irishosaru said...

irishosaru at 06:03 AM JST - 16th July

Neil Warnock,

Japanese players can't make it in England, which with the Premier and Championship have the 2 fastest, aggresive and skillfull leagues in the world.

Hahaha. gotta love this! The Championship is better than La Liga?

J-League is poor enough, though if you are a fan of an actual…

Posted in Head of JFA calls J-League boring at 06:03 AM JST - 16th July
irishosaru at 06:10 AM JST - 15th July

Yes, my wife and I had my daughter in Japan and were very happy with raising her there (until we had to move away for unrelated reasons).

Posted in Is Japan a good place to raise children? at 06:10 AM JST - 15th July
irishosaru at 06:09 AM JST - 12th July

These football players are overpaid for a very undemanding occupation. They are mostly uneducated idiots

This is what you said, and I'm disagreeing with you that they are mostly idiots.

They used to earn nothing until Sky and Murdoch came along making their own millions out of the game

This…

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irishosaru at 07:43 PM JST - 11th July

Northlondon

While the explosion in salaries has been quite recent, footballers have been paid more than the average wage for decades.

They are not "mostly uneducated idiots", although they generally don't have a great education. Of the 2,000 or so professional players in England, how many idiots can you name?…

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irishosaru at 09:38 PM JST - 22nd June

Edit - I see upon reading it again that she has withdrawn her claim, following the settlement.

Posted in 6 students arrested for gang rape released after out-of-court settlement reached at 09:38 PM JST - 22nd June
irishosaru at 09:37 PM JST - 22nd June

I don't understand how an out-of-court agreement reached between a victim and the accused can result in the stopping of a criminal investigation / case.

Surely ay agreement like this should have no influence on a criminal investigation by the police or a criminal case taken by the DPP (or…

Posted in 6 students arrested for gang rape released after out-of-court settlement reached at 09:37 PM JST - 22nd June
irishosaru at 07:45 AM JST - 18th June

Plan A proposes that brain death be recognized as legal death with no exception

Anybody want Kunio Hatoyama's heart?

Posted in Lower house OKs bill to scrap age limit for organ transplants at 07:45 AM JST - 18th June
irishosaru at 11:28 PM JST - 8th May

Not all Jews live in Israel, not all Israelis are Jews. Yet there exists, and has existed for a long time, the idea that to criticize the state of Israel is somehow anti-Semitic. To say that at least some of the actions carried out by the Israeli state military in…

Posted in U.S. professor's Holocaust-Gaza comparison stirs debate at 11:28 PM JST - 8th May
irishosaru at 07:25 AM JST - 29th April

Michiko3 - how do you plan to enforce that law and what would you do with women who become pregnant without having had the evaluation?

Posted in Dead girl's twin sister says they were beaten and starved at 07:25 AM JST - 29th April
irishosaru at 07:25 AM JST - 21st April

because really, who in the hell would go through the trouble with the judicial system if it was fake, why not just pickpocket to get some cash.. I mean really, there is no logic telling me she is lieing...

She could have falsely accused the guy to try and get…

Posted in Supreme Court clears professor in 1st reversal of guilty decision on groping at 07:25 AM JST - 21st April