OneForAll said...

OneForAll at 10:41 PM JST - 16th November

Horrible things happen when human rights are not defended for everyone. First it is the other guy who is trampled upon and then they come for you.

Posted in Obama calls freedoms 'universal rights' in Shanghai town hall meeting at 10:41 PM JST - 16th November
OneForAll at 08:51 PM JST - 16th November

USNinJapan2 - Good posts - Why this right to remain silent? "...became a rallying cry for religious and political dissidents who were prosecuted in the Star Chamber and High Commission of 16th century England. People coming before these tribunals were forced to make the ex officio oath by which they…

Posted in U.S. Army member refuses to answer questions on hit-and-run at 08:51 PM JST - 16th November
OneForAll at 03:32 PM JST - 16th November

Our favorite is Alaska's King Crab. Just a bit pricey. Have to have something else. So will most of us have to have salmon instead of tuna. Some will be able to afford tuna. I love toro though. Oh well, love Kobe steak too. For those special occasions...

Posted in Stores, restaurants worried about record 40% cut in bluefin tuna catch at 03:32 PM JST - 16th November
OneForAll at 03:22 PM JST - 16th November

by all - sorry.

Posted in What do you think about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal to create an East Asian community, to promote what he calls fraternity in the region? at 03:22 PM JST - 16th November
OneForAll at 03:22 PM JST - 16th November

Wonderful idea welcomed my all. The details will be a bit harder. Would the Japanese open their markets to others?

Posted in What do you think about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal to create an East Asian community, to promote what he calls fraternity in the region? at 03:22 PM JST - 16th November
OneForAll at 03:09 PM JST - 16th November

RIP. Justice demands the existence of God. Her life restored and to hell with the killer.

Posted in Funeral held for murdered Shimane University student at 03:09 PM JST - 16th November
OneForAll at 03:00 PM JST - 16th November

Mutual bows would have been fine. The question is misleading. One sided bow is a problem for a head of state. I stated my views before, and will just write it off as an awkward American. If there is any meaning of being subservient to the emperor in it, it…

Posted in Should President Barack Obama have bowed to the emperor while he was in Japan? at 03:00 PM JST - 16th November
OneForAll at 10:36 PM JST - 14th November

Knews - Good post - something I would do as well. But as a representative of a people I might just not indulge my individual instinct. However, you make a very great point and I hope this is stated in his defense in the American press. Your point really does…

Posted in Meet and greet at 10:36 PM JST - 14th November
OneForAll at 10:19 PM JST - 14th November

DXXJP you have been here too long. Anyway, most all times when a foreign person with political power meets with Emperor Akihito it is with a handshake. All photos I have seen are this way. I cannot find one photo of a bow, certainly not like this one. I think…

Posted in Meet and greet at 10:19 PM JST - 14th November
OneForAll at 08:37 PM JST - 14th November

write it off

Posted in Meet and greet at 08:37 PM JST - 14th November