Piglet said...

Piglet at 08:07 PM JST - 25th June

G-8 summit is about general worldwide topics (environment, macroeconomic policies, global security, international organizations, military cooperation, etc...), not about specific local issues. So it is highly doubtful this issue will bring any result for Japan. G-8 summit is the wrong place to talk about this. Six-party talks with North Korea…

Posted in Japan to raise abduction issue during G-8 summit: Machimura at 08:07 PM JST - 25th June
Piglet at 08:02 PM JST - 25th June

KaptainKichigai> if you were reading more carefully, you would know he is now a Japanese citizen. Debito raises many good points on his blog, he's one of the only voices openly calling for laws against discrimination in Japan (the only developed country where racism is not outlawed). We might not…

Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 08:02 PM JST - 25th June
Piglet at 01:55 PM JST - 25th June

I wish I could find shops around Tokyo selling normal fruits at a discounted price: no stupid packaging, just a bunch of fruits you can pick up. They could sell fruits with non perfect apparence (spots, not round, etc...). There's a lot of people with low purchasing power here (especially…

Posted in 5,000 peaches stolen from orchard at 01:55 PM JST - 25th June
Piglet at 11:28 AM JST - 23rd June

It is a philosophical issue: should any government be allowed to take life away? As a libertarian, I think that it is not the role of the government to decide who is going to live and die. I don't give my government this power over my fellow citizens, may they…

Posted in Are you in favor of the death penalty? at 11:28 AM JST - 23rd June
Piglet at 01:49 PM JST - 18th June

It's a moral issue: the government should have NO power to take any life away, might it be the life of a serial killer. Justice is not revenge, because we live in a modern democratic society. The main objective of the Judiciary system is to protect the society from dangerous…

Posted in Death penalty has public support: Fukuda at 01:49 PM JST - 18th June
Piglet at 10:33 PM JST - 17th June

efftta> no I mean, lines that run automatically, without train driver. As an example, I previously indicated line 14, in Paris: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParisMétroLine_14 It is controlled by OpenVMS Operating System. I think I would be feasible to run the subway portion of the lines automatically. Then, when train merge with existing…

Posted in New Fukutoshin subway line plagued with trouble for 1st three days at 10:33 PM JST - 17th June
Piglet at 04:56 PM JST - 17th June

I would like to add that of course that guy was a monster and people like him should never be released, but I strongly oppose to death penalty for the above reasons.

Posted in Serial child killer Tsutomu Miyazaki, 2 others executed at 04:56 PM JST - 17th June
Piglet at 04:54 PM JST - 17th June

From a philosophical point of view, the classical liberalism theory says that individual life and any private property cannot be trespassed, for any reason. So the government is not entitled to take away life. If you think your government should be allowed to decide who is living and who's dying,…

Posted in Serial child killer Tsutomu Miyazaki, 2 others executed at 04:54 PM JST - 17th June
Piglet at 12:06 PM JST - 17th June

papasmurfinjapan, I agree with your comment. However, the most important parameter here is the number of passengers the line can carry per hour. Even if stopping time is longer and trains are slowler, using double-decker trains might contribute to globally increase traffic. Concerning JR pushers, get rid of them, as…

Posted in New Fukutoshin subway line plagued with trouble for 1st three days at 12:06 PM JST - 17th June
Piglet at 10:39 AM JST - 17th June

Well it's not uncommon for disruptions to occur during the first few days after opening. I'm quite confident the problems will be resolved within a few days. However, why do Japanese train and subway companies keep constructing these older design trains? Feels like being stuck in the 80s for ever…

Posted in New Fukutoshin subway line plagued with trouble for 1st three days at 10:39 AM JST - 17th June