JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
@Smorkian, sometimes I think "the mods" is just a program that deletes comments randomly.
Posted in: Man uses online 'manual' to rob fast food chain
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
I love when people say that. Groupthink is such a prevalent part of the Japanese psyche. Unfortunately, Kentaro, it wouldn't exactly be "we Japanese" who decide, but the very small percentage of Oji-sans at the top with some decision making power who decide what's what.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
I wonder if he sat down and had a nice gyudon first, then robbed the place? Personally, having to drink that awful mugi-cha makes me want to do something seriously antisocial like this.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
What, no pic?
What a let-down. I was hoping to drool over some of those cutie-pies.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
I agree 100%.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
Forget about the terrorists, there are high school kids all over the place in Japan riding their bikes and e-mailing at the same time!
Now, that is something to be afraid of.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
Views differ but your views are also skewed as you see them as people doing their job and not bullies.
Just as logically sound as your statement. What makes you right and me wrong? And you can ask them anything you like, I'm not interested in how they feel.
Posted in: Police, in a first, charge teen for using cell phone while cycling
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
No, I asked you if that's what you meant. You did say people shouldn't argue with police and I take that to mean being submissive, not disagreeing, doing whatever they say, etc... and I don't agree that people shouldn't argue with the police. In fact, it's been my experience in Japan that passivity will only encourage the police to bother you more. A little bit of anger and an aggressive defense makes them think twice. They go look for quieter people to bother. Just like typical bullies.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
It wasn't an ad hominem and I was just going off what you said. You think people should be submissive to the police, no?
Posted in: Police, in a first, charge teen for using cell phone while cycling
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
What the hell is wrong with those people?
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
I've argued with police on a few occasions in Japan and never been fined. Police in this country need to be argued with. People need to challenge and watch and report when the police are out of line. Your attitude is a major problem in this country and the reason why the police have very little oversight, abuse their power, and nobody seems to think about it much.
"Respect ma authoritay." Umm, no.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
I'm astounded that so many people think this is such a big deal. I guess when there is no real crime or danger around people just focus on the smaller things to have something to complain about.
Posted in: Police, in a first, charge teen for using cell phone while cycling
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
@Spidapig
When have I said that here? Quote please. I don't remember saying that here, but let's assume I said it once, that certainly doesn't make it a pattern. Try not to overreact.
And......Thye DON'T have a context, because you don't know how many actual bike rides there were. 183,653 out of how many total bike rides? For example, if you knew that 1,000,000 people had ridden their bikes five times you could divide 5,000,000 by the number of accidents and get a number that would represent the average chance of having an accident in Japan. You still would be missing a lot of information however, like how many of the accidents were the biker's fault, how many involved cell phones, etc...
Assuming there were no people who reported multiple accidents. 1 person out of 500 in a year's worth of bike riding doesn't sound like too much to me and we still have no idea what percentage of those accidents involved cell phone usage.
As I said, your statistics have no context. 183,653 might sound like a lot unless you consider that that is one year's worth of millions and millions of people riding their bikes just about every day.
Posted in: Police, in a first, charge teen for using cell phone while cycling
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
Yet again, Chewitup makes a lot of sense.
Posted in: Police, in a first, charge teen for using cell phone while cycling
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
Your statistics have zero context, but thanks for trying.
How many millions of bicycles were ridden? What is the percentage of of bike rides to accidents? How many of those accidents actually involved a cell phone? etc... If you could use your stats to answer these questions then they might have some value.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
People do this everyday and accidents are pretty unusual. I'd say most people definitely can text and ride their bike at the same time.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
I'm with Greapper1 on this issue.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
I said a bicycle-bicycle accident.
3-days later my left hand started feeling numb, went to the doc 1st question he asked if I was in an accident. Showed him the police report(company also asked for it). After that all related medical expenses were charged to the driver.
There is a reason why cops are soon called to an accident scene here.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
Yes, we need more and more rules. I want every last possibility of an accident removed. No chance, no risk, no spontaneity. Everything should be prescribed. I am filled with fear when I consider that danger still exists. Safety is more important than life itself.
I want this country to be even more predictable and stultifying than it already is.
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Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land
No, I'd still be saying it.
Yes, I think you get it now.
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