hidingout's past comments

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    hidingout

    Obama: 'Nobody is listening to your telephone calls'

    Liar, liar pants on fire.

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    @ samwatters

    I don't think there are upsides to marriage in Japan unless you need a Japanese spouse for visa/citizenship reasons. Years ago you needed to get married in order to have consistent sex, have/raise children, have a stable life but ---for better or worse---marriage is no longer required to have/do those things in this day and age. Downsides to marriage? Well....

    Everything you said applies to marriage across the board. No need to pretend that these issues are particular to Japan. I think we all know that Western countries have higher rates of divorce, cheating, domestic violence etc etc. Lets face it, marriage is an old and tired institution that should have been put out to pasture long ago.

    @ nandakandamanda

    I want to check the boxes that my marriage is the greatest cause of stress in my life and that I can only consult with 'friends & acquaintances'. I know my wife will read what I have written, so I have refused to answer that section.

    That's harsh man :( I hope things start looking up for you .....

    Its because Japanese guys don't know how to treat their women. If you do, they won't be flocking towards guys like me. I have had lots of Japanese girlfriends and none of them have ever caused me any stress. You people just have to know how to treat a lady. Show her a good time and satisfy her needs, physically and emotionally.

    You da man highball ... you da man.

    Posted in: Middle-aged males suffering from epidemic of wife-induced disease

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    hidingout

    Ah yes another embarrassing time to be in Japan

    omg i feel so embarrassed being in this country because of him

    Really? How does anything Ueda does cause you, a non citizen gaijin, embarrassment? If you are really mortified to the point of being ashamed to be here because someone said "shut up" then I'm thinking the solution to your problem is fairly obvious.

    Posted in: Japan's U.N. envoy under fire for telling other diplomats to shut up

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    hidingout

    I've read the article and I can't find a place where it says the people were laughing at him? They might have been laughing at something completely different and his outburst unwarranted.

    Watch the video. Its clear that the two people in the back/left were laughing at his comment. No matter how laughable his comment may have been (and it obviously was) there is no excuse for that sort of behavior at international meetings of this sort. I think the nationalities of the gigglers should be included in the news article. From their appearance, and rude behavior I very much doubt that they are from Mauritius.

    Its unfortunate that Mr Ueda doesn't think more quickly on his feet or those two losers would have been put in their place properly. As it is he only succeeded in lowering himself to their level.

    And for those who think its horrifying that he used the words "shut up" may I remind you that King Carlos of Spain used similar language to dress down that idiot Chavez at the Ibero-American summit a few years ago. Sometimes people are so stupid that one must use really simple words to get the point across.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Kzbo7tNLg

    Posted in: Japan's U.N. envoy under fire for telling other diplomats to shut up

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    hidingout

    A homeless guy with his pants around his ankles taking a dump in the middle of a busy street right around lunchtime.

    Posted in: What are some of the weirdest things or people's behavior you have seen in Japan?

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    hidingout

    A good list in my opinion. Big Sopranos fan and I absolutely agree with the Mr Browning when he says that “no show has been more responsible for TV’s storytelling renaissance." Shame about the way the show ended, but its influence is pretty undeniable. One of the few shows I felt no problem with buying all the box sets for.

    I wonder why so many people seem to be posting negatively about Seinfeld. Like Sopranos, the influence Seinfeld had on its genre is staggering. Most of the stuff on big hit shows like Friends and The Big Bang Theory is Seinfeld inspired. Larry David is a genius.

    Posted in: 'Sopranos' listed best-written U.S. TV series, ahead of 'Seinfeld'

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    hidingout

    Not. Good. Enough. And it will continue to be not good enough until voices like yours are sufficiently marginalized . It doesn't matter what was paid, or what the S. Korean gov't refused, or what treaty was signed, or which PM gave an apology (even a genuinely heartfelt one). As long as this cloud of denialism, self-serving attempts at justification and mitigation, and self-righteous indignation (e.g. "haven't we apologized/paid enough? WWII was decades ago, get over it! all of this is just S. Korea playing politics!"; clearly Japan is the real victim , here) hangs over this issue like a pall, no amount of statements or compensation will be sufficient.

    Thank you for this clear example of just how twisted the basic premise of the apology deniers is. You read a few newspaper stories and you see a "cloud". There is no "cloud of denial" hanging like a pall over Japan. Every so often there are a few statements made by a few (almost always elderly) individuals (for domestic consumption alone) that are in no way representative of the sunny blue sky that covers Japan. The old adage is that actions speak louder than words. Please point to any actions taken by the Japanese government that are contrary to the ideals of world peace. And no, killing whales doesn't count.

    I believe the most important words that you posted are "it doesn't matter". That's the sort of thinking that needs to be marginalized in modern (free) society.

    Modern Japan's inability to confront or even acknowledge its past wrongdoings is one of its greatest failings.

    More rubbish. Just last week Hashimoto both "confronted" and "acknowledged" past wrongdoings. All he got for his trouble was a bunch of people selectively quoting him and willfully misrepresenting what he said. The best thing Japan can do from now on is to go about their business and ignore any further mention of WW2 on the part of ROK or PRC. Just flat out ignore it. As you said above, "it doesn't matter".

    The sins of the father do not pass to the son. But they do create a responsibility to acknowledge and critically consider what wrong was done, and to do ones best to ensure it is not repeated.

    All things Japan has demonstrably done. Please point out how the Japanese Government (officially) has not acknowledged, not considered, and not attempted to avoid a repeat. The onus is on you to validate these ludicrous claims you are making from your pulpit.

    There are your sins - not personal, but you have inherited them , either by birth or by choosing to argue in favor of denialism.

    Well which is it sir? You said above sins do not pass to the son. Now you say they do. Do you honestly believe sins can be inherited?

    There is a breed of nationalism which cannot bear to see the national "honor" stained.

    Bravo. I think you have at last hit upon the real reason the Koreans (and the Chinese) are unable to move past WW2. They cannot bear the thought that their "honor" was stained when their country was over run and their military soundly defeated. Given that a burning nationalism of precisely the kind you describe thrives in ROK (to an extent that makes nationalists in Japan look like tea ceremony grannies) I suspect that there is nothing further that can be done to resolve these historical grudges. Like you said "it just doesn't matter" what Japan does from here on out, the offended parties will never let it go.

    Posted in: Japan's sex slave legacy remains open wound

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    hidingout

    China has right to keep her sovereignty and justice. Nothing about communism, at this point, china's government got fully support from China people.

    I love all the communist boot lickers coming on this site and telling me that the PRC isn't communist. Its really funny. Its highly unlikely that the communists have "the full support" of the citizens of PRC. Were it so, I wouldn't see so many of them escaping life in PRC to work in a convenience store in Japan.

    Just wonder how you give China a lesson, u ashol.

    Sadly I think the communists are beyond any lesson I could offer. When people become this entrenched in their "hard done by" inferiority complex, it becomes almost impossible to reason with them. If you are asking about a military confrontation, history suggests that China couldn't fight its way out of a wet paper bag. So no worries there.

    If China's behavior is alike what Japan has been doing, you all are not here speaking garbage.

    Exactly. If the communists would follow common sense and the generally accepted avenues of international protocol (as the Japanese have done since end WW2) I wouldn't have to come here and criticize their government. I hope one day PRC can join the rest of the free world and stop acting like they have some sort of cognitive disorder. I won't hold my breath however.

    Posted in: Chinese patrols in disputed waters 'legitimate': top general

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    hidingout

    What is this "The communists", hidingout?

    I identify the government of the PRC as communists first because that's how they identify themselves to the world, and second so as to make it clear that my comments refer only to the government and its minions as opposed to the unfortunate citizens forced to live under their rule.

    They are about as communist in China as they are in the US or Japan. It sounds like some kind of American cold war epithet.

    A truly laughable assertion. We all know that anyone holding any position of significance greater than say village postmaster is picked and confirmed by the communist party. "Elections" as they exist in the PRC have more in common with the shams Robert Mugabe pulls off than anything the rest of us in the free world would recognize. There is no opposition and the judicial and military branches of government remain firmly under control of the communist party. Movement of citizens is restricted, as is their right to free access to information and even their right to procreate. Are these the sorts of things you were thinking of when you said the communists are just like Japan?

    Anyway, nice to see that readers here will gladly neg the messenger above.

    I post what I believe, not what I hope will be popular. Lucky for you there is an inordinate number of fifty centers on this site who I'm sure will see you back up to zero before you know it.

    Posted in: China accuses U.S. of prejudice over Tiananmen

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    hidingout

    China ........Has came a long way since then........ so they Should be ......Congratulated....... for their improved tolerance's.....

    Hahahaha ... good one. The communists are still every bit as dangerous to their own citizens and those of neighboring countries today as they were in 1989 - perhaps more so because they now actually have some money. Human rights, environmental standards, disagreements with almost all their neighbors, censorship and propaganda, internet piracy and the general flouting of all accepted patent laws, social unrest, hoarding of minerals, total non-cooperation in their role as a Security Council permanent member ... etc. Please point out anything - even one thing - the communists should be "congratulated" on.

    America cannot talk, What about how it treated its slaves, the cotton pickers.

    Sorry, this sort of argument is not allowed on JT. Attempting to point out similar transgressions in an accuser's past ( no matter how valid or apropos a comparison can be made) is "blame shifting" and "assuming the role of victim". Ask any socialist on the board, they'll tell you.

    Posted in: China accuses U.S. of prejudice over Tiananmen

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    hidingout

    “A clear conclusion has already been made concerning the political turmoil that happened in the late 1980s,” Xinhua said, citing Hong. The U.S. releases “similar statements year after year, ignoring facts and making groundless accusations against the Chinese government,” which is a “rude interference in China’s internal affairs,” it said.

    I would totally buy this if the communists weren't yammering on "year after year" about their own neighbors. Wonder how wailing and moaning about a visit to a shrine doesn't constitute "rude interference" in the affairs of another nation. Grow up china and lose the double standard or expect to hear a LOT more about your human rights violations which continue to occur right up to this moment.

    Posted in: China accuses U.S. of prejudice over Tiananmen

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    hidingout

    So according to this article the communists are in dispute with five neighbors (six if you add Taiwan which isn't mentioned). The communist stance is "all the ocean belongs to us and always has. Nothing to see here."

    Time for someone to teach these idiots a lesson they won't soon forget.

    Posted in: Chinese patrols in disputed waters 'legitimate': top general

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    hidingout

    No more apologies, and no more compensation. These people have had multiple chances to hear apologies from a half dozen PMs and even the Emperor. Can't be helped if they think none of that was good enough. And if they didn't want the AWF money I guess they can do without financial compensation as well. Let them keep complaining since that seems to be what they want most of all.

    Posted in: Japan's sex slave legacy remains open wound

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    hidingout

    No surprise. Its well known that communist china is now the main source of most cyber crime.

    • Beijing is now home to the world's largest collection of malware-infected computers, nearly 5% of the world's total.

    • Research by the security company Sophos in April showed that China has overtaken the U.S. in hosting Web pages that secretly install malicious programs on computers to steal private information or send spam e-mails.

    • Bill Pennington of White Hat Security attributes these developing countries' bad behavior to an overabundance of technologically trained young people with low-paying jobs. "If you’re in China and you have a computer science degree," he says, "You can either go work for nothing or you can make money using your skills for nefarious purposes."

    Once again communist china shows the world that it is a terrible neighbor and business partner. When will we learn?

    Posted in: Hagel issues stern warning to China

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    hidingout

    Hmmm .... who knew there were so many doctors on JT. And experts on radiation as well.

    Posted in: No rise in cancer seen from Fukushima nuclear disaster: U.N.

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    hidingout

    That's easy. Per capita, Japan took more sharks.

    Except its not really a per capita argument if, as you say, you are most concerned about the struggling, suffering shark being tossed overboard to die. Not surprising though that you would try to frame your argument to reflect as poorly upon Japan as possible.

    Posted in: Japan to reject international shark trade regulations

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    hidingout

    Still you have to wonder about a place that tries to present a modern, international image to the world, and yet can't handle the idea of 100 people engaging in peaceful demonstrations, either by its own citizens, or by foreign residents.

    "They" can handle it just fine. they'd just rather not. Unlike the feeble-minded governments of western nations Singapore considers the needs of all its citizens not merely those which moan the loudest. In so doing they have come to the very reasonable and agreeable decision that street protests are a hazard and an annoyance for 99% of citizens.

    This is why Singapore is and long has been a laughing stock.

    Right ... real laughingstock. Talk about clueless.

    Posted in: Singapore warns foreigners to obey its laws

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    hidingout

    More money to Japan will help Tohoku people.

    Shhhh. Don't try to talk sense like that when the socialists are "explaining" how the world really works. Fortunately Japanese people had the sense to elect someone who has a clue about running an economy and turf that fool Hatoyama and his government of handouts. Just in time too I think.

    I have no doubt that the good people in Myanmar will work hard to build up the country now that it seems the their government may be coming round to a more realistic world view. Its great that japan is recognizing the potential there and getting in on the ground floor. Hands up if you'd rather buy "Made in Myanmar" than "Made in China".

    Posted in: Abe vows all possible help for Myanmar economy

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    hidingout

    I wonder why there are so many folks living their comfortable lives in liberal, materialistic, godless, westernized nations who want to defend and excuse the extremism in Islam. I wonder if such people have ever bothered to read the scriptures religious zealots hold dear. I kind of doubt it since such folks can usually be found prattling on dismissively about "fairy tales" and the "big spaghetti monster in the sky". Its too bad they don't read the books because if they did, they would know that the scriptures of Christianity, Judaism and Islam are all bloodthirsty documents full of calls to savage and destroy the infidels and non-believers in the service of "God". None of them are "religions of peace" and only someone who has not read the books would even try to pretend that they are.

    Christianity has become so watered down by virtue of its constant contact with the above mentioned hedonistic, materialistic, liberal western societies, that what exists today is but a pale imitation of what the scriptures actually say. Islam on the other hand has millions of devotees who live in patriarchal, conservative, poor societies where there are few if any influences to mitigate the words of the book. Christianity has modernized and adapted itself to survive in the modern world. Islam has not, and until it does such incidents will continue. I just wish liberals would stop pretending that its the west which has to change itself in order to accommodate the line of thinking espoused in Islam. Foul up your own country with hateful practices of religious extremism if you must, but when you immigrate to a place which is about a 1000 years ahead of that line of thinking, either step in line or gtfo.

    Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

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    hidingout

    Hahhaaha... Not prepared to 'accept an apology', eh?

    That's what the article says. Like you, I hope the paper misquotes her because as her comments are reported in this article she seems pretty firm on not accepting an apology period. It appears that she now requires the resignation of Hashimoto (as if that's even on the table or something she even has the right to demand) in addition to an apology for the cruelty she suffered during WW2. Seventy years and seventeen apologies later ..... some people really know how to carry a cross.

    This point is made all the more clearly by the link CH3CH0 has posted several times now. Apparently the woman believed (no doubt duped by her "advisers") that Hashimoto was going to prostrate himself before her - and even that wasn't good enough. She calls that "a performance".

    The truth is they are unwilling to accept the lip-service he promises, and the fact that he defends the 'necessity' of sexual slavery -- err.... "comfort women" -- that he is without a doubt seeking more political points for.

    Love how you spin that Smitty. He never defended the necessity of sexual slavery. He in fact said it was deplorable that women were forced into sexual servitude and stated the undeniable truth that in that day and age such things went on without much of an eyebrow being raised. In Japan and in other countries as well.

    The fact that you would suggest he is speaking up t"seeking more political points" is ridiculous. The man has been slandered and ridiculed by 90% of the people on this board. Just how many political points do you think he's earned himself here? -2000 ?

    But go ahead... prove he was going to say "I'm sorry for my comments". Like these women, I won't hold my breath and wait for you apology for being wrong.

    I'll "prove" it right after you "prove" that any one of the seventeen preceeding apologies has been "insincere" or "lip service" or in some other way not good enough. You are right about one thing, Hashimoto wasn't going to say sorry for his recent comments, obviously. I believe this meeting was arranged long before the comments were made, so no need for them on the agenda. He was going to say sorry for their suffering and terrible treatment at the hands of Japan during the war. I think that would have made it eighteen apologies now by my count ... I guess they didn't want it? So maybe we can all be done with the apology game now.

    You should apologize for deliberately and repeatedly misrepresenting Hashimoto's comments. And also for telling everyone on the board for months that Abe was going to rescind apologies and take the country back to rule by racist right wing lunatics. All proven to be chicken little talk. Again.

    Posted in: Korean 'comfort women' cancel meeting with Hashimoto

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