frontandcentre said...

frontandcentre at 11:34 AM JST - 13th March

If I was a doctor and had to deal with patients who had made themselves ill through their personal habits, I might take the same view - even if I was a smoker myself.

I think it's ironic that Japan still has the world's highest life expectancy despite the percentage…

Posted in Doctor apologizes for saying people should smoke themselves to death at 11:34 AM JST - 13th March
frontandcentre at 11:25 AM JST - 13th March

That's uncanny, I was thinking Jar Jar Binks as well... "cute" is not the first word I'd think of to describe Shizuka, no would the word "shizuka" describe Jar Jar Binks..."mendokusai" perhaps

Posted in Ambassadors of Cute at 11:25 AM JST - 13th March
frontandcentre at 09:41 AM JST - 12th March

Actually guns or any lethal weapon in the hands of lawful citizens prevent more crime than they commit.

...and I suppose you would prove this by looking at the U.S.A.'s statistics on gun crime, would you?

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Moderator: Readers, posts that do not focus on the shooting rampage in Germany…

Posted in 17-year-old gunman kills 15 in Germany before taking own life at 09:41 AM JST - 12th March
frontandcentre at 04:48 PM JST - 11th March

Starviking - your comments make abundant sense. How refreshing.

Posted in 2 British soldiers killed in N Ireland gun ambush at 04:48 PM JST - 11th March
frontandcentre at 04:43 PM JST - 11th March

“It’s always been on the cards while England remains here, and while they have their occupying forces here,”

Conptemptible nonsense - Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom by democratic choice, and the soldiers stationed there are from all parts of the country. This woman is simply supporting murderers,…

Posted in IRA dissident killings unite Northern Ireland at 04:43 PM JST - 11th March
frontandcentre at 04:37 PM JST - 11th March

The best way to treat these people is with the contempt that they deserve. They are not Islamic holy warriors - they are criminals, deluded believers in a load of bigoted fairytale nonsense.

If they want to die - keep them alive and in silence and obscurity for the rest…

Posted in 9/11 suspects: 'We are terrorists to the bone' at 04:37 PM JST - 11th March
frontandcentre at 04:34 PM JST - 11th March

He should have stayed higher...

Posted in Cocaine-carrying plane crashes in Honduras at 04:34 PM JST - 11th March
frontandcentre at 04:12 PM JST - 11th March

The sad thing about Megumi Yokota is that even if she is still alive, she might as well be dead.

Given their paranoia and manipulation, it's hard to believe anything that the North Koreans say, but you do have to wonder why they would let the other abductees go and…

Posted in Ex-N Korean agent says she believes abductees Taguchi, Yokota still alive at 04:12 PM JST - 11th March
frontandcentre at 04:47 PM JST - 10th March

wanderlust - both ships will have had radars and proper navigation equipment, but you need to be keeping a proper watch. It is too early to know for sure, but the collision probably occurred because someone wasn't aware (or awake) enough to avoid it.

Let's hope that those guys manged…

Posted in 16 missing after freighters collide off Izu Oshima island at 04:47 PM JST - 10th March
frontandcentre at 02:14 PM JST - 10th March

As a re-entry permit holder, it's actually quicker to get in at Narita now because we have a special queue all of our own, rather than joining the Japanese or Gaijin queues. I still oppose the fingerprinting and photographing as a matter of principle, though.

What I can't understand is…

Posted in Gov't seeks faster entry procedures for foreigners at airports at 02:14 PM JST - 10th March