frontandcentre said...

frontandcentre at 05:37 PM JST - 6th July

If Bush had a decent bone in his body, he'd simply quit and confine his disastrous tenure as supposed "leader of the free world" (ha ha) to the dustbin of history, where it belongs.

He has increased the vulnerability of his country, and the world, to terrorism, he has talked…

Posted in Challenges abound for Bush at final G-8 summit at 05:37 PM JST - 6th July
frontandcentre at 05:19 PM JST - 6th July

Oh Kanda Uno - my favourite subject...

Brainless? No. Charmless? Definitely. Not only did she turn her "first" wedding in Tokyo into an offensively extravagant, tasteless tack-fest aimed entirely at rejuvenating her public profile, but now she is apparently taking sponsors' Dollars for getting "married" again. One wonders why she…

Posted in Uno Kanda to hold 3rd wedding ceremony in Hawaii at 05:19 PM JST - 6th July
frontandcentre at 06:54 PM JST - 1st July

Well, many of the AU leaders are about as legitimate as Mugabe has now made himself - in other words, not at all - so they'd have a lot of front to criticise him.

Posted in Mugabe looks for political boost at Africa summit at 06:54 PM JST - 1st July
frontandcentre at 04:09 PM JST - 1st July

Isn't this a bit like admitting their existing ("normal") passport and security measures are insufficient? I personally want to be just as well protected when there isn't a G8 summit going on as when there isn't...

Perhaps fingerprinting everybody would be the safest way, rather than singling out the people…

Posted in Security checks tightened at airports ahead of G-8 summit at 04:09 PM JST - 1st July
frontandcentre at 03:10 PM JST - 30th June

My comment was not accepted. It seems that they really do not want any constructive criticism, in spite of saying that they encourage readers to post.

Why should they apply any different standards to what they allow on their forum than they now do to their willingness to translate Japanese…

Posted in Mainichi's English site shuts down one column criticized for being 'too vulgar' at 03:10 PM JST - 30th June
frontandcentre at 07:24 PM JST - 25th June

You know there's a funny thing about Japan - for me that's the way that the fact a complaint has been made seems to be far more significant than who made it, why, or whether there's any merit to it whatsoever. It's rather like the wide-eyed refusal of many Japanese…

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 07:24 PM JST - 25th June
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
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
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
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