't believe a country that is awash in guns would have a problem with people getting gunned down. Obviously they need more guns. And seriously, stop bringing up Mexico when we both know I could list a hundred countries where the opposite is true. It's an argument that exists just so you can have something to say for a response

    You wouldn't say that if you were in one of those drug war border towns. The US has some of the largest unguarded unfenced borders in the world so where are these hundreds of other countries where the same is true?

    We can go back and forth forever, I really don't you have your opinion and I have mine. I respect yours I just don't agree with it. You can quote all of the stats and figures you want, but based on my personal experience I am going to keep on doing what I am doing.

    Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded

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    Matthew Simon

    What an idiot. Wonder if he would enjoy being a sex slave, maybe so from what I have read about him.

    Posted in: Hashimoto says comfort women system necessary for wartime troops

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    Matthew Simon

    cleo I love my country, and I refuse to live in fear of a couple of nutballs therefore I will choose to protect myself. cleo taking away my freedoms is not the answer to solving those crime issues, and when you take one freedom away whats next? its a slippery slope.

    Jimizo, last time I checked people were armed with more than shotguns and revolvers.

    Thunderbird saying that is paranoid is ignorance to the world we live in today.

    Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded

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    Matthew Simon

    Myself personally as an American and NRA member or gun nutter as described above have no problem turning in all of my guns when the following happen; No more wars, no more home invasions, no more robberies, no more rape, no more terrorism, no more crime in general, and no more corrupt government. I take a vested interest in securing the safety of myself and my family as well as anyone else around me. To think that we live in a world where gentle words and good intentions will make us safer is ignorant. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I really wish we did live in a place and time where guns aren't necessary, but I would rather have a carry pistol on me when someone tries to rob me or stab me, than some good intentions, because the police aren't going to stop that lunatic from messing your day up. They are a reaction and deterrence force which means 9/10 times they show up after something has happened rather than preventing it from happening. I can understand from the outside looking in how archaic and non applicable Americas gun stance looks to the rest of the world and even to some Americans, but our country was founded by a bunch of average joes that used their own firearms to end tyranny and oppression and form their own nation. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. While it may not seem applicable today, the time may come again where the reason for the second amendment to the constitution exists becomes extremely valid again. And as for day to day gun ownership I would rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it. As I said above the problem in the US is cultural not gun related. In any of these mass shootings or recently terror attacks the criminal is the one who is glorified and over reported by the press in intimate detail. When people look to point a finger of blame organizations like the NRA are easy targets as they are large well funded and can be cast in an evil light easily because of what they stand for. So instead of blaming the person that commits a crime they blame those who favor responsible gun ownership and attempt to infringe on the rights of law abiding people rather than make changes to the culture that breeds these maniacs. Fear is a powerful weapon and both sides of the argument are masters and bending it to their cause. Arguments like I saw above talking about the right to bear nuclear weapons and explosives are ludicrous. Nobody is asking for that. But a reasonable degree of safety has different meanings to different people and ironically while personally I don't feel the need to have an A-bomb at home for defense I think it is funny that those who do control those weapons I wouldn't trust to take care of my dog if I was away for a day. Perspective is all the difference in some of these discussions. While events like this shooting, Newtown, Boston, Columbine etc etc etc are regrettable the fact is that taking away my guns would not have prevented them, and my guns on me or someone like had I been there would have had something to say about them. Everyday in the USA crimes are prevented because of those rights that people are looking to strip from the everyday law abiding gun owner. You never hear about them because they are good news and not worthy of a report and because they don't fit the biased media agenda. I hope for the day when nobody needs guns, but I am ready for the day when they are needed.

    Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded

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    Matthew Simon

    Do they not wear blaze orange in Japan while deer hunting? It prevents tons of these incidents in the states and This ojisan obviously didn't follow cooper rules for gun handling that are widely known to practically everyone that shoots: "Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy." and "Be sure of your target and what is beyond it."

    Posted in: 64-year-old deer hunter shot dead by fellow hunter in Miyagi

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    Matthew Simon

    Or SuperLib, The criminals would just purchase them illegally. You really think making new laws is going to prevent these crazies from blowing away people? Nope, they only hinder the people that actually obey the law. Hell the laws that already are there aren't enforced, and you really think that third party transactions will have background checks ran on them? That is a pipe dream which realistically can't be enforced. So Obama can try and pass all the feel good legislation he wants just so it looks like he is doing "something" but in the end things are still going to happen. I am curious how good it would make him look the second there was a mass shooting after his laws proposed had passed. Yeah it would have made him look like an ass. Its easy to sit back and come up with magical solutions that fall apart the second they are shot to hell literally. The issue here is a cultural issue not a gun control issue. I am curious to find out what all the facts in this incident are.

    Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded

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    Matthew Simon

    Glad nobody was seriously wounded.

    Posted in: Gunmen open fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade; 19 wounded

  • 0

    Matthew Simon

    What girls where backless dresses at home?

    Posted in: AKB48′s Yuki Kashiwagi sparks debate over 'vulgar' video

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    Matthew Simon

    Shows how important it is to drink lots of water.

    Posted in: 5 suffer heatstroke as temperatures fluctuate across Japan

  • 10

    Matthew Simon

    “I did it to experience the thrill.”

    How about base jumping our hang gliding? If taking crotch shots of young girls is how these sickos experience thrills they need their heads examined.

    Posted in: Teacher arrested for taking video up skirt of 15-year-old girl in Chiba

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    Matthew Simon

    Beware anything made in a Communist country with the title "Peoples" in it. It rarely reflects any of the "peoples" opinions. It is always an agenda on the state.

    Honestly people really need to get over World War II. Those grudges should have long since dropped. Living in the past makes you loose sight of the present and the future.

    Posted in: China should reconsider who owns Okinawa: People's Daily

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