cleo said...

cleo at 07:06 PM JST - 6th August

According to the Yasukuni Shrine home page, its mission is to 'comfort the spirits of those who gave their precious lives for the sake of their country' (国家のために尊い命を捧げられた人々の御霊を慰め). There is no mention anywhere of any bodies being interred there, and there is nothing resembling a cemetery on the precinct map.…

Posted in Fukuda says he won't visit Yasukuni on Aug 15, but justice minister will at 07:06 PM JST - 6th August
cleo at 05:45 PM JST - 6th August

Gedorge Bush is not going to risk spoiling his reputation

Can't spoil wot you ain't got.

Posted in White House denies faking letter linking Iraq and al-Qaida at 05:45 PM JST - 6th August
cleo at 02:23 PM JST - 6th August

TonyUS -

No one is digging up bodies and moving them around. There are no human remains interred at Yasukuni. It is a shrine, not a graveyard.

Posted in Fukuda says he won't visit Yasukuni on Aug 15, but justice minister will at 02:23 PM JST - 6th August
cleo at 12:12 PM JST - 6th August

Some day, yes, some day, people will realize that we are all mixed, there is no pure race and people will stop making ridiculous stereotypical comments. We're all "Ningen!"

Probably the most sensible statement on this thread.

There have been cases in Japan where being 'ha-fu' has been seen as…

Posted in 1 out of 30 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent in 2006 at 12:12 PM JST - 6th August
cleo at 12:04 PM JST - 6th August

The Iraq`s no whave freedom, democracy, equality, and cafe society and nightlife is flourishing.

WE made the place good

Iraq ia doing great. Baghdad, is thriving just like your average US town.

the nation is overjoyed and prosperous

Iraq is now a happy land

So you'll be taking…

Posted in White House denies faking letter linking Iraq and al-Qaida at 12:04 PM JST - 6th August
cleo at 09:53 AM JST - 6th August

why are Peruvians of Japanese descent looked down and frowned upon?

Because one of them (who turned out not to be of japanese descent at all) killed a little girl, and mud sticks? Or possibly because many of those who came to Japan took KKK jobs that their Japanese peers…

Posted in 1 out of 30 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent in 2006 at 09:53 AM JST - 6th August
cleo at 11:42 PM JST - 5th August

It was just on the news they found another body.

Posted in 2 dead, 3 missing in sewage system as rains lash Tokyo at 11:42 PM JST - 5th August
cleo at 05:58 PM JST - 5th August

Ah so -

You're right, the link I gave was for deaths under 1 year. This report covers 1-4 though, not 1-14.

WHO gives the 1-5 mortality rate for a whole list of countries - http://www.who.int/whr/2005/annex/annexe2a_en.pdf

It gives Japan a rate of 4 per 1000 in 2003, behind Iceland and…

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cleo at 03:48 PM JST - 5th August

some of the black voters are going to vote for him just because he's got some black blood in him.

What about the white blood in him? Doesn't that make white voters want to vote for him?

Posted in Racial politics hit Obama-McCain campaign at 03:48 PM JST - 5th August
cleo at 03:47 PM JST - 5th August

Being haafu seems to be cool still, but it depends on the mix; a mix that doesn't show in physical features isn't all that cool, if only because it's not noticeable.

Moderator: Please stay on topic.

Posted in 1 out of 30 babies born in Japan had non-Japanese parent in 2006 at 03:47 PM JST - 5th August