Nessie's past comments

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  NessieMay. 24, 2013 - 03:26PM JST

  A win-win for closeted Scoutmasters.

  Posted in: Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys, but not leaders

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  NessieMay. 24, 2013 - 03:25PM JST

  Go through a red light and again you face the reality of receiving an infringement notice. Play around with the law too much and you risk criminal proceedings.

  Good and good. Cyclists should not be exempt, and I speak as a cyclist.

  Posted in: Happiness is an empty pavement

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  NessieMay. 24, 2013 - 01:45PM JST

  ...and a quick table rounding up the results...

  http://www.globescan.com/newsarchives/bbc2010countries/images/custom/BBC10M1agg.gif

  Posted in: Germany most popular country in the world; Japan No. 4: BBC poll

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  NessieMay. 24, 2013 - 01:43PM JST

  The full results, including methodology

  http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/brglobalmultiregionra/734.php?nid=&id=&pnt=734&lb=

  Posted in: Germany most popular country in the world; Japan No. 4: BBC poll

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  NessieMay. 24, 2013 - 09:27AM JST

  An editorial is usually the direct voice of the newspaper.

  There are editorials from the paper, usually unsigned, and guest editorials (op-ed), always signed. This was an op-ed piece.

  Posted in: S Korean paper says A-bombs on Japan were 'divine punishment'

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  NessieMay. 24, 2013 - 12:58AM JST

  Power hand position?? WTF?. Anyone that notices something like that or plays them type of games certainly feels inferior and doesn't even have power over themselves.

  Politicians play these games because it's their bread and butter. Just like they wear lifts to look presidential. You don't have to be a player to notice it.

  tldr -- Don't hate the game noticer; hate the game.

  Posted in: A visit from Thai PM

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  NessieMay. 23, 2013 - 05:32PM JST

  Interesting that she got the power-hand position at left, which Abe is trying to undo by facing full front.

  Posted in: A visit from Thai PM

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  NessieMay. 23, 2013 - 05:30PM JST

  I don't have much knowledge about stoning people to death or cutting heads. but from what I know those traditions are pre islamic death sentences used around arabic lands at the time

  Yes, pre-Islamic penalties that were codified under Islamic law, along with rules condoning slavery.

  Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

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  NessieMay. 23, 2013 - 04:23PM JST

  If they claim that these guys do not represent Islam, then they need to be the ones out front, denouncing them

  Many groups have done that in Britin, and CAIR has done it in the U.S.

  In Burma in reacent attacks and killing of Muslims by Buddhists including Buddhist priests.

  There is much less scriptural and ecclesiastic support for terrorism among Buddhists. Buddhism does not get off scott free, but when was the last time you heard someone invoking the name of Buddha during and act of terrorism or violence? Even if there was scriptural support, Buddhist scripture is not peddled as an inerrant miracle from God. And that's exactly how the Koran is peddled.

  Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

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  NessieMay. 23, 2013 - 03:09PM JST

  Which Muslim country: has illegally abducted people from their allies' cities? has outsourced their interrogation to dictatorships? runs a no-man's-land gulag beyond judicial reach?

  The beauty of being a Muslim country is that you don't need to outsource or try to cover up your human rights abuses. You can have your gulag right at home.

  has a policy of extrajudicial killings?

  Most of them.

  Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

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  NessieMay. 23, 2013 - 03:06PM JST

  So is he a typical Muslim?

  No, he isn't, or the global murder rate would be pretty high. However, he did cite the Koran and Allah as an influence:

  Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

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  NessieMay. 23, 2013 - 02:48PM JST

  I never understood why a murder with decapitation should be any worse than a murder without decapitation. If you're an atheist, there's no afterlife, so you shouldn't care what happens to your body (other than organ donations). If you're a theist, your soul is purportedly elsewhere, so you also shouldn't care what happens to your body.

  Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

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  NessieMay. 23, 2013 - 02:10PM JST

  Islam has nothing to do with skin colour. In fact, the majority of muslims world-white is lily-white.

  India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia are the countries with the largest Muslim populations. Hardly lily-white. Muslims can be any race, but they do tend to be non-Caucasian.

  Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

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  NessieMay. 23, 2013 - 02:08PM JST

  They then stayed at the scene, asking passers-by to photograph and film them.

  I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. Peckinpah.

  Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

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  NessieMay. 23, 2013 - 02:05PM JST

  Did the man apologize also? Sleeping with a married woman is also a "misdeed," isn't it?

  The model has no need to apologize. He does not have an obligation to the husband. The wife does. If the sexes were reversed, that would still be true (female model sleeping with married man). Presumably, the wife made a promise to the husband. The only promise the model made was to shag the wife rotten. Mission accomplished.

  Posted in: Yaguchi apologizes for illicit affair

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  NessieMay. 21, 2013 - 09:31AM JST

  This is rich. Senate creates tax loopholes and then slams Apple for walking through them.

  Posted in: Senate panel says Apple uses firms outside U.S. to avoid taxes

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  NessieMay. 20, 2013 - 05:16PM JST

  With increases in security, the people who are making money are the airport concessions, since you have to arrive so early to clear all the procedures. Time + boredom = unnecessary shopping

  Posted in: Do you think airlines are sneaky about fuel surcharges, fees for extra baggage and other charges for various services?

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  NessieMay. 20, 2013 - 02:55PM JST

  Good story. Thanks.

  Posted in: Mega Potato to go back on sale at McDonald's Japan

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  NessieMay. 20, 2013 - 02:54PM JST

  Now if only Japan would crack down on over-the-top Japanese dramas...

  Posted in: China cracks down on over-the-top anti-Japan dramas

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  NessieMay. 20, 2013 - 01:25PM JST

  At least baggage is reasonable in Japan. Two checked bags included, and this covers domestic legs at your destination. I don't care about surcharges, as long as they quote me the full price so I can compare with other airlines and routes.

  Posted in: Do you think airlines are sneaky about fuel surcharges, fees for extra baggage and other charges for various services?