Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    bdiego

    Japan has never taken real culpability for the dozens of atom bombs they dropped on the world. They didn't even consider any non-Japanese to be victims - including the Chinese and Korea who died in the atom bombs! Pretty ridiculous and just exposes all their lip service apologies as totally shallow and insincere.

    Posted in: Do you think that ceremonies for victims of the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki should include references to the victims of Japan's acts of aggression before and during World War II?

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    bdiego

    She used to be Ahyoomee. Like Jinny, she went to Korea to perform after starting in Japan. Now she's back with a totally new name and look. There you go.

    Posted in: ICONIQ appears in new ad campaign for Shiseido

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    bdiego

    mike hit the nail on the head. But yes, inquiring minds want to know.

    Posted in: Angelina Jolie says Pitt is 'wonderful father'

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    bdiego

    champon's story is a good example of how dysfunctional survival in Japan has become. You need your cell phone just to get a job, and you need a job to get a cell phone. End of the day, you rely on your family and relatives. This is how a lot of people get by, and why people without good family connections end up in the streets.

    This is why my son's growing up in the US and not Japan. He's free to go there when he grows up if he chooses, maybe it'll be a different country then.

    Posted in: New ID requirements for Net cafes unlikely to deter cyber-crimes

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    bdiego

    This is a pretty typical example of how politics and laws work in Tokyo. They make up new rules based on made up reasons that they can't back up with facts, and we have to live with them regardless. It's not like their constituents want this, they just want to look busy so they can pat themselves on the back.

    I say Tokyo because their batting average is way worse than national in terms of harassing the populace.

    Posted in: New ID requirements for Net cafes unlikely to deter cyber-crimes

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    bdiego

    Whats wrong with doing something that turns off alphawolf. I mean to each his own right? But yeah, tattoos are a turn off.

    Posted in: Jolie good time

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    bdiego

    I've read though a lot of these reports, and there's nothing in them that Captain Obvious hasn't already blown the whistle on. I mean, gee whiz what a surprise: The war is worse than advertised by politicians, there are civilian casualties, and the Taliban are also bad. The only difference today is we no longer have to use logic or our imagination to figure out what's going on.

    Posted in: US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures

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    bdiego

    It's kind of ironic that these criminals are protected behind bars, where for decades nobody can lynch them. Never have to look over their shoulder, can even read a book to pass the time. Well, justice isn't perfect and we just have to accept that.

    Posted in: Khmer Rouge's chief jailer gets 35 years for war crimes

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    bdiego

    "starvation, medical neglect, slave-like working conditions and execution under the Maoist regime that sought to turn the country into an agrarian utopia from 1975-79" Pretty much sums up Chinese Communism.

    Posted in: Khmer Rouge's chief jailer gets 35 years for war crimes

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    bdiego

    Captain Obvious here. The question should probably be rephrased. I've had women hold the door open and much appreciated it, especially when I was carrying boxes or pushing a stroller. So plainly yes they are polite gestures. Who in their right mind think otherwise?

    Now if you're asking if these gestures can be condescending in specific contexts, then of course yes too.

    Posted in: Do you think a man holding a door open for a woman, holding her chair for her when she sits down, or giving up his seat for her are outmoded gestures of politeness or do they still have their place in today's society?

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    bdiego

    Um, she didn't take any hiatus. Maybe to people in Japan, I guess.

    Posted in: ICONIQ appears in new ad campaign for Shiseido

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    bdiego

    Wow, she looks like a totally different person since the changeover. She came back from Korea, changed her name, buzzed her long hair short, and got some serious plastic surgery. Do a google.

    Posted in: ICONIQ appears in new ad campaign for Shiseido

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    bdiego

    As long as there's a logical reason, of course. Some people are literally against removing a veil to get a driver's license. And if a school has a uniform, use it or send your child elsewhere. There shouldn't be rules just to be mean, but that's a totally separate issue.

    It's worth noting this is small fry. In some countries, you will be put to death for converting to Christianity or renouncing Muslim membership. In others, you could be put to death for remarrying after being widowed, or denying that Mohammed was a prophet. But I guess that's no big deal.

    Posted in: In some countries, there are moves to ban or restrict the wearing of religious clothing and symbols such as burqas, veils, head scarves, skullcaps, turbans and crucifixes in public places like schools, recreational facilities and so on. What’s your stance?

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    bdiego

    The problem is not the tower itself, it's the bubble mentality that built them. In Japan's case, that bubble popped quite fantastically.

    In any case, you can't even see one of these towers from outer space. I don't think god even noticed. Rather, it is the pure arrogance of man to invent stories that god even cared.

    Posted in: Will Tokyo Sky Tree's completion bring down 'skyscraper curse' on Japan?

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    bdiego

    Why do you care if you don't like them? I'm pretty sure none of us like 90% of the music out there, but we all like something.

    Posted in: EXILE concert tour expected to draw 1.1 million fans

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    bdiego

    $40K to get accredited? Must be nice to be in government.

    Posted in: Noriko Sakai's university loses certification

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    bdiego

    I certainly hope they aren't counting the pensions, because that's not the government's money. This is akin to a tenant selling their landlord's house. Using this to pay debts is also a crime, because it's not their money.

    While I don't think raising the tax is a good or bad idea, people are not going to cut back in the long run because of it for the simple reason that they didn't have long term cutbacks every single other time it was raised. Quite the contrary, the correlation is surprisingly weak in the long run.

    Posted in: 10% consumption tax will destroy Japan, argue some

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    bdiego

    Yes, and if people didn't leave their windows sometimes unlocked they wouldn't get their entire family murdered. Don't see how you can pin this on the victim here - it's a crime any way you slice it.

    Posted in: Off duty officer caught taking up-skirt video at Yokohama bookstore

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    bdiego

    How about we let everyone call it what they like, as long as people around them know what they're talking about. I don't expect people in Japan to call it Miki D like here int he west, so Tokyo and Osaka people just need to leave each other be.

    Posted in: Debate swirls over best abbreviation for McDonald's

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    bdiego

    I call BS on Shunkan Post, they're the ones lying to the public about Japan's finances and this tax. I don't know if the tax is a good or bad idea, but it's ridiculous to suggest it would "destroy" Japan in any way. Hey, maybe it's simply a bad idea but Japan's still going to be around and no better or worse than it is now. And there's no such thing as discounting sovereign debt because the government has "assets". Those assets can't be sold any more than a person's body parts to pay for debt. And it doesn't need to be said that even if they sold every school, police station, and public park in Japan they'd still be in debt. Nobody measures sovereign debt that way.

    And of course Japan's economy is much much bigger than Greece's. So is it's debt. The childish logic being implied by Shunkan here is not surprising. And in any case, saying you are slightly better than Greece is really a Freudian admissions that you are worse than even Spain, Italy, or Portugal.

    Posted in: 10% consumption tax will destroy Japan, argue some

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