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  • dreamdrifter at 06:50 AM JST - 19th November

    Nice escape from debate, Mr Shionoya.

    1 - A politician resorting to "common sense" as an argument usually means he/she has run out of real arguments. It's just a means of running away from an in-depth discussion about the moral, legal, practical implications.

    2 - And seeing that there is…

    Posted in Standing up when singing 'Kimigayo' is 'common sense,' minister says at 06:50 AM JST - 19th November

  • dreamdrifter at 09:44 PM JST - 14th November

    Going back to what cleo and davidattokyo were initially taking about, I do understand what davidattokyo is saying. We can't "leave the ecosystem alone" because we have already interfered with it. With the general depletion of ocean resources worldwide, I can see why a blanket protection on just one section…

    Posted in Greenpeace shifting focus to dialogue in anti-whaling campaign at 09:44 PM JST - 14th November

  • dreamdrifter at 08:55 AM JST - 14th November

    @Ninjazilla: Indeed. I would love to sit down with those Sea Shepherd people and ask them to explain the sequence of events, step by step, with which they actually believe their actions would lead to Japan stopping whaling.

    Posted in Greenpeace shifting focus to dialogue in anti-whaling campaign at 08:55 AM JST - 14th November

  • dreamdrifter at 08:47 AM JST - 14th November

    Good on Greenpeace. Looks like they've finally realised that the only way they have a change of stopping Japanese whaling is to get JAPANESE voters on their side. No point in "campaigning" when the target audience has been the general public in anti-whaling countries; although their confrontational stance may have…

    Posted in Greenpeace shifting focus to dialogue in anti-whaling campaign at 08:47 AM JST - 14th November

  • dreamdrifter at 08:54 PM JST - 11th November

    Sabiwabi, I don't for a minute doubt that an open mind is important, but have you actually read his essay? I'll tell you what's shocking - not his controversial historical view but his utter lack of intellect. I don't expect him to write like an academic, but come on, just…

    Posted in Fired ASDF chief calls for revision of Constitution; defends essay on war at 08:54 PM JST - 11th November

  • dreamdrifter at 11:47 PM JST - 6th October

    According to spudman's link most of the bears on the list are classified as "vulnerable" or "least concern", and the only species classified as "endangered" is the giant panda.

    Posted in Two people attacked by bear in Niigata at 11:47 PM JST - 6th October

  • dreamdrifter at 09:48 AM JST - 6th October

    An old lady who I know - a stauch pacifist - sometimes visits Yasukuni for her brother who died aboard a Navy ship, and to genuinely pray for peace from the bottom of her heart. Knowing her, she most likely reviles the fact that the shrine considers Tojo et al…

    Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 09:48 AM JST - 6th October

  • dreamdrifter at 09:02 AM JST - 6th October

    What I am saying is that all countries have a right to commemorate their war dead, Japan included.

    The problems with Yasukuni are - The propagandist museum attached to the shrine, and - The fact that class A war criminals (who do NOT even fall under the category of "war…

    Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 09:02 AM JST - 6th October

  • dreamdrifter at 08:13 AM JST - 6th October

    Yawn. I posted:

    at the end of the day it's a place where a country commemorates its war dead. This has been said countless times before but don't all countries do that?

    and you replied:

    dreamdrifter- The answer is negative.

    So which part of my post does your "negative answer"…

    Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 08:13 AM JST - 6th October

  • dreamdrifter at 07:58 AM JST - 6th October

    TheGreatEscape - the point you initially disagreed about was whether or not Germany commemorates its war dead, was it not?

    Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 07:58 AM JST - 6th October

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