ThonTaddeo said...

ThonTaddeo at 09:26 PM JST - 15th September

the roads are no more "free" for them than they are a tax burden for you. Everyone pays in some form.

"Everyone pays in some form" is a cop-out. Yes, everyone pays, but some people are getting more for their money than others, and a society in which people…

Posted in Only 3 governors support DPJ's toll-free expressway policy at 09:26 PM JST - 15th September
ThonTaddeo at 08:54 PM JST - 13th September

Having to fund the payback of the public loans, construction, and maintenance of expressways through a general tax on those that do not use the expressways seem unfair.

This says it all. Road maintenance should be paid by the people who actually use the roads. Those of us who…

Posted in Only 3 governors support DPJ's toll-free expressway policy at 08:54 PM JST - 13th September
ThonTaddeo at 01:02 PM JST - 10th September

It's too bad they don't make the iPhone in this form factor -- that would be fantastic for those of us who want to listen to music and maybe take a photo or two, but have little use for all the applications and want to shed the bulk.

Posted in Apple's iPod Nano to come with video camera at 01:02 PM JST - 10th September
ThonTaddeo at 12:56 PM JST - 10th September

Vienna has a subway?

It certainly does, with six lines (maybe more, now) serving various parts of the city. Westbahnhof, which I assume is where this incident took place, is near the Mariahilfer-Strasse shopping district and happens to be the very first Viennese train station I ever made use…

Posted in 18-year-old Japanese woman loses Y8 mil antique violin on Austrian subway at 12:56 PM JST - 10th September
ThonTaddeo at 12:53 PM JST - 10th September

But I have to say I choose Americans system over japan. where 12 year 'models' are almost the norm in places like Akiba.

America's legal system or America's sex culture in general? I'd have to say the latter but not the former. Legally the American system is complete garbage,…

Posted in Kumamoto man arrested after fatally stabbing his daughter’s 38-year-old boyfriend at 12:53 PM JST - 10th September
ThonTaddeo at 10:11 PM JST - 9th September

adultery is a Class I felony.

His wife was also committing adultery on the side. I'm disappointed that that didn't make it into this article, because it shows the wife's utter hypocrisy.

Posted in 4 women in lover's penis gluing must stand trial at 10:11 PM JST - 9th September
ThonTaddeo at 09:45 PM JST - 9th September

It seems like a lot of these attempted murders (and actual murders) are committed against people who are sleeping. I think the fact that the victims are completely defenseless should be an extreme aggravating factor in their sentencing, but I've never seen any judge or jury comment on it.

Posted in Lay jury gives suspended term for attempted murder at 09:45 PM JST - 9th September
ThonTaddeo at 09:41 PM JST - 9th September

The Cubs tied a major league record with 8 consecutive hits to being the game (pitcher Ryan Dempster should have swung away instead of sacrificing when his turn came up; maybe it could have been 9). You'd think an article like this would at least mention such a feat, in…

Posted in Fukudome gets 2 RBIs in Cubs' win over Pirates at 09:41 PM JST - 9th September
ThonTaddeo at 09:11 PM JST - 8th September

some people seem to think that because the man is american that the story is fishy,

I think that every statement and action coming from Japan's National Police Agency is fishy, and I'd think that whether the accused is American, Japanese, or Martian.

Remember innocent Mr. Sugaya and his…

Posted in American man held on suspicion of putting baby son in freezer at 09:11 PM JST - 8th September
ThonTaddeo at 10:22 PM JST - 7th September

quick nullification of the past ruling would be in the best interest of the defendant.

And here I was thinking that the complete and total humiliation of the torturers in the police department who made him flasely confess to a crime would be what was in the best interest…

Posted in Retrial for wrongfully convicted man to begin Oct 21 at 10:22 PM JST - 7th September