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  frontandcentre at 04:49 PM JST - 25th June

  wilbur - I think it's quite apt that they're making their feelings known in a way that would never be permitted by the unelected, illegitimate criminal junta who run Burma.

  Posted in 50,000 signatures presented over Japanese journalist slain in Myanmar at 04:49 PM JST - 25th June

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  frontandcentre at 03:12 PM JST - 25th June

  The US Presidential election is about selecting a secular leader, not a religious one. I wish that both sides would keep religion out of it. The Bible's such a long shaggy dog story that you can probably find quotes in it which would appear to support alomost anything

  Posted in Obama dismisses Dobson criticism about Bible at 03:12 PM JST - 25th June

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  frontandcentre at 02:55 PM JST - 25th June

  Gavinova, would be interesting to know whether they are upset with the Weeklies' publishers as well? I suppose not. To me it seems like massive double standards to say that it's OK to publish something in one language but that - even if properly translated - it should not be…

  Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 02:55 PM JST - 25th June

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  frontandcentre at 02:42 PM JST - 25th June

  Wilbur:

  protesting against something thats already happened and is irreversible is kinda pointless don't you think ?

  Nope - it's often difficult to protest about somebody being shot dead by government troops before it happens..

  Posted in 50,000 signatures presented over Japanese journalist slain in Myanmar at 02:42 PM JST - 25th June

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  frontandcentre at 02:40 PM JST - 25th June

  Gavinova - are they upset about Waiwai, or upset about it getting pulled?

  Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 02:40 PM JST - 25th June

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  frontandcentre at 02:36 PM JST - 25th June

  Yep, I do have a feeling that no distinction might be made between 300 complaints from the same person and 300 from different parties, especially if an external 'reason' was required to shut WW down.

  Waiwai was entertainment, trivia and salacious comment on some Japanese news stories - it was…

  Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 02:36 PM JST - 25th June

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  frontandcentre at 02:23 PM JST - 25th June

  Northlondon:

  Lived in London all my life and been in Tokyo for 8 1/2 years now

  Eh?? Gotta wonder about that statement... I do agree with the main point you are making though. London's a much more attractive city than Tokyo (largely because of the parks and the fact that…

  Posted in Fukuoka voted best city in world for shopping at 02:23 PM JST - 25th June

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  frontandcentre at 01:12 PM JST - 25th June

  P.S. - I love the way the Mainichi describes pulling the column altogether and punishing the people who edited it, as "a fundamental re-think". If there were factual errors in the translation of a particular story - or the original story itself was incorrect - then why not just name…

  Posted in What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world? at 01:12 PM JST - 25th June

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  frontandcentre at 01:05 PM JST - 25th June

  If anyone hasn't, I strongly advise reading Mainichi's spineless, self-contradictory explanation of its decision on the website. Instead of taking a balanced position on the merits and criticisms of the Waiwai column, it surrenders completely to those unnamed parties that complained about certain stories which it refuses to identify.

  If…

  Posted in What do you think of the Mainichi's decision to cease publishing its WaiWai tabloid tidbits section on its English online site following complaints that it portrays Japanese society in a negative light to the world? at 01:05 PM JST - 25th June

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  frontandcentre at 04:43 PM JST - 23rd June

  I only discovered Salvatore recently - surprising given the number of shops he has - but was very impressed by the pizza. He sounds like a decent man from the interview, not taking himself too seriously, which is always a good point

  Posted in The pizza man at 04:43 PM JST - 23rd June