Probie's past comments

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  ProbieJun. 18, 2013 - 05:31PM JST

  Move over Godzilla! Hogman is coming!

  Manbearpig. Half man, half bear, half pig...

  In my rather unimportant opinion...this is wrong on almost every level.

  Explain why, please.

  I agree with notlateja. As far as I can see, there is nothing to discuss, it crosses way too many lines that should not be crossed.

  No, it doesn't.

  Posted in: Scientists seek permission for experiments with animal-human embryos

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  ProbieJun. 18, 2013 - 01:25PM JST

  You're not a food reporter, so go there and do your stupid job! Big babies complaining about food, grow up!

  Posted in: Japan losing diplomatic banquet battle to China

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  ProbieJun. 17, 2013 - 10:20AM JST

  Itsuro Miki, a leading figure at the board of education commented that, “We are treating the matter with the utmost seriousness and are working as hard as possible to restore everyone’s trust in the education system.”

  "working as hard as possible to restore everyone’s trust in the education system"?? You mean until the next time this happens, which will be an a matter of weeks? You're setting your goals too high there, buddy.

  Posted in: Shiga teacher confesses to installing camera in girls’ restroom

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  ProbieJun. 14, 2013 - 10:52AM JST

  What do I do in Shibuya after I arrive there at 3:00 a.m.?

  Re-evaluate your life? ;)

  Posted in: 24-hour bus service to begin in Tokyo in December

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  ProbieJun. 14, 2013 - 10:51AM JST

  It is not as if she broke any laws but she has ignored the rules of showbiz

  Yeah, because NOBODY famous ever has affairs!

  Posted in: Wada says Mari Yaguchi should apologize over illicit affair

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  ProbieJun. 14, 2013 - 10:48AM JST

  I'm sure a lot were ditzy "山ガール” women.

  There's nothing like a fad to cause problems.

  Posted in: No. of mountain rescue incidents in 2012 highest ever, says NPA

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  ProbieJun. 14, 2013 - 10:32AM JST

  It's a dumb article that goes on about how NHK and Abe don't like each other. The stuff about charging for internet feels shoehorned in at the last minute.

  Posted in: NHK may charge viewer fees for Internet, smartphone usage

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  ProbieJun. 13, 2013 - 05:34PM JST

  As a result, seven police officers were forced to put their duties on hold while they cleaned up the mess.

  Oh no! You mean there was nobody to stand with a big stick outside while they cleaned up?!?!?!?! Oh, the humanity!

  Posted in: Two Japanese youths arrested for placing exploding bag of dog poop in police box

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  ProbieJun. 12, 2013 - 03:25PM JST

  At the time of the "Boston Tea Party," the establishment was the British Government.

  Still doesn't change how if someone tipped off the British government, they wouldn't have had the party...

  The guys dumping the tea into Boston harbour, who created a free country with a wonderful constitution, they were the Snowdens, Mannings and Assanges of today.

  You idolize and give Snowden, Manning and Assange far too much credit.

  Posted in: Is Edward Snowden who blew the whistle on vast surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency that trawl through telephone and Internet records a hero or traitor?

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  ProbieJun. 12, 2013 - 02:02PM JST

  Probie, it is utter nonsense that this guy is helping terrorists. You have bought into the whole propaganda sell hook line and sinker. Next they will be selling you some bridge in NY for a $100.

  No. It's pretty obvious that when news like this come out, terrorists will change the way the do things. Therefore, he is assisting terrorists.

  Bottom line, someone needs to keep our constitutional rights in mind. Don't you care about your privacy? Does the government really need to monitor EVERYONE's phone logs? No obviously not.

  I don't care about American constitutional rights- I'm half English, half Canadian. Anyway, no, I don't care about my privacy. I don't do anything that I'm bothered about any government seeing. I'm not going to get all offended about someone seeing a shopping list my wife e-mails to me.

  Americans once knew how to see the difference between a government that served them and one that was endangering them.

  I think you took one too many Going-Over-The-Top pill today.

  Throughout our history we have had people brave enough to challenge bad policies.

  It's not a bad policy.

  And most often the flat headed masses first saw these people as "enemy". From civil rights movements, the Anti-Vietnam war movement, the Wobblies and Unions in the early 20th century, all the way back to the patriots who fought for their rights. The mainstream of their time saw them as wrong, as traitors and as enemies.

  And they are free to fight for whatever they want to. I don't have a problem with that. What I have a problem with, is people stealing information and giving it away to everyone, that can be very dangerous in the hands of the wrong people.

  But those same people earned us real liberties. They broke away from a repressive colonial state. They unionized and created the very work benefits we all enjoy today. They achieved civil rights. They brought our troops home from a war we had no business being in. And they continue to protect us with their self sacrifice for what is right.

  How would you think they felt if all their plans had been exposed to the people they fought against in advance? If the British rounded up the people who did the Boston Tea Party and had them all shot at dawn like infected pigs before they had a chance to do anything? If there was some 18th century version of Assange, stood in the streets shouting "hear ye, hear ye! Some doodz are planning to be in your ships, dumping your tea!"?

  Posted in: Is Edward Snowden who blew the whistle on vast surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency that trawl through telephone and Internet records a hero or traitor?

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  ProbieJun. 12, 2013 - 12:25PM JST

  Snowden, Manning, Assange, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, going all the way back to guys involved in the Boston Tea Party and far, far back in history.

  I can't believe you put Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and Mahatma Gandhi on the same level as Snowden, Manning, and Assange.

  Posted in: Is Edward Snowden who blew the whistle on vast surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency that trawl through telephone and Internet records a hero or traitor?

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  ProbieJun. 12, 2013 - 10:41AM JST

  @tkoind2

  Like that P.O.S. Manning before him, he's basically helping terrorists. Information like this tells them what they shouldn't be doing.

  Citizens shouldn't know some things. A lot of things.

  Throughout history brave individuals have protected our freedom by risking their own.

  Like the military and intelligence people who get put at risk because of idiots like this guy and Manning/Assange etc. The pretentions "fight the power, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!" attitude is pathetic and doesn't look at the big picture. They pander to the masses who want to hear the juicy secrets, and don't care about the danger they put people in.

  So Probie, if Snowden is a traitor, it is that he is a traitor to the ambitions of those who would make a police state of our nation. But he is a hero to the people who would stand for liberty over fear.

  Fight the power, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!

  Posted in: Is Edward Snowden who blew the whistle on vast surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency that trawl through telephone and Internet records a hero or traitor?

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  ProbieJun. 12, 2013 - 09:01AM JST

  Traitor. I hope he gets a long time in jail when they finally get him.

  Posted in: Is Edward Snowden who blew the whistle on vast surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency that trawl through telephone and Internet records a hero or traitor?

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  ProbieJun. 11, 2013 - 03:00PM JST

  What?!?!? You mean to tell me he didn't do the pointy-finger-swish-doo-wop dance????

  Posted in: Station official allowed subway train to leave despite woman being on tracks

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  ProbieJun. 11, 2013 - 10:43AM JST

  If there is even the slightest chance that they pick up some intelligence regarding a terrorist attack that allows them to stop it means If I have to accept the government reading my e-mails to friends about how much we hate the Boston Bruins, or have them see how many videos of cats doing silly things I watch, then I'm okay with that.

  Posted in: Do you think the U.S. operation to monitor Internet users and phone calls is necessary for national security?

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  ProbieJun. 11, 2013 - 10:38AM JST

  Monkshood is dangerous...

  Posted in: Buddhist monk arrested after exposing himself in video rental shop

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  ProbieJun. 11, 2013 - 10:33AM JST

  @smithingjapan

  I'm with you on this. It's not something that has miraculously started since smartphones came about. Before cell phones even, you had people walking into traffic/off platforms while reading book and newspapers.

  Posted in: Posters at stations caution commuters not to use cell smartphones while walking on platforms

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  ProbieJun. 10, 2013 - 03:00PM JST

  There are no real comedians in Japan. There are unfunny slapstick artists; a-holes with one crap joke they say all the time until they disappear; and unfunny old men who people think are hilarious because they've managed to have their unfunny one joke last decades.

  So the answer is nobody. Because there are no comedians here.

  Posted in: Who gets your vote for the most annoying comedian in Japan?

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  ProbieJun. 10, 2013 - 02:56PM JST

  Yes.

  Posted in: Are you sick of hearing about 'Abenomics?'

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  ProbieJun. 06, 2013 - 09:18AM JST

  @John Occupythemoon Daly

  In Machida, on the Yokohama line, there was a guy who would stand on the train platform, listen to his mp3 player and sing and dance... in the highest falsetto voice I have ever heard. I mean it, think of a mouse imitating Michael Jackson. He kept his eyes closed, and never got on the train, he just waited at the platform. I've got a video of it somewhere.

  That guy is still there. I have a friend who lives on the Yokohama line. That guy is usually at Kobuchi station, one up from Machida. He sings idol songs and dances to them. This dude on Twitter has seen him too: https://twitter.com/osugy_tsuyoshi/status/294033147488788480

  Posted in: What are some of the weirdest things or people's behavior you have seen in Japan?