grafton said...

grafton at 09:50 PM JST - 15th June

This is a boy with a toy gun (of whatever kind) & as most “boys” here will attest we have all at some time in our childhood owned toy guns & some even real guns. What makes this particularly troubling is the caption that is so ambiguous, so designed to…

Posted in Packing heat at 09:50 PM JST - 15th June
grafton at 08:04 AM JST - 13th June

YGHome at 07:46 AM JST - 13th June

“Roh Mu-Hyun, the late South Korean president, used to prefer the peaceful coexistence and cooperation between different regimes. But this concept has not been given any chance to materialize.”

What utter nonsense.

This concept though pointless when offered to NK, when used…

Posted in U.N. Security Council adopts resolution to punish N Korea at 08:04 AM JST - 13th June
grafton at 09:23 PM JST - 11th June

I think I’ll stick with my Pilot G-TEC-C4. As a low priced alternative to a real tech pen it’s perfect & it writes as well as it draws. Don’t need a pretty pen, just a good one.

Posted in Character stationery at 09:23 PM JST - 11th June
grafton at 07:50 AM JST - 11th June

Den Den at 11:55 PM JST - 10th June

“Nobody buys Russian crabs, but if the Islanders can label the crabs as Japanese, the 16000 inhabitants will hit the jackpot!”

Not the most valuable contribution to the discussion, still, in answer to it, you do realise that like the Chinese…

Posted in Should Russia return the four disputed islands off Hokkaido to Japan? at 07:50 AM JST - 11th June
grafton at 07:40 AM JST - 11th June

toguro at 01:09 AM JST - 11th June

“grafton: That was a weak comparison. If you would've maybe said the Bay of Pigs, or even when the US encouraged the Iraqis to try to topple Sadam Hussein, only to leave them to fend for themselves, then you would make sense.”…

Posted in LDP proposes Japan obtain ability to hit enemy's missile launch sites at 07:40 AM JST - 11th June
grafton at 07:23 AM JST - 11th June

“$134 billion worth of undeclared U.S. bonds”

There are some banks that don’t have that much money, in fact there are some countries that don’t. If all this goes quiet then governments are involved, otherwise this is the seed of a very serious scandal that will be worth watching over…

Posted in 2 Japanese carrying $134 bil worth of U.S. bonds detained in Italy at 07:23 AM JST - 11th June
grafton at 08:26 PM JST - 10th June

Japan should have seen the writing on the wall when the Americans pulled out of Vietnam. America cannot be trusted to help defend anybody unless it is in their own interest. It is quite possible that Japan could be left to deal with NK unprepared.

Posted in LDP proposes Japan obtain ability to hit enemy's missile launch sites at 08:26 PM JST - 10th June
grafton at 08:09 PM JST - 10th June

I glanced at a not very special picture of Aki Hoshino having a dress malfunction & then went on to read all the posts (true, I have time to kill). So many seem to have spent so much time scrutinising this picture & commenting on tiny details, amazing. It would…

Posted in Oops at 08:09 PM JST - 10th June
grafton at 08:24 AM JST - 4th June

smithinjapan at 11:15 PM JST - 3rd June

“despite the fact that nearly no Muslims are terrorists.”

What are you going to come up with now, that it is all a CIA plot to turn all the “free thinking Americans” against the Muslims? Just how have you managed to twist…

Posted in Jewish settlers rampage in West Bank at 08:24 AM JST - 4th June
grafton at 07:34 AM JST - 4th June

“China and Russia questioned pressing new sanctions against the isolated nation,”

There it is, all over, nothing is going to happen. Even SK is digging a hole to put its collective head in. The US is doing its usual let’s be nice & talk bit & the only one taking…

Posted in U.S. urges NKorea to end provocative behavior at 07:34 AM JST - 4th June