aerockyulhim said...

aerockyulhim at 09:12 PM JST - 1st July

Exactly right, griff. At least, that's the impression we get from women in media (movies, TV, magazines, etc..) and the various marketing campaigns thrown on by diamond and jewelery companies. Though I've seen it in reality as well.

cleo--Doesn't it say a lot about the woman when she continues to…

Posted in The outlook remains tough. The number of people buying engagement rings will continue to fall. at 09:12 PM JST - 1st July
aerockyulhim at 08:29 PM JST - 1st July

The positive she can't see is this will actually force Japanese to face the fact that their country is not being ravaged by foreigners and it's not the "safety country" they so love to brag about. Hopefully, with more and more citizens being forced to examine their own REAL society,…

Posted in It doesn't suit the Japanese temperament. I would not want my own 20-year-old daughter, for example, to have to examine disturbing photographic evidence from a rape-murder. at 08:29 PM JST - 1st July
aerockyulhim at 08:24 PM JST - 1st July

I don't really have any sympathy for the marketers of these companies that tell us that diamonds are "rare" and if we want to "make her happy" we'd better fork over the money and get her diamonds. Media portrayals add pressure as well for men to really spend a crapload…

Posted in The outlook remains tough. The number of people buying engagement rings will continue to fall. at 08:24 PM JST - 1st July
aerockyulhim at 07:58 PM JST - 1st July

This reminds me of that elderly couple who were murdered a few weeks ago because they were flashing their cash around the neighborhood rather ostentatiously. I'm really sorry that this woman had to go through this ordeal, but banks and not advertising to the world how much money you have…

Posted in Elderly woman robbed of Y3.4 million in her Nagoya home at 07:58 PM JST - 1st July
aerockyulhim at 07:50 PM JST - 1st July

sorry, my spelling of governments got mangled up there

Posted in Swiss police uncover international child pornography ring at 07:50 PM JST - 1st July
aerockyulhim at 07:49 PM JST - 1st July

So you're saying it's genetic? If that was a proven fact, then fine, I'm with you. Why don't we punish the users the way that most countries punish the users of drugs? Guns? Anything else deemed illegal? We all accept that child porn is bad, yet governemtns don't go after…

Posted in Swiss police uncover international child pornography ring at 07:49 PM JST - 1st July
aerockyulhim at 07:39 PM JST - 1st July

All manner of road dangers are compacted here, where street construction FOLLOWED housing and building construction. It's why there's not a lot of grid-pattern street setups here (at least from everything I've seen from east Japan). It's kind of counter-intuitive, then, that people would be so complacent with these very…

Posted in 2-year-old girl dies in hit-and-run while crossing street in Yokohama at 07:39 PM JST - 1st July
aerockyulhim at 07:35 PM JST - 1st July

Maybe my taste in music isn't as eclectic or up-to-date as I thought it was, but I'm thoroughly underwhelmed by almost all of these lineups.

Posted in Japan's summer music juggernaut rolls on at 07:35 PM JST - 1st July
aerockyulhim at 07:33 PM JST - 1st July

That sounds like a favorite tactic of the right. Context or no, factual or not, if something suits your purpose, you'll pounce on it whether it makes you look stupid or not.

Posted in Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight at 07:33 PM JST - 1st July
aerockyulhim at 07:32 PM JST - 1st July

teleprompter--that wasn't a red herring about the Sioux nation that BeaverCleaver was talking about. He was directly addressing my post earlier. It's not like he/she? just randomly started talking about the plight of the Sioux. I think this proves how closely you pay attention to what's going on around you…

Posted in Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight at 07:32 PM JST - 1st July