TravelingSales said...

TravelingSales at 11:15 PM JST - 20th November

How can they taste the food in the cloud of tobacco smoke?

Posted in Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital by Michelin at 11:15 PM JST - 20th November
TravelingSales at 02:00 PM JST - 20th November

He has a right to a fair annd unemotional trial. Then, if duly convicted, he has the right to an unemotional and swift execution.

Posted in Jury member loses cool in Miyagi high school girl rape case at 02:00 PM JST - 20th November
TravelingSales at 12:29 AM JST - 11th November

I think the 9% rate for women is credible. It's just that different groups smoke at different rates. Hookers, the mentally deficient and "roppongi redis" smoke at a very high rate. Regular girls much les so. I guess JT readers tend to hang out in certain circles......

Posted in Men's smoking rate in Japan at record-low 36.8% at 12:29 AM JST - 11th November
TravelingSales at 10:03 AM JST - 15th October

Usually they want the money they get from doing it. Which is fine. I don't particularly want to go to work every day, but I enjoy the paycheck.

If they're being coerced, that is illegal whether they're coerced into prostitution or coerced into window washing. It's the coercion, not the…

Posted in Let’s talk about you-know-what at 10:03 AM JST - 15th October
TravelingSales at 09:42 AM JST - 15th October

If a consenting adult wants to sell him/herself and another adult wants to buy and the transaction is consummated in private, it's nobody else's business.

Posted in Let’s talk about you-know-what at 09:42 AM JST - 15th October
TravelingSales at 09:40 AM JST - 15th October

Finally the government comes up with a sensible policy and then it folds after about 15 minutes.

Why is the government involved in this anyhow? Let the airports auction the gate slots and let the airlines fly wherever they want.

Posted in Maehara backtracks on Haneda, Narita roles at 09:40 AM JST - 15th October
TravelingSales at 04:04 PM JST - 9th October

A good indicator of the link between smoking and criminalityis the fact that:

Nationwide, the proportion of smokers in prisons is 90 percent.

As cited in a Ninth Circuit Federal Appeals Court case http://openjurist.org/924/f2d/1500/mckinney-v-anderson

Posted in Man held for threatening to shoot Kanagawa governor over smoke ban at 04:04 PM JST - 9th October
TravelingSales at 03:52 PM JST - 9th October

Ramzel said: "Smokers do not smoke so that they can annoy others or give them cancer. That is absurd."

I agree. They smoke because they do not care if they annoy others or give them cancer. It is a case of reckless disregard rather than malicious intent.

Posted in Man held for threatening to shoot Kanagawa governor over smoke ban at 03:52 PM JST - 9th October
TravelingSales at 02:51 PM JST - 9th October

Ramzel said: In all of history there has never been a violent non-smoker. It is a known fact."

I think that this may not be precisely correct.

However, there is no doubt that a willingness to smoke in public places demonstrates a propensity to disregard the health and safety of…

Posted in Man held for threatening to shoot Kanagawa governor over smoke ban at 02:51 PM JST - 9th October
TravelingSales at 02:25 PM JST - 9th October

Typical smoker. Once you're reckless about other people's health in your day-to-day habits, direct harm is a small step away. As can be seen from the high proportion of domestic abusers and other violent criminals who smoke.

Posted in Man held for threatening to shoot Kanagawa governor over smoke ban at 02:25 PM JST - 9th October