JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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USARonin
As you've known me on JT after all this time, I think you know I would value the lives of dumb animals over those humans who've lost their 'sacredness'.
Assumin' he was a 'good' animal, I'd much prefer he or she continued to draw breath over others of our specie.
Gaman suru.
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USARonin
Sailwind, thank you. I'll give it further dissemination off JT.
It's good that you used a 'liberal' source for this. I try to do the same thing. It makes it somewhat more difficult for a liberal or leftist who consider themselves 'open-minded' or 'un-biased' or whatever to just brush it off condenscendin'ly... exactly as I would with a story from The Daily Kos, et al.
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USARonin
Sailwind, thanks.
If you've got the facts accurately, I agree with Bush administration culpability and how they should've been handled.
I know it'll offend the delicate sensabilities of liberals, but I've got this impulsive instinct to wanna spend a few quality moments with that Adam character with a Louisville Slugger.
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USARonin
I've got a coupla things goin' on simultaneously on my end, so please don't slam me if I mis-heard the news in he background.
Did they just say that two individuals involved behind these lastest attempts - also in the background - had been released at Gitmo because they promised to attend 'art therapy' as part of their rehabilitation. One of 'em might've been that home-grown, spoiled first-world US traitor kid 'Adam' somethin' or another?
Anybody else got some clarity on this?
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USARonin
I'm kinda surprised that no real attack occured on the US during President Bush's watch post 9-11. Ya gotta give the guy his creds.
I'm with those Americans when surveyed after 9-11 who believe a major attack will occur again on American soil. It's just a matter of time. President Bush wasn't omnicient and neither is President Obama.
If another attack occurs, it'll come down to how President Obama tried to avert it... despite it. He's been president for a year and Gitmo is still runnin' not just for us, but for all Allied countries. He's listened to our generals on the ground and increased troop numbers in combat zones. I can't fault that. At the Nobel Peace Prize, he stated he - if necessary - will act alone - and without the approval of other nations - to protect the USA. Whatta guy.
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USARonin
H, I agree with you. No one's neutral and when someone states that they are, I either smile or watch what they say or do more closely.
On almost every JT thread I post, I enter bein' biased. Ya remember those folks close to the last presidential election who still called themselves 'undecided'? How uninformed... how out of touch... how un-exposed does one have to be to remain in that state? And they vote, too... for whoever.
H, I agree with you.
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USARonin
I just listened to a top-of-the-hour news playback of President Obama on this incident.
He clearly blamed 'intelligence sources'. Maybe they didn't play the part where he apoligized and said it was really his fault.
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USARonin
Omik, this isn't the first flight that passenger and crew proaction probably saved all aboard, or - as in the case of Flight 93 - saved unknown hundreds or thousands. They died doin' it and're national heroes. "Let's roll..."
Texas passengers actually killed one provacateur.
Wasn't it a fifty-year-old stewardess who took out a terrorist tryin' to set off one of these things? I wish I remembered her name. She's a national hero, too... a living symbol that the spirit of the American individual doesn't wait for 'the government' or someone else step in and pull them out of the jam.
Omik... As proven, anyone who acts hinky on an aircraft doesn't have to worry just about government agencies. They'd better worry about the guy sittin' next to 'im.
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USARonin
H, are you 'neutral'... 'unbiased'... ?
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USARonin
Neutral posters?
Hehehohohaha...
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USARonin
I would have thought the US as more progressive then the Latin American states/countries in the past. But when I read that these states/countries have legalized gay marriage, it makes the US seem backwoods on this subject.
daydream, yep, that's the US... backward. Folks around the world have finally begun to realize this truth and no longer wish to come to America.
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USARonin
The Oscars reward technical and artistic excellence.
Not lately. A number are awarded for progressive and liberal political agendas.
'Brokeback Mountain'... 'nuff said.
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USARonin
And where is Obama going to retaliate... Yemen?
ca, that's kind of a topical question you posed.
I'm watchin' CNN right now (and it's still on) and they're suggestin', "Will Yemen be Obama's next target?"
That's in one of the "Developing Stories" blocks they use below the talkin' heads. Check it out.
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USARonin
If someone illegally enters a country, they have every right to detain you.
Absolutely correct, Good Jorb. It's what may happen next that concerns many folks. Will the punishment fit the crime... ? -Annd it is a crime.
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USARonin
daydream, it's very selfish for a small segment of the population to want to makeover the society they live in.
It's true: marriage is between one man and on woman.
I'm OK with the definition; you want to change it. I get that.
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USARonin
daydream, marriage is between one man and one woman.
Where's the bigotry?
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USARonin
Holy shi... ! They executed this guy? Wow. I guess I missed this on my news multi-screen which displays six all-news stations in real time.
The Chinese communists must've figured that after 58 years, it was time to tell foreigners that they're no longer exempt from the death penalty under their laws. If they did the 'bullet thing' that'd sure back up their message... a message particularly to those greedy, dumb and progressive Euros and Aussies who usually end up in these scenarios in Asia, thinkin' their governments are gonna pull them out of a shite of their own willful makin'.
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USARonin
daydream, marriage: one man and one woman.
I don't care what sexual business two or ten adults do in the privacy of their homes as long as they keep the noise down after ten at night. -Not my business.
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USARonin
The worst that immedidately comes to mind? Hmmmm... I had to put on a t-shirt inside my airy island home several days ago because it was chilly. Another... The company that does the maintenance on my truck didn't seal the oil filter tightly enough and several days later I noticed some oil stains on my newly sealed parking area. -Easy for me to fix but that annoyance should've been completely unnecessary.
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USARonin
Well, I'm still enjoyin' this four-month-plus vacation I'd been plannin' for a couple of years. Life is good. 2010 will be good, too. Aloooooha.
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