JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
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- ALT - Mie Prefecture - Yokkaichi City - June start
- NPO法人グローバル教育推進機構（GLAD), Mie
- Salary: ¥230,000 / Month For a full working month. Some months differ.
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- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥3,000 ~ ¥5,000 / Hour
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OrangeW3dge
I don't consider myself to be Right-wing, but I believe that the Emperor should have the respect of his position. And I will take that a little further and lend my support to the Royals having more say in the direction that politicians take in governing the Country. As we have learned from the past, it was not so much Hirohito that caused war but misguided politicians and military officers misinforming the Emperor and usurping his authority. The punishment that he received from the occupying forces certainly should have been enough and not continued with his successor. And, then, I promise not to make any more posts on Japan Today.
Posted in: Japan marks 66th anniversary of World War II surrender
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OrangeW3dge
"Are you not aware that men and women have different sexual responses? Maybe a study in animal behavior will help?" ----- Perhaps, if I read this correctly, that you are proposing that animal behaviour is what we should allow as the standard for civilised legal prescription. At which time, I shall inform you that The Slut Walk is a demonstration against just what you you keep saying. Even though there are "animal" mechanisms at work in the reproductive cycle of humans does not excuse assault on one person by another. Try to understand that this has been brought about by an official of the Police that made a statement very similar to yours, and they didn't agree with it. Now, for the record once again, I don't agree with it either. As for having education in the fields of biology and a major in psychology in college (some 40 years ago, but I think much of it still applies), there may be many things that I don't understand, but human nature (unfortunately sometimes) is not one of them. The issue here is not titillation or voyeurism, but the legality of someone raising a hand to another. If I stood before you and taunted you to kill me and you did, could you justify that action by saying "he provoked me?"
Posted in: SlutWalk comes to Washington
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OrangeW3dge
Oh, and one more thing, since men don't go around doing their hair or wearing sleeveless basketball shirts or putting a sock in their pants, then that also excludes them from the "provocative" label. I can only say that if this is the way that "men" believe, then the collapse of the justice system is inevitable because there is no "justice" unless there is justice for everyone. Next Question: What about the hotel maid in New York? does she deserve to be ignored because she is discredited (or poor, or African, or colluding with inmates)... I say, Power To The Sluts, where ever they are.
Posted in: SlutWalk comes to Washington
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OrangeW3dge
"Frankly, the women who say they should be able to dress as they want remind me of the NRA people who think guns should not have any restrictions" - Oracle. And, again, this is the reason to hold these Walks. You, likely, advocate that the female should follow ten paces behind her superior too. That is a Fundamentalist standpoint and is fundamentally what is the problem. Human rights is only "human" when it applies to all humans and not just the 50% that forcibly impose their will on the others. You are "running the risk" of waking up without your man-ness some day.
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OrangeW3dge
"Frankly, the women who say they should be able to dress as they want remind me of the NRA people who think guns should not have any restrictions" ** ARE YOU FOR REAL?**
Posted in: SlutWalk comes to Washington
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OrangeW3dge
"Smorkian" - OK, bud. "Doug" - Here's a little tip: teach your kids EVERYTHING, and don't leave anything out (especially the part about how Mommie met Daddy and why they fell in love and wanted to have precious little babies just like them) Because if you do it becomes harder to explain why you kept things from them. Relationships are built on TRUST, and they will lose that trust if you hide, cheat , or lie. Be a big boy yourself and own up to the truth, NOW. We have 4, two are boys from Texas (I'm sorry, I know that was a mistake) and two are girls from Hawaii (better, but still...). I am a Chicagoan (pity me) who is half German, half Dane. Their Mother is Miyagi-an. In all jest, we are an ill-sorted bunch but we love each other as much as the blue-bloods. And I would defend them to my death regardless of who their attacker may be, and without regard to race, creed, or nationality. I live here because this is my HOME, and I don't care how you label me because in the turn of the worm it may be me labeling you, you see. I have lived with red-necks in several cultures and several languages and I can tell you, first-hand, that they are all same. Happiness and prosperity, education and problem solving should take up your time, and leave the pettiness to those who are petty.
Posted in: I'm happy not to fit typical Japanese mold
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OrangeW3dge
@sourpuss, says it all. But you see, this is what you don't see. The history of the Slut Walk is that a Constable of a police department in Canada made a public comment that a rape victim in his jurisdiction was "asking for it" because she was drinking at a club and wearing "provocative" clothing. Here's my reply to your question, if I am prone to covet your laptop whilst it is sitting in an easily accessible venue then, by all means, there should be no expectation that I would snatch it without your permission. So, I can reasonably say that you have not been robbed or raped and that everyone in your blobbosphere are well mannered and moral patriots who don't offend policemen or detach themselves from "reality".
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OrangeW3dge
Aso was just, an aso. I don' think you can seriously take anything he said as philosophical or wise. He's the one who said women are just good for making babies. From my experience here and abroad, Japanese are every bit as diverse as any other nationality, and perhaps, a bit more. We had this discussion on multi-culturalism a while ago and I beg the view that modern society in Japan is as diverse and, if you will, multi-cultural as the greatly revered "America". Certainly as much as UK. The British are "one" people up until you get into the big city, and that tends to be tru here as well. The United States for all of their claims to be diverse tends to force homogeneity on it's residents with their "English" language and puritanical Christianity public moral. Japan has Shinto and Buddhism side by side. The majority of people, if you bothered to check, came from distinctly different races (Chinese, Korean, Indian, Mongolian...), and although much has "blended" many of these origins still stick out. People talk differently, walk differently, wash differently, so Aso-san is babbling delusional geriatric diatribe of "the good old days" when children respected their elders and everything was idyllic in Grandma's garden. You don't believe me, just go down to the Mall someday and you will see that everything is not like the Edo Village anymore. And by the way, this is NOT something that "Japan" will have to accept, but what a few navel-gazers (local or foreign) will have to accept. Japan does live in the 21st Century, with the exception of some of it's inhabitants who live in the museum of their minds.
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OrangeW3dge
Once again, possibly the most important issue facing civilisation, and you so-called men muck it up with your petty hormonal emotions. There, at the very core of our problems, is how we treat each other. The age of Chivalry was the epitome of this principle, so be it a bit passe now, the very attempt to answer this age-old social anomaly. And now we have completely swept it under the carpet as old fashion, but it's practicality has not faded just because we have become jaded. The little gestures of politeness like holding doors and asking permission speaks to the larger issue. Most laws mention the concept of "consent" for this reason, and not consent by coercion. The "fault" is with the one who breaks this most basic of all laws.
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OrangeW3dge
The key word is assault, and as long as people perceive trespass as an acceptable/optional behavior, then this will never be resolved. As long as the caveman mentality and morality persists we will always have wars and rape. The big issue for me is that the perpetrators feel no shame, either before or after committing offense. I believe they do not even know what offense is.
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OrangeW3dge
Depends-- If it were to censor or block communications, then NO. If they flashed a message on the screen that said "we know what you're saying and you better not even think about going down to Tienanmen Square tonight", then I would support it in the sense that you take your chances when you revolt, then I would say MAYBE. But this question, I assume, is about the recent criminal mob actions around London, so if the police are doing their job of protecting the rest of us from hooligans, then the answer would be a definite YES.
Posted in: The British government is considering giving police the power to use technology to control future unrest, by stopping rioters using Twitter, Facebook or BlackBerry Messenger to organize themselves. Would you support such measures?
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OrangeW3dge
True enough, however, the very people that are sensitive about a car show being negative about electric vehicles, has no comment about a blatantly hurtful TV in their own country. THAT is a double standard.
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OrangeW3dge
In light of recent unrest in London I suspect that there is a whole new generation that cares nothing for the "older" generation's sacred cows (including civilized behavior). This is, to my senses, just a middle finger gesture to the past and those who remember it first hand.
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OrangeW3dge
Jealous much?
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OrangeW3dge
its all about money and those that have it can bully the rest of us
Posted in: Japan ignored own radiation forecasts from very beginning
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OrangeW3dge
"Have we lost our awe of nature?", Apparently so.
Posted in: Nagasaki mayor calls for shift away from nuclear energy
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OrangeW3dge
The answer, as it has been, is to hesitate doing anything yourself then complain about the way someone has done it for you. But to break that cycle is like breaking an addiction. Because it has become second-nature for most of us, it has become something of a tradition. And we couldn't go against tradition, now could we.
Posted in: The political conundrum
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OrangeW3dge
I don't care what you say, I like Kan more and more. It will take someone speaking up to get things done no matter if it's no nukes or better education. That is the spirit needed to get things going again. Like it or not, being brave in the face of adversity is what sets us apart.
Posted in: Kan vows nuclear-free future for Japan on 66th anniv of Hiroshima atomic bombing
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OrangeW3dge
Sorry, what I meant to say is whether the Court can adjudicate marital fidelity. It sounds a bit of a reach to me because you would have to have a cop in every bedroom and hostess bar. So how does that work? A guy can hang out at the hostess bar all night but the wife has to stay home with the kids and watch food shows on TV?
Posted in: Okayama woman sues over 'sexist' marriage laws
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OrangeW3dge
Oh yeah? and these are actual laws? there is definitely something rotten in Denmark.... that can't be the mind-set of the entire Country, or, indeed, there is an attitude problem here. Has anyone heard of Human Rights, much less Gender Equality even.
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