TPOJ said...

TPOJ at 11:50 PM JST - 8th May

The more I think about this quote, the dumber it gets.

Foreigners can't do anything involving property here without substantial Japanese support and assistance. Why target them?

When will some people learn that you don't fix problems by wishing other people were different? Get off your cranky butt and do…

Posted in Japan is a disposal ground -- a toilet -- and if a foreign design turns out to be poor, the foreign architect can just go back to their own country and forget about it. at 11:50 PM JST - 8th May
TPOJ at 11:48 AM JST - 8th May

Why must every mistake/conflict between cultures be seen as disrespect to Japan? Unless there's a big chunk of context missing from this quote (which there could well be,) this strikes me as extraordinarily childish.

My Dad used to do business with a Japanese firm, and while the culture clash of…

Posted in Japan is a disposal ground -- a toilet -- and if a foreign design turns out to be poor, the foreign architect can just go back to their own country and forget about it. at 11:48 AM JST - 8th May
TPOJ at 11:32 AM JST - 7th May

*If all you folk downloading music for free were told that all the money, after overheads for manufacture and promotion, recording etc were taken out - went to the artist: would you pay money for your music then? How do you propose that the musicians get paid and earn a…

Posted in Japan to propose copyright fees on iPods, digital hard disk recorders at 11:32 AM JST - 7th May
TPOJ at 09:19 PM JST - 4th May

That is merely your double-standard and naivety speaking. Do you have objections to visiting the resting places of aggressive leaders blah blah blah...

Er, there's aggressive and aggressive. Plenty of countries, leaders, etc. have taken other countries over. That whole "Rape Of Nanking" thing, and including convicted war criminals in…

Posted in 'Yasukuni' opens under heavy security; gets mixed reaction at 09:19 PM JST - 4th May
TPOJ at 10:56 AM JST - 4th May

I have never been able to understand why the Japanese cannot have a memorial to their war dead and other countries can.

I don't think anyone is saying that Japan can't honor it's war dead.

*This is a shrine to the memory of the soldiers, not the despicable deeds of…

Posted in 'Yasukuni' opens under heavy security; gets mixed reaction at 10:56 AM JST - 4th May