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Tahoochi
Pathetic. He should go straight to prison again when he returns to Japan.
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Tahoochi
What a great role model for young women everywhere.
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maninjapan79 at 05:07 PM JST - 26th August
How about this one: it's like the NRA raising gun safety awareness?
I dunno... I'm all for it anyway.
ryomasakamoto21: I have no idea what you are trying to say.
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Tahoochi
Too much talk and not enough action on the part of EVERYONE. Hatoyama, his opposition, the media, the people.... EVERYONE. One person cannot save a country.
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Tahoochi
I used to poke fun at things like this, until I realized most of the "misused" english in advertising and t-shirts are basically an art form as opposed to a form of communication. I've seen some westerners TATTOO some questionable kanji characters on their bodies... "愛" for example. Kind of funny from a Japanese perspective.
Posted in: What are some of your favorite examples of the way English is misused in products, advertising and pop culture in Japan?
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Tahoochi
They need to change the name to something a little more intimidating. Who's gonna catch the "hittakuri" criminals? The Bamboo Inspectors?
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djuice at 10:50 AM JST - 21st July
Half way down the article, it states that the inquiry panel Manningham-Buller is on "...won’t apportion blame or assign criminal liability for mistakes made, but will issue a report later this year with recommendations for future operations and military missions."
I bet there are many people like her in formerly high positions who could have shed some truth on the situation BEFORE, but chose not to do so in fear of dismissal or stepping on other people's toes. But now that this chick is on this British inquiry panel who's objective is NOT to assign criminal liability, she's talking??? That sickens me.
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Tahoochi
Some pretty close-minded comments here... these people come to your country wearing the clothes they want to wear, breaking no existing rules or laws, and you want to create a new law to prevent them from wearing what used to be completely legal??? I can understand safety violations but making a new law just based on the "when in Rome do as the Romans do" philosophy doesn't sound fair to me.
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Tahoochi
Ban wearing religious clothing? Wear whatever you want, just don't preach it to me and especially to kids who don't know any better. In Canada, my teacher made us say the Lord's Prayer in Grade 2 every morning and it wasn't until I was much older that I realized that I had a choice not to participate. I don't think they do that anymore though.
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Tahoochi
I find this conversation very interesting. Limboinjapan, I've learned a lot about this situation just by reading your comments... very informative. Thank you. A few points/questions I'd like to raise though:
1) This article states that an al-Shabab commander Issa refused to confirm or deny that al-Shabab was responsible for the bombings. But he did say this: “Uganda is one of our enemies. Whatever makes them cry, makes us happy. May Allah’s anger be upon those who are against us,” ...now I may be taking this comment too literally, but to me, this is a comment made by somebody who is not responsible for these bombings. This attack still could have been made by anyone, and not necessarily Somali terrorists, no?
2) This is the world cup of soccer; a world-wide event which draws in crowds from MANY countries around the world. It was no coincidence that there were Americans among the victims at the restaurant mentioned in the article, which could mean that the motive(s) for this attack may not necessarily have been domestic, but international.
3) So why are the "moderate" Muslims not standing up to condemn these acts of terror? To me, it's just one simple reason: They don't want to be killed.
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Tahoochi
I didn't know Sakai Noriko owned a university.
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Tahoochi
This is not only sick, but extremely frightening to think that it could happen almost anywhere at anytime. Who started this damn "war on terror"??? ..... oh yeah, I remember now.
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smithinjapan at 03:14 PM JST - 9th July
Yeah, I couldn't figure that one out either... maybe he mastered the art of riding with no hands.
I liked seeing this article though you know; seeing the cops be successful once in a while. Sort of sad though, that all the JT posters who are always complaining about the J-cops haven't commented here yet. There's a million comments when the J-cops screw up, but there's only 12 so far (on this thread) when they succeed.
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ratpack at 04:10 PM JST - 8th July
ratpack: Might it be possible that your daughter hates the term hafu because you do?
Personally, of all conversations I've heard in Japan involving the word hafu, not once have I heard it used in a derogatory manner. If anything, many Japanese are envious or look up to "hafu" because according to them, hafu are generally "good looking", or are lucky to experience multiculturalism... maybe that's what bothers some people when they are referred to as hafu, because they don't want to be considered any different or special from everyone else. I think it's usually just pure and sincere curiosity on the part of the Japanese though.
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Tahoochi
To those who are ridiculing the guy in the picture because of the "Racist" sign he's holding: Why blame the Japanese people for their ignorance of the outside world? Blame the media for brainwashing them, blame the government for it's one way policies which actually backfire and limit the people of Japan from international relations, but don't blame the people... They don't know any better, they're only as ignorant as people from our homelands who have little exposure to international relations.
Besides, this guy in the picture had absolutely nothing to do with the outcome of this trial.
Personally, I'm quite disappointed not with the verdict, but with the fact that Bethune resorted to crying and apologizing, and didn't stick to his guns like a good pirate should.
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Tahoochi
Dolphingirl: Thanks, you do have a point about views on sexuality in Japan from early ages... I don't know if I agree with you on crimes against women not taken seriously in Japan because that's from our perspective (an outsider's perspective). The reason why I say this is that movie, "Oppai Bare" (that movie last year based on elementary school kids who make a bet with their female school teacher to show them her breasts if they work together to win a volleyball tournament?)... that movie really puzzles me and is proof that sexuality is seen in a completely different light in Japan by men and women.
BTW, after I posted my question about legitimate medical conditions of overactive sex drives, I realized of course that if there were such a medical condition, then every rapist under the sun would be claiming to have that medical condition... my bad.
Moderator: Back on topic please.
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Tahoochi
These cases are certainly worrisome; to think that those who are supposed to protect us are doing things like this. Very pathetic. But with all of the perverted crimes in Japan of this sort (ie. train groping, undy stealing, up-skirt pics, etc.), it makes me actually wonder about the level of sexual "libido" or drive in some folks here in Japan... I'd like to make it clear that I am 1) in no way defending these "perverted crimes", and 2) totally serious and curious about this. Think about it... there are medical conditions for just about everything from depression to narcolepsy to attention deficit disorder, and much more. So are there people out there that have so much sexual drive or so little control of it that they would need medication to control it? Is there a legitimate medical condition for this? It's easy for most of us (including myself) to say "Well we all feel physical attraction at times but you're supposed to control it..." ...what if some people biologically can't??? Sorry for the ramble.
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Tahoochi
Nice drama. Sounds like the WWE (Professional Wrestling) and Hot Dog eating have joined forces!
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VelvetRosetta at 12:53 PM JST - 30th June
VelvetRosetta: "Shoganai" means "What can you do?" or in essence, "Oh well, there's nothing we can do about it so let's not even try to change anything"... a lot of foreigners in Japan complain about this reasoning because they see it as "an easy way out" or an excuse to not act on or say anything regarding an issue or event which defies "common sense".
As far as a Japanese perspective, I'm sure they (most Japanese) think that our Western ways are over-bearing, forceful, and overly-outspoken to the point of making things worse than they were originally.
I agree with a little of both sides... in the case of suicide, it is their own decision. Although they are hurting others they leave behind, life is not always like the movies where people can be talked out of suicide. With that said, when you consider people's lives are at stake, there's no harm in trying to convince somebody not to kill themselves, but in the end, it's not our decision... it's theirs.
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mrsynik at 05:04 PM JST - 29th June
Timmy's!!! ...a great Canadian tradition.
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