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frontandcentre said...

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  frontandcentre at 06:11 PM JST - 20th August

  chibaman - yes, that's a kind of weird comment for him to make after the same person has tried to disassociate the yaks from their criminal equivalents in other "better understood" countries...

  "500 years" of (criminal) history? Just means they are a problem that hasn't been dealt properly with for…

  Posted in Yakuza 'misunderstood' by foreign media at 06:11 PM JST - 20th August

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  frontandcentre at 04:15 PM JST - 20th August

  I should add that the foreign media seem to understand the Yaks a lot better than the Japanese media - or at least aren't scared to portray them as they actually are.

  Japan's government really takes the biscuit - banning kids from getting life-saving transplants in Japan, but sending top…

  Posted in Yakuza 'misunderstood' by foreign media at 04:15 PM JST - 20th August

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  frontandcentre at 04:09 PM JST - 20th August

  What a total p**s take this article is. The only difference between the Yaks and criminal groups in other countries is that they seem to be more effective at intimidating politicians and casting themselves as honourable defenders of their host country's culture.

  Suggesting that they did some good PR stunt…

  Posted in Yakuza 'misunderstood' by foreign media at 04:09 PM JST - 20th August

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  frontandcentre at 09:58 AM JST - 15th August

  usaexpat - if Phelps had pulled out a gun and shot a few people in the front row in celebration, I suspect you'd forgive his "exuberance", so I hardly think we can consider yours an unbiased view. Similarly, if a Frenhman had done the same, you'd be whining, I know

  Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 09:58 AM JST - 15th August

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  frontandcentre at 03:51 PM JST - 14th August

  Good - the death penalty is barbaric, illogical, reprehensible, irreversible and simply doesn't deter crime

  Posted in Expert says capital punishment dying out in Asia at 03:51 PM JST - 14th August

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  frontandcentre at 12:37 PM JST - 14th August

  Correction - I meant "if they protect their health with contraception".

  I have no respect for people who think a former Hitler Youth based in Rome has a hotline to God - if you invented that concept today people would, quite rightly, treat you as if you are nuts

  Posted in The Catholic Church and Yasukuni shrine at 12:37 PM JST - 14th August

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  frontandcentre at 12:34 PM JST - 14th August

  I wonder which has killed more - the war criminals at the Yasukuni Jinja, or William Grimm and his religion of fear that tells people they are going to hell if they don't protect their health with contraception?

  Probably the Catholic Church, I suspect.

  Posted in The Catholic Church and Yasukuni shrine at 12:34 PM JST - 14th August

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  frontandcentre at 12:31 PM JST - 14th August

  Catering to inadequate weirdos. Nice export, Nihon!

  Posted in U.S. cosplay cafe draws on growing interest in latest Japanese trends at 12:31 PM JST - 14th August

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  frontandcentre at 02:51 PM JST - 13th August

  techall:

  Apparently Naruki Oni has never seen a British soccer star pull his shirt over his face and run around the pitch like a moron after scoring a goal.

  he / she probably hasn't because they hardly ever do that - it's more of a Continental or South American-type goal…

  Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 02:51 PM JST - 13th August

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  frontandcentre at 12:41 PM JST - 13th August

  I would equally criticise (and be embarrassed by) a British swimmer behaving in that way when winning. The difference is that it would come as rather more of an unpleasant surprise if they did.

  The rest of the world marvels in Phelps' achievements, just as they did in Thorpe's, but…

  Posted in What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory yell after he wins a race? at 12:41 PM JST - 13th August