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gogogo? at 12:08 AM JST - 2nd October you quoted me.... ensnaturae:
They already had one, she decided to break the separation agreement and run away.
Roll in, garbage trucks - this comment is loaded pro USA justice. I dont accept USA as the voice of god, sorry pal. I see this as a very sad set of circumstances that absolutely will not benefit from any kind of 'SHE did this' and 'HE did that' Of course she ran away! OF COURSE she ran away!! Alone in a completely different culture from her own, away from all contact with her family and friends in Jp. The sad thing is - that the only place she could run to, for protection for herself and all the things she considers important for her kids - ie - to her home country - doesnt YET take the needs of those children - to associate with their father, as seriously as it MUST, and will.
All attacks on either parent are ad hominem. Not logical and destructive nonsense.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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Hear hear Chuckers, extra sympathy for the kids. although it is very sad and difficult for all of them. Who really knows what kind of people the parents are, or what they have been to each other - only that so far, they have been unable to create a peaceful home for their kids to share with both of their parents. Unlike 'adult' men and women, the kids cannot choose to duck and run and find a place to be, by themselves without the hassle.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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What a mess this situation is, For pity's sake cut out accusations, character attacks, and rubbish about which countries laws should be regarded as the most holy, and everyone, focus on how these people - especially the children - might live without the grinding anxiety & distress of endless fighting.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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Klein2 wrote; "In short, if you take care of your wife and baby, everything will work out just fine. Give twice as much as you take and people will rally to you when you need them". ***********************************************************************aaah,
K2, if only that could be a guarantee! Youve never discovered, then, that there really is no father christmas? and for you theres no such thing as a true martyr to any cause? No people who put every ounce of strength into what they know or believe to be good and right for those they love, their families, their fellows, and yet - still have to find the strength to deal with rejection or cruelty of every kind?
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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Theres only one way to deal with any of it - and thats to make every possible effort to find a peaceful solution for the children to see both of their parents regularly without neglecting the concerns of either parent, either extended family, either social group, either culture, either nationality. USA is a wonderful country - but its customs and ideals are vastly different from those of Japan. The people from both cultures need and deserve equal respect. The custody laws in this case did not give it. I just read Noriko's comment about not wanting her children to lose their Japanese identity - does anyone here have a clue how important that might be for a loving mother? Ive already quoted DIET - food - as one of the basic USA/ JP differences. Those children were already getting into the American way - and might have been on the road to life threatening high blood pressure, like their pa who was hospitalised in Jp and is suffering now.
If you had to watch your kids learning to eat big and maybe die early - what would YOU want to do about it? That by itself could be reason enough to take the kids and run. It all needs very much more careful thought than trite throwaway ideas of rights and freedoms.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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First - the children, apparently, love both of their parents. There is nothing to be gained in abusing/attacking either parent. However - no matter what the court decision in USA was regarding the custody of the children, and no matter how much their father was judged in USA to be the better parent to have greater custody - there is no way that I can blame the mother for doing as she did. She was clearly in a very weak position - in terms of keeping her children safe from whatever she was likely to consider to be serious dangers - which in Japanese culture are nothing like USAs. An example - as a far away, very foreign outsider - Id say - without the slightest intent to be unkind to their father - Noriko must have watched in anguish while her children were led into the USA big, happy eater mode - of overweight and high blood pressure, while their stepmother is happy to go on air talking about the money grabbing, cheating Japanese mothers, who try to get money by false pretences. Noriko must have been heartbroken, anxious, to see the growing influence of the USA, at the cost of what she may have considered the best of Japanese care. And all the while - to live like a 'second class' mother - close - but not too close - to her childrens' USA second family, and their new, stand-in mother. I feel the horrible pain with her. Of course the laws must be changed that prevent those children seeing their father too - but to expect happy aquiescence - to USA child care standards - without question, is too much.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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perhaps all sports that could translate easily into physical violence by their actual use of body with equipment, are likely to have violent supporters.... eg kicking balls and using a baseball bat (which looked like a weapon before anyone thought of the game)?
Posted in: The cheering gets nasty at a pro baseball game
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Never understood what being a 'fan' is about. It looks dangerous in all but a few sports (I havnt seen riots or blood at swimming galas, pingpong, or badminton) but whatever it is about, nothing would induce me to take a 5 yrea old where crowds of emotional humans get together. Football around europe looks like a blood sport.
Posted in: The cheering gets nasty at a pro baseball game
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I think there could be good reasons she did nothing for 10 mins. 1) Theres no way of knowing in advance, just HOW weird a weirdo might get to be, when any attempt to stop their actions is made. He might have been carrying a knife. 2) Having made a decision to have him arrested somehow, it would take a while to think of the best/safest way. 3) Giving him the idea perhaps she liked it, or didnt mind, made him MUCH more vulnerable to being caught when the best opportunity arose. 4) Taking him by the wrist, without making a scene, might easily have convinced him he was onto a good thing, so that until she handed him over to the station cop, he was still hopeful.
The poster who write about 'little tarts' and all those who make comments against innocent women whose style of dress they disapprove of, show support for gropers, & are probably gropers themselves.
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alcohol is more poisonous, its use causes more health problems, and premature deaths, than smoking.
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I surprised myself, cried some real tears...there are no 'famous' deaths that touched my heart, not at all, not one bit, except whacko Jacko's. I suppose he seems to me to be the most human, having made such diabolical and offensive mistakes, so publicly, but having enough of whatever it is that the world requires, to keep on bouncing straight back, and survive the worst of the world's disapprobation. Imagine, jumping around like that in serious pain a lot of the time. Of his music, I know almost nothing, a bit irritating, is my impression, his werewolf and zombies, dull, but his energy, and dance and total committment.... plus all those errors = one memorable man, who never gave in or gave up. RIP, Whacko.
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Sarkozy is brave and an excellent fellow to make these statements about 'burqas'. He makes it abundantly clear that the burqua is 'unwelcome' not as fashion item nor fabric 'prison' nor religious dress, BUT it is 'unwelcome' as the clothing dictated by female subservience, which is incompatible with the spirit of La Republique. Vive la Belle France! What he achieves by so doing, whether the laws are constructed or not to support his view, is to have made a very public statement so that all over France, women who may have felt obliged by their male partners to wear the burqa, will understand clearly, that their true legal right in France is to be FREE of such subservience, and not to be subject to male domination.
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hahahahaha!!! perhaps it was a sawn-off g-club?
Posted in: Two men in ski masks rob convenience store in Saitama
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Tis very odd, the 'brit' look. Wonder why it is so much copied. Jp Samurai kit or similar would be soooo much more beautiful/impressive/majestic etc.
Posted in: Ride for the ambassador
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SebastianFlyte at 12:27 PM JST - 8th June American cars are among the worst in the world, so finally they have succumb to the "survival of the fittest" notion that they themselves too often put forward as some kind of business rule.
What's wrong with that 'survival of the fittest' idea as 'business rule'? Since when did good productive and honest business flourish best as a charity organisation?
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A death for a death mentality is the most primitive and least effctive form of social justice, it lingers on in any 'lynchmob' based system, as in USAs Southern States(see the stats that back this up). At best it has the effect of squeezing a boil. ie - one person becomes the focus in a seething, screaming mass of revenge, and when eliminated - the noise dies down, but only temporarily.
It does not help to expect 'western style' morality or justice - from a social order that does not have the same roots. For small easy example - a western 'sin' against morality - comes from an interpretation of the idea of 'bearing false witness' - considered immoral in the west.
But 'lying' to put an enemy, or social alien - for whatever reason, into the can, is not viewed in the same light in other societies/philosophies. People not accustomed to the idea - who come up against that experience, and find their good name, or good reputation, damaged, may find it incomprehensible and evil, and very hard to deal with. A very different kind of 'defence' consciousness is necessary in order to do so, morally.
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I mean a lifejacket for 'everyday wear', not just at the sea or in boats.Theres water water water in ever street, park, play area, cafe, all temptng for children.
Posted in: 6-year-old boy drowns on fishing trip with father in Chiba
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with so much water around, including paddyfields with easily enough depth to drown an infant, I suggest somebody - immediately!, right now!, yesterday!, comes up with a kiddie-lightweight life jacket. Something that will be a 'must have' for all stylish kiddos and moms and pops for their little ones. Someone invent it and promote it NOW, please.
Posted in: 6-year-old boy drowns on fishing trip with father in Chiba
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International trial by telly is how it looks. Justice remade as just another reality tv, or talent show, - stinks. Let it be shown on telly when the thing is finished, and the judgement made.
Posted in: American student grilled for 2nd day in Italy sex-murder trial
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everyone dies a week after they might have died because of, or been killed by, something else. Its just that it doesnt ALL get into the papers, and who knew,anyway.
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