dammit said...

dammit at 07:39 AM JST - 30th June

In her request to take over the children’s estate, Jackson’s mother listed its value as “unknown.”

They'll be lucky. He surely owed so much money his estate will never cover it. The mother of the older 2 kids had better prepare to be sued for maintenance payments if she's not…

Posted in Parents file papers to administer Jackson estate at 07:39 AM JST - 30th June
dammit at 04:35 PM JST - 29th June

Brunobear,

In Turkey I have seen groups of women wearing them ... while their husbands sat around all day in the village playing cards. Moslem women in France are better off to adopt the truism "when in Rome, do as the Romans do". Same with their men folk.

lol, I…

Posted in Sarkozy says burqas are 'not welcome' in France at 04:35 PM JST - 29th June
dammit at 04:14 PM JST - 29th June

Cleo's got it pretty much right, although Oneforall certainly has a point. Wasn't there a kid in Korea who filmed his teacher beating his classmates? Illegally I might add, (the teacher beating the kids, not the boy videoing it.) Without the evidence the teacher would still be doing it.

I…

Posted in What is your stance on moves by some schools to bar children from bringing cell phones to school? at 04:14 PM JST - 29th June
dammit at 02:44 PM JST - 29th June

Japan now occupies the nuke-free high ground and would risk losing its innocence if it went nuclear.

Really? I'd heard that the US has some nuclear warheads or something here, just in case.

But perhaps my information was defective.

Posted in Japan now occupies the nuke-free high ground and would risk losing its innocence if it went nuclear. at 02:44 PM JST - 29th June
dammit at 12:40 PM JST - 23rd June

Banned religious attire hum? Supposing a woman wants to wear one as a statement of her personality or as some sort of political protest? Muslims will be banned from wearing burqas in public, but non-muslims will be free to wear them whenever they want! (Just like with the current French…

Posted in Sarkozy says burqas are 'not welcome' in France at 12:40 PM JST - 23rd June
dammit at 09:43 AM JST - 22nd June

On the news last night they said that the parents didn't want to wake their sleeping babes and left them in the car.

It's criminal, what a shame there are no mobs to chuck the scum parents in a pit and stone them.

But it's not just Japan, parents are…

Posted in 2 infants die of heatstroke in parked car in Niigata at 09:43 AM JST - 22nd June
dammit at 02:04 PM JST - 19th June

Higher than it was before, but I still don't think they'll manage it.

Voter apathy here is even worse than in the UK.

Besides, both sides are alleged to have links to the yakuza - note I say alleged. How to choose between a rock and a hard place?

Posted in What do you think are the chances of the opposition parties unseating the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party in elections later this year? at 02:04 PM JST - 19th June
dammit at 03:12 PM JST - 18th June
Oletstalk, what do you mean? Why did a million allow themselves to be killed by 8 thousand? If so, you should remember 2 things.
1. they weren't all killed at the same time. It went on for several years.
2. The eight thousand had all the weapons (and most of…
Posted in Pointing the finger at a generation of postwar Germans at 03:12 PM JST - 18th June
dammit at 03:08 PM JST - 18th June

What's this?

I have met a number of people who I would describe as war criminals and they defend themselves, even when they are mass murderers.

How can this be? I constantly see comments from people on the internet who insist quite vehemently that German people are totally contrite for…

Posted in Pointing the finger at a generation of postwar Germans at 03:08 PM JST - 18th June
dammit at 12:40 PM JST - 17th June

What with a world-wide recession and a grotty and somewhat pathetic pandemic that's been hyped out of all proportion, it's no surprise that some people aren't travelling!

Won't stop me though. How would I cope here in the sweltering summer while all my UK relatives freeze on the beach eh?

Posted in JAL to cut int'l flights on 8 routes this summer at 12:40 PM JST - 17th June