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Apple doesn't belong on a list of respect, they lock users in, dictate what you should…
Posted in: Apple dethrones Google as company with most respected image in eyes of consumers
...is eBooks and Project Guttenberg.
Posted in: My favorite English bookstores in Tokyo
While she always attracts loads of haters, I commend Jolie for tackling these nearly impossible stories…
Posted in: Jolie, showing directorial debut, says Afghanistan is next
Never knew there's verb use for the word moon, so I had to look it up,…
Have a keepie-uppie contest on the roof of Reactor No. 1 while you're at it!
Posted in: JFA plans to hold Under-20 Women's World Cup match in Fukushima
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New Zealand and Australia may send out a Naval vessel each to observe the protest. Then we will see who is right and who is wrong.
Posted in: Japanese whaler, activist ship Bob Barker again collide off Antarctica
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Good luck to Dean and Noel at Sala and DMA. Both are highly qualified people trying to build a company and create a legacy. Either of them could be doing other work in Japan. While I myself am not a teacher, when I first came to Japan SALA hooked me up with a job which I did for a few months until I found what I wanted to do. As a result of that job I made some very close Japanese friends that I still keep today and who have helped me a lot in my current business.
Good guys trying to do good things.
Posted in: The state of the language school industry
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oh for sure. if she could first meet him and check him out, I am sure the 50 plus year old hag would be satisfied and pay out that he is an actual virgin even with no proof simply because of the idea.
Women and men are the same. Dont start thinking that women are not as dirty as men deep down. They are just as dirty.
Posted in: New Zealand girl auctions her virginity to pay for tuition
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Good grief!
Sarge, Sarge, Sarge.....if you cannot control something, TAX it.
Posted in: New Zealand girl auctions her virginity to pay for tuition
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hmmmm pink robe and soy? looks like Baruto has been getting too much estrogen
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perhaps he was assigned to the crack down unit and being an open junior idol fan, he was noted to be perfect for the job by his superiors.
Posted in: Saitama cop arrested for indecent acts with 15-year-old-girls
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@tkoind2,
I agree with your posts.
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incredible that the mother went that far. Good Mother.
Posted in: Saitama cop arrested for indecent acts with 15-year-old-girls
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bobbafett
I would say that sex with 6 Ginza ladies in a reverse gang bang would be a dream come true.
Posted in: Ginza's hostesses feel the economic pinch
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I like the random bystander wearing the helmet. I bet he walks around like that often. Looks like Vader is checking him out and probably thinking "Is this dude for real?"
Posted in: The dark side
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Thats a teenager for you. I did my fair share of groping when I was 14 too, mostly alone in my room and where threats were ever made.
Posted in: 14-year-old student arrested for indecent assault
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bobbafett
NZ does not have snakes I believe. I wonder what would have happened if he we to drain the lizard on the plane?
Posted in: Man caught at NZ airport with 44 lizards in pants
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bobbafett
I am not buying it. In my opinion This is s%$t
Posted in: 'This Is It' DVD draws fans to midnight release
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The matter will be out of control as poverty spreads through out Japan. There is no way to combat it as Japan is locked in a downward spiral due to crushing debt and falling demographics. I predict that sadly child abuse cases will rise and rise the further Japan sinks into the abyss.
Posted in: What can be done by the community and authorities to reduce child abuse by parents?
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They may have had their life savings in JAL stock.
> He was quoted as telling police that he strangled them to death while they slept
I bet they didn't sleep. They would have woken and the final thing they would have seen is their monster father and husband in the ultimate act of betrayal.
Posted in: Man arrested after killing wife, 2 children in Osaka
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Prison break 1 to 3 was great but 4 was awful. They should have ended it at 3.
Posted in: Uehara, Shiratori promote 'Prison Break' DVD release
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bobbafett
me too. Bin Laden only exists as a myth now.
Posted in: Bin Laden endorses Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt
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bobbafett
M.A.S.H, Bottom, The Simpsons, Automan, Sledgehammer, Batman and Robin, The Dukes of Hazard, Knight Rider, Blakes 7, The Tomorrow People, Dr. Who, Sapphire and Steel, WWF, Robin of Sherwood, COPS, On the Buses, The Office (UK), Scooby Doo, Prison Break, The Sopranos (random....I am all over the place here)Seinfeld, 8 is enough, The Cosby show, The smuggler, wow, too many come to mind. Can see a lot of them on surfthechannel.com
Posted in: What are your most fondly remembered TV shows?
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Timorborder, your post is excellent.
Posted in: Is Ozawa heading for the slammer?
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how do you get 100% out of a lot of cases that I have heard? Also, I do not support the denial of access to kids by Japanese women but if you marry one, you know what the situation may be in the future, and you take the risks when you decide to have kids with her.
As for western women marrying Japanese men, If you know what a lot of Japanese men get up too, and you know the law in Japan and the rampant ethnocentrism, again you are placing yourself at risk.
I am not blaming the victim but bringing attention to the lack of insight and thought process that people have when they marry and then the manner in which they divorce.
What I really wonder about is why do people destroy themselves and then divorce? If you see the signs of a failing relationship, that is the time to engage in dialogue more than ever.
Rather than have it go into critical meltdown, sit down and discuss why the marriage is failing without making accusations, and discuss a way forward. Obviously this will go on for months but if you can keep the heat down and place the priority of the talks on the childrens welfare, the divorce aftermath may not be as destructive as in cases where marriages have crashed and burned.
> I have another friend.As far as we all knew,his marriage was sound.He called me one night hysterical.He'd returned home from work.The house was cleaned out.Kids gone with a 'Don't try to find me' note
No offense to your friend but he obviously did not pay much attention to the emotional state of his wife not to notice that something was up. Maybe thats why she left.
> Or my Fillipino friend with 4 kids and an extremely violent japanese hubby who likes to beat her up in front of the said kids
This situation is common when 3rd world women marry 1st world men. The men marry a subservient woman and treat them as a slave in many cases. Many of the women marry to escape the 3rd world. In a lot of cases the marriage is doomed because the logic behind the marriage is flawed.
I think that a lot of men marry Japanese women who give them a little kawaii smile, and a lot of ready sex, without trying to see behind her social facade to what qualities she actually has.
A lot of these guys don't score well at home or seek trophy wives. Well as soon as the honeymoon period is over, thats when these guys finally meet their real wives.
If you marry a Japanese woman, and you understand Japanese law, you had better make sure that you have done a lot of research about her, her family, and the court system.
You had better be able to see past the social facade.
In my case, my ex wife and her family wear their hearts on there sleeves. Very lovely, normal, people.
My wife and I divorced because we could see the future turning bad for us as our love for each other was rapidly drying up but we still had the roots of our friendship as we had hardly ever fought and no one was cheated or abused. We chose to split while we could salvage something for the sake of our child.
If people would talk during these times instead of being quiet, they can get the same result as I managed.
Posted in: Japan, U.S. discuss ways to resolve custody disputes