Tuesday February 14, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

Nessie's past comments

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NessieFeb. 14, 2012 - 09:49AM JST

This is not about what human beings will do, this is what Government forces as the law and disregards things that are most sacred

I would rather force people to have access to contraception than be forced to support unwanted children. No-one is forcing any behavior on religious people or defiling anything sacred. If you don't want to use contraception, you don't have to.

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NessieFeb. 14, 2012 - 09:45AM JST

in reality, most have limited retirement pensions or savings. Japanese live a long life and if you're limited with money, you get stuck sitting in from of the T.V. and drinking beer as a cheap entertainment

How much does it cost to ride the commuter train to the last station and take a walk in an unfamiliar neighborhood? I agree with Cleo. The limitation is force of habit, not money and certainly not time.

Posted in: We're bored. We have nothing to do. I don't have anything to say to my husband anymore. It's much better to come here than just sit in the house watching TV all day. We need some excitement, too.
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NessieFeb. 13, 2012 - 05:15PM JST

@sailwind

Yes, deftly out-maneuvered him by ensuring America's number concern was put on the "back-burner" by putting this Government intrusion in peoples lifes front and center

Sailwind, which will end up with more government intrusiveness: even more illegitimate kids on the welfare/medicare teat, or including contraception in healthcare? I agree that government intrusion is a legitimate concern, but framing it as intrusion on the input end ignores the intrusion down the road on the ouput end, if you follow me.

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NessieFeb. 13, 2012 - 05:09PM JST

There really is no problem for a vehicle driver if the cyclist travels with the flow on the correct side of the road as they are supposed to. Other than that, cycling sensibly on the footpaths is much safer.

Spoken like a true car driver. This has been proven to be untrue. In addition, you're not allowed to cycle on the sidewalk.

Pedestrians want cyclists on the street; drivers want them on the sidewalk. How 'bout y'all figure it out and provide the appropriate infrastructure. Until then, I will blame stopped cars for making the roads dangerous. For the record, I think think cyclists who ride against traffic should be heavily fined. Ditto for taxis that make sudden stops and u-turns. Same for cars stopped on trunk roads.

Posted in: Police caution more than 10,000 in Tokyo for breaking new bicycle rules
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NessieFeb. 13, 2012 - 10:56AM JST

I don't see that contraception or abortion (except for medical reasons) should be paid for out of health insurance funds or taxes; like pregnancy, getting laid is not an illness.

It's cheaper to pay for contraception than to pay medical bills and eventually prison for unwanted children. It's the lesser of two nanny state evils.

Posted in: Birth control row 'senseless': top Obama ally
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NessieFeb. 13, 2012 - 10:49AM JST

Crack down on illegal parking and the cyclists will be happy to stay on the road. But that will never happen.

Posted in: Police caution more than 10,000 in Tokyo for breaking new bicycle rules
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NessieFeb. 13, 2012 - 10:41AM JST

Both sides are wrong > But only one side is illegal. Hint: rhymes with ski leopard.

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NessieFeb. 13, 2012 - 10:39AM JST

Android is an open-source OS, not a smartphone. That's the whole point of Android.

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NessieFeb. 10, 2012 - 03:53PM JST

What do ya think, divorced before or after their kid starts walking....................I predict BEFORE!

Before the kid starts walking, but after hubby starts stepping out.

Posted in: Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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NessieFeb. 09, 2012 - 04:54PM JST

The mind of Brian Wilson is totally fried out on pot.

Yeah...pot...riiiiiight.

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NessieFeb. 09, 2012 - 04:50PM JST

A bit of shrapnel from a plane beats a bomb from NK

Are those my only two choices?

Posted in: U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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NessieFeb. 09, 2012 - 04:45PM JST

But as pointed out, I doubt anyone complaining about the noise was there before the base.

They might not have been there, but it doesn't mean their family didn't own land before the base was built. If you moved there after the base was built, you have no right to complain about the neighborhood. If you live on ancestral land that has been despoiled by the presence of the base, then you have a more legitimate grievance.

Posted in: U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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NessieFeb. 09, 2012 - 03:43PM JST

Implicated. That can't be good.

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NessieFeb. 09, 2012 - 03:39PM JST

I'd always assumed Akanaishi to have been, shall we say, not a ladies' man in the traditional sense. I thought he'd gone through the Johnny's recruitment couch.

Maybe this is for business, and your purported Johnnycouch action was for pleasure.

Posted in: Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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NessieFeb. 09, 2012 - 03:38PM JST

What ever happened to birth control?

That's what she said.

Posted in: Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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NessieFeb. 09, 2012 - 01:17PM JST

Integrity can only be taught through hardship

It's taught by example. The father is a pethetic example.

Posted in: Video of Chinese boy crying in snow sparks uproar
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NessieFeb. 09, 2012 - 01:11PM JST

What is a "vocaloid character"?

Or do I not want to know?

Posted in: Falling snow sculpture injures woman at Sapporo Snow Festival
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NessieFeb. 09, 2012 - 01:07PM JST

I can't believe she's only 23. She looks more like a real woman than the typical j-celeb.

Posted in: Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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NessieFeb. 07, 2012 - 05:36PM JST

Wow...talk about vague!

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NessieFeb. 06, 2012 - 04:37PM JST

Indeed Smartacus. how many TV scenes have I seen of old people up on roofs with no security harness

Next year's headline: "Harness fastening deaths hit record numbers"

Posted in: Why are there so many deaths due to snow-related accidents (people falling off rooftops, for example) in Japan this winter?