JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Concur.
Posted in: Italian judge: Knox may know 'real truth' in case
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That's a nice plate.
Posted in: The champ
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What a totaly-unforseen-and-entirely-unpredictable surprise!!
Posted in: Medvedev proposes Putin for president in 2012
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I believe in the principle of the death penalty.
However, I am finding it harder and harder to justify its implementation.
Posted in: Troy Davis executed in Georgia amid international outcry
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I'm glad this case has been properly and responsibly persued by the public persecutors, er, - ahem - prosecutor's office.
Posted in: Scientists on trial for manslaughter in Italy for failure to warn residents about quake
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Too bad the message was so lame.
Posted in: Sailor in Hawaii finds message in a bottle from Japan
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I am wondering this as well.
Posted in: 'X' now a gender option in Australian passports
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Pizza.
I mean real pizza. The kind with a proper crust.
Posted in: Living in Japan, which food or drink item do you miss most from your home country?
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This is starting to look familiar...
Posted in: Japanese support for U.S. bases grows: poll
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Hrmmmm. This is somewhat.... unsettling.
Posted in: Japanese support for U.S. bases grows: poll
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It's not exactly a mystery...
Posted in: Ten years on, do you believe al-Qaida was responsible for the events of 9/11?
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Depends. Is the owner negligent? Then by all means, prosecute them.
Posted in: Should dog owners be prosecuted if their animal attacks someone?
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Gadhafi is toast.
?? What planet are you on??
Posted in: Gadhafi's son resurfaces, free and vowing to fight
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Common decency?
Posted in: Was I a date, a friend or just a potential English teacher?
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Even Regean raised taxes, you know. It's silly to pretend that there is no situation in which a tax increase might be warranted.
Posted in: Obama hits Republicans on anti-tax stance
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Meanwhile, in Korea it is Independence Day...
Posted in: Paying their respects
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Here's the thing: while it seems obvious to you, me, and almost everyone else, that wearing skimpy clothes invites sexual attention, and thus increases the chance of rape, as far as I can tell there are no statistics to back this up. That doesn't mean that it doesn't happen, but it does mean we need to rethink where we put the focus in these discusion. We assume that "reasonable people" know that nothing - not even skimpy clothing - justifies rape, so we gloss over that and jump on the risky behavior issue. The only problem is that there are a lot of "unreasonable" people out there, and we can't afford to stop emphasizing that rape is the fault of rapists, not their victims.
That said, there is such a thing as risky behavior. A woman should be able to wear whatever she wants, drink as much as she wants, flirt as much as she wants, have as much sex as she wants, etc.. "Morals" aside We all should have this right. But the truth is that such behaviors can make you more vulnerable to sexual assault. Victims of rapists are chosen primarily for vulnerabilty, rather than age, "attractiveness", etc... But that doesn't mean these can't be factors as well. We just don't know how much of factors they are. I think that the feminist movement rushes to tell victims that it's not their fault - and it certainly isn't from a moral perspective - in order to help shield them from addtional shame/guilt. (The "rape is all about power, not sex" line is part of this.) The problem is that this approach potentially discourages women from trying to avoid behaviors that may put them at risk. (Consider - if a rapist knows what a woman wears and how she behaves is likely to be used against her to shame her into not pressing charges or dissmissing her allegations when she does, doesn't that make her more vulnerable because of her actions?) But, we have to be careful in our criticism lest we reinforce all those who are trying to shame the victim and excuse the rapist. Despite what some posters may think, that is still a large block of society. It's a very, very fine line.
Posted in: SlutWalk comes to Washington
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What does this even mean? I'm sorry but I my top concen is that my police be effective. If Bill Bratton can help them do that, then nuts to their "dignity." They sound insular and petty, bristling that way at the thought of an "outsider" coming in. Nothing dignified about that at all.
Posted in: British PM clashes with police over 'zero tolerance' strategy, hiring U.S. cop
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As progressive as the UK is, I would be surprised if this line of thinking was erradicated; it may not play as well with the courts as it used to, but it seems to show up pretty much anywhere in the world you go, and may serve to intimidate a victim or sway a juror. Ironically, it is often women who are pushing it - there is a sort of unconcious calculus that says: "If she was raped, that must be because she was a "bad" girl. I'm a good girl, so therefore this could never happen to me; I'm safe."
As to the slutwalk itself - I really don't know what to think about it. I'm not sure if it effective, ineffective or even detrimental as a strategy to fight rape and rape apology, Mostly, I'm thinking: "I'm not a woman, nor have I been raped. It's not my place to tell these women what they should or should not do."
Posted in: SlutWalk comes to Washington
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This is certainly true. But it is also true that rape is about sex as well. There are commonalities, but we need to be honest about the fact that there are different sorts of rape and different kinds of rapists.
Posted in: SlutWalk comes to Washington