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RepublicofTexas said...

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  RepublicofTexas at 04:47 AM JST - 1st August

  Despite China's attempts to use the Olympics to demonstrate their "arrival" as a modern nation, I think the Olympics is merely going to reinforce the world's view that China's still medieval despite her military arsenal.

  Posted in China reneges on Internet freedom during Olympics at 04:47 AM JST - 1st August

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  RepublicofTexas at 04:43 AM JST - 1st August

  I think South Korea needs to mature a little more as a nation. The unhealthy displays of excessive nationalism are not going to help South Korea win the world's support. For all South Korea's criticism of post-war Japanese imperialism/nationalism, South Korea is a far more aggressive and unenlightened state.

  Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 04:43 AM JST - 1st August

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  RepublicofTexas at 04:40 AM JST - 1st August

  I'm usually open to the quirks of national cuisines but this is a little weird to me. Actually, more than a little weird...

  Posted in Energy boosting eel drink goes on sale at 04:40 AM JST - 1st August

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  RepublicofTexas at 04:33 AM JST - 1st August

  Japan needs to be active on a global scale if she wants to be taken seriously. This also shows that it's not only the Americans who want continued Japanese support. The LDP is bad, but in many ways the opposition is worse.

  Posted in Britain wants Japan to continue antiterror operations at 04:33 AM JST - 1st August

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  RepublicofTexas at 04:23 AM JST - 1st August

  I think both sides (in this discussion) need to stop with the verbal attacks that are irrelevant to the discussion as well as unfounded claims against the citizens of both countries. Like in all countries there are hotheads, but that doesn't mean everyone in Japan or Korea is illogical Bibric.

  Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 04:23 AM JST - 1st August

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  RepublicofTexas at 11:51 PM JST - 31st July

  Proximity doesn't make any sense. Their cultures and gene are exactly the same as Koreans'.

  Tsushima is far more closely related to Japan than Korea, have you ever been? I'd like to see that evidence. Japan's rule over Tsushima has been continuous since the Heian Period with the exception of…

  Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 11:51 PM JST - 31st July

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  RepublicofTexas at 11:41 PM JST - 31st July

  Also there is a difference between Joseon and South Korea. Joseon MAY have had a legit claim to the isles, but South Korea is not universally recognized as the heir to Joseon, North Korea can also claim that right.

  Posted in S Korean military stages drill at disputed islets at 11:41 PM JST - 31st July

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  RepublicofTexas at 11:34 PM JST - 31st July

  The Liancourt Rocks was dicover by French ? So it is French Country !

  The French were not the first to discover Takeshima. The Japanese and Koreans had been to the islands many times before the Europeans began their Age of Exploration. THe French were merely the first Europeans to…

  Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 11:34 PM JST - 31st July

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  RepublicofTexas at 12:37 PM JST - 31st July

  FairandBalanced,

  All you've said throughout this discussion is that the islands are Korean, nothing more. Unlike the rest of us, you have yet to support your position with researched facts.

  Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 12:37 PM JST - 31st July

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  RepublicofTexas at 12:32 PM JST - 31st July

  So...are they going to send out checks or what?

  I think the apology was a good thing, but I don't think compensation is. First of all a few generations have passed. Second, the Africans/Arabs who first captured the blacks as well as the primarily European traders who shipped the slaves…

  Posted in U.S. House of Representatives formally apologizes for slavery at 12:32 PM JST - 31st July