cow76 said...

cow76 at 12:14 PM JST - 4th November

Japanese Buddhists don't believe in Karma or reincarnation. They're not real Buddhists at all so you can't really apply Buddhist beliefs to this situation, eigonosensei and Altria.

Posted in 10-year-old boy detained for torching Nagoya temple at 12:14 PM JST - 4th November
cow76 at 11:22 PM JST - 2nd November

Implicit criticism of Bush, Sarge? I never thought I'd see the day.

Posted in Karzai effectively handed 2nd term as Afghan president at 11:22 PM JST - 2nd November
cow76 at 11:15 PM JST - 2nd November

Thanks everyone for your hilarious and comments and thanks JT for reporting the news in such a hilarious fashion. Still laughing at the T-shirts.

Posted in Policeman fires two shots during brawl with foreigners in Mie at 11:15 PM JST - 2nd November
cow76 at 11:07 PM JST - 2nd November

At the time I'm writing this, the top story is about a celebrity I hadn't heard of until a few weeks ago. The PM didn't pay tax on 72 million yen? Lucky some halfwit 'talento' didn't adopt a puppy or we'd never have found out.

Posted in Hatoyama fails to declare Y72 mil in income from stock sales at 11:07 PM JST - 2nd November
cow76 at 09:57 AM JST - 2nd November

Woolcott is the guy who told Suharto that Australia would look the other way while Indonesia invaded East Timor. 200 000 people died. So when he's talking about 'community', I start wondering about his definitions.

Posted in Australia ponders place in Japan's East Asian Community at 09:57 AM JST - 2nd November
cow76 at 09:53 AM JST - 2nd November

Hasn't the US installed enough puppet dictators recently? I bet this one will turn on them just like Saddam.

Posted in Karzai effectively handed 2nd term as Afghan president at 09:53 AM JST - 2nd November
cow76 at 11:38 PM JST - 31st October

Thanks realist. I was going to trust the word of a majority of the world's scientists but your highly informed comments changed my mind. Thanks again!

Posted in EU can't agree on how much climate aid to give at 11:38 PM JST - 31st October
cow76 at 11:35 PM JST - 31st October

If you research Japanese whaling you'll find that it is only a tradition in a few villages. And of course they never used advanced technology that exists today or hunted in the Antarctic.

Also, there was no idea of "Japaneseness" before Meiji so claiming whaling is a Japanese tradition is…

Posted in 'I hate whale meat,' Hatoyama reportedly tells Dutch PM at 11:35 PM JST - 31st October
cow76 at 11:29 PM JST - 31st October

Australia just aren't as good as they were. 15 years ago, those were good times. At least we can still play cricket...

Posted in Lift-off at 11:29 PM JST - 31st October
cow76 at 11:49 AM JST - 30th October

Sarge, by offering higher quality treatment (duh!). Public hospitals offer free basic treatment but if you want to jump the queue or see a doctor with lots of letters after his name, pay extra and go private.

Tens of millions of people will have the right to free health care.…

Posted in Democrats roll out bill to extend health care to millions at 11:49 AM JST - 30th October