cleo said...

cleo at 12:23 PM JST - 15th May

You need to put fear into kids. That is the probably with kids today---no respect, no fear.

No you don't. Respect and fear are not the same.

Do you respect your husband? Do you fear him? Would you respect him if he hit you?

Why expect children to respect people…

Posted in What are your views on parents hitting young children as a means of punishing or disciplining them? at 12:23 PM JST - 15th May
cleo at 12:11 PM JST - 15th May

I also think Taka's idea is a good one.

Useless little no-good punks. A waste of space who will probably grow up to get their kicks beating up homeless old men.

It is hard being the parent of a teenager. Probably harder still if they haven't been drug up proper…

Posted in Two teenagers accused of killing 8 swans in Ibaraki lake at 12:11 PM JST - 15th May
cleo at 11:54 PM JST - 14th May

As you entered this page you must've noticed the ads.

Actually I'm very good at not seeing ads. I have it down to a fine art.

The press wants to sell stories and you got to remember JT is no different.

Yes, I know. I have no quibble with…

Posted in Woman, two minors arrested for confining, fatally assaulting teen at 11:54 PM JST - 14th May
cleo at 05:20 PM JST - 14th May

NeoJamal -

If you are merely weak or different, that's good enough excuse to be attract a hiding or a bayonet through your chest.

I must have missed the news reports of hordes of bullies running around sticking bayonets in the chests of the weak and different. Maybe I'm watching…

Posted in Woman, two minors arrested for confining, fatally assaulting teen at 05:20 PM JST - 14th May
cleo at 03:36 PM JST - 14th May

I have been here for ages, have lots of japanese friends & many aquaintances, after all this time there are very few I wud consider marrying if I were female which I am not.

I would say that applied whatever the nationality. All you need is one who's right for…

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 03:36 PM JST - 14th May
cleo at 02:09 PM JST - 14th May

Apparently it's not off topic to claim that 'The victim is always someone weak, helpless, too short, too think, girl, young aged, or so on. Never do you hear about a "real" man being attacked, or injured' but totally off topic to point out, with reports taken from JT over…

Posted in Woman, two minors arrested for confining, fatally assaulting teen at 02:09 PM JST - 14th May
cleo at 11:51 AM JST - 14th May

ihope2 -

You agreed with tako10 that there's no problem in a country taking non-endangered resources in its own undisputed territory/EEZ. As you say, the Antarctic Ocean is **not **Japan's territory or EEZ. So what are they doing taking whales there?

And please don't say 'scientific research'.

Posted in Japan, Australia agree to work out diplomatic solution to whaling dispute at 11:51 AM JST - 14th May
cleo at 10:13 AM JST - 14th May

ihope2 -

tako10 specified, in its own undisputed territory/EEZ.

And you agree. So when did the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary become Japan's own undisputed territory?

Posted in Japan, Australia agree to work out diplomatic solution to whaling dispute at 10:13 AM JST - 14th May
cleo at 09:59 AM JST - 14th May

USNinJapan -

That list refers to languages taught in a formal class setting. That's not the same as learning 'on the street'. I spent four years in London on a formal Japanese course and agreed with everyone around me that it was 'difficult' - then came to Japan and realised…

Posted in Should Japanese language ability be a factor in determining the maximum length of stay on visas for foreigners? at 09:59 AM JST - 14th May
cleo at 09:41 AM JST - 14th May

a modern civilization is one that allows its citizens to murder however many people they can get away with

Name one modern country that allows its citizens to murder.

Not having a conveyor-belt system for slaughtering convicts because it's tidier, is not the same as allowing murderers to run amok.…

Posted in Japan urged to abolish capital punishment at 09:41 AM JST - 14th May