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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cleo
Yes, no reason at all to give any support to the people who have spent their lives paying into the system - blood, sweat and tears as well as taxes and pension premiums. Bring back obasuteyama.
Not a Christian or a big fan of the Bible, but it does have some gems in it - like, Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long
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cleo
Googling the answers is faster than writing the questions.
(1) Yes she did, she and Watson have known each other since 1977 and they have worked together in the past.
(2) Steve's widow Terri is quoted as saying, “Whales have always been in Steve’s heart and in 2006 he was investigating the possibility of joining the Sea Shepherd on part of its journey to defend these beautiful animals,”
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cleo
They accept high-school graduates, who then have to do 10 months' training before they're allowed out for more OJT in the koban.
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cleo
Calm down, Tiger. It's common knowledge.
Fisheries Agency officials admitted that roughly ¥2.28 billion would be used from a post-disaster reconstruction fund, earmarked as part of about ¥500 billion in "fisheries-related spending" green-lighted by parliament last month. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fd20111211a1.html
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cleo
What a horrible thing to say.
Posted in: Huge waves damage Sea Shepherd boat during chase
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cleo
It does seem the high-speed, hi-tech vessels are a bit fragile. I too hope everyone is OK and that the SI is back on the tail of the whalers as soon as possible.
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cleo
Doesn't the legal concept of being underage carry with it the idea that the young person is too young to be responsible enough to say No?
Exactly. No but stills needed.
She didn't get away scot-free. She got raped.
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cleo
It should be no earlier than the pension age. People are no longer old at 60, with special provision made for those with health problems, no reason most people can't work till 65. And should be allowed to keep their pension if they choose to work longer.
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cleo
After 3/11 work more or less dried up for a few months, only reviving around the end of summer - total income for the year down around 25%. Extra outgoings to replace/repair stuff that was damaged/broken ate into savings. All told a terrible year financially. But like namabiru4me, we all have our health. And we're not living in a shelter/temporary housing, so I'm not complaining. Not too loudly, anyway.
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cleo
Dead wrong where? I never suggested that you wished any harm to the SS crew members.
I don't wish any harm to the whalers. I just want them to go home and stop wasting my taxes.
Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S.
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cleo
But surely the brain-dead would feel nothing? Isn't that what brain-dead means? That to all intents and purposes they're already dead?
Posted in: Comatose hospital patient suffocated with wet towel in Mie
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cleo
All whaling supporters advocate/support/defend actions that they would never want to be on the receiving end of themselves, some of them even tell us that exploding harpoons and an average time to death of over 2 minutes (which in itself is an awfully long time and means (if we believe the whalers' claims that the majority of deaths are instantaneous, a claim for which we have only their word), that a significant number of whales take a long, long, long time to die, in indescribable pain) are no big deal. So back at you, ME - show us that you are willing to receive actions that you say are OK to be used on dumb animals that have done nobody any harm.
THAT is the point.
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cleo
Oh, help us.
Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S.
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cleo
That makes organ transplants impossible, then. Or at least illegal?
Posted in: Comatose hospital patient suffocated with wet towel in Mie
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cleo
Or, "Get a cat of your own!"
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cleo
If the man had been brain-dead for 7 years, then it's the father and other family members that suffered. I cannot imagine how I would feel if it were one of mine in that situation. It's hard enough to accept a loss when the loved one is obviously dead, but when the heart is still beating and the body still warm......hell for all concerned.
But is it legally possible to murder a person who is brain-dead?
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cleo
I agree with Greapper1. All I got was shaken up and a few things falling to the floor and breaking, but I was still shaking and far from 100% days later. Not being able to contact the family (phones down) had me in a panic. It was a major effort to clear up the broken glass and china in the kitchen, don't think I would have fared very well if I'd had to deal with anything more serious or dangerous.
The point wasn't that the workers on the ground didn't get it right first time - the point is that it was a mistake to build a nuclear plant in the first place, especially in a place where earthquakes and tsunami are frequent occurrences, and assume that nothing could go wrong. And obvious lies from the government about safety in the early days meant that people are unwilling to accept what the government says now about radiation, food safety, etc.
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cleo
＞Are you really above the law?
Wow! When did disabling one's own property to prevent it being used in a crime become a crime?
Posted in: Anti-whaling activists use drone to track Japan fleet
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cleo
＞I suppose if I blew up your car while it was parked because I personally don't like what your doing it would be perfectly ok?
If it were being used to chase animals to exhaustion, shoot them and drag them around the streets spilling blood and guts until they finally expired, you wouldn't need to. I'd disable it myself.
Posted in: Anti-whaling activists use drone to track Japan fleet
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cleo
People were hurt when the SM2 deliberately rammed the Ady Gil. Obviously that is not OK. The ships SS have sunk were in port and their sinking inflicted nothing but monetary damage. Huge difference.
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