JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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Confrontation
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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kinniku
They are plum blossoms. It says so in the caption. The timing is pretty spot on for plum tree blossoms.
It is a nice photo, BTW. Feels like spring!
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kinniku
Quitting and/or being fired is not nearly enough. If these charges are true, and they seemed to be, these two should be arrested and charged with child abuse. This kind of thing should not be tolerated.
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kinniku
I just read the story in another article. Evidently, the ATC also let a second son do the same thing the next day after the story reported here took place. I take back what I first stated. This does seem to be a much more seriousl problem than it appeared to be at first glance.
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kinniku
USNinJapan2,
I assume you meant to say: The kid clearly constitutes an unauthorized person in the control space.
I confess, I am not familiar with these kinds of rules. If it was against set rules, it would be fair for them to be reprimanded.
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kinniku
I see no evidence because none has been presented. It is as simple as that. There are plenty of senior Israeli intelligence experts saying it is not Mossad. The Dubai police merely saying they are sure it is Mossad is not evidence. In fact, there has been absolutely nothing new in the last week about this case that would lead anyone to think it is Mossad. So far, all we have for certain is three Palestinians who have been arrested and are being held in connection with this case. It has also been suggested by the arresting authorities that these people are Hamas members.
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kinniku
LostinNagoya,
The kid was not in command. He was never in command. His father was. That is the point.
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kinniku
Gaijinocchio,
If mistakes were made, it would be a different story. However, I remind you that mistakes are also made with only ATC in the room as well. Note the last part of the article:
"The episode comes less than seven months after a controller at an airport in nearby Teterboro, New Jersey, was placed on leave for his actions in the moments leading up to a deadly crash between a helicopter and small plane over the Hudson River.
The controller was recorded joking on the phone with his girlfriend as he dispatched instructions to the doomed plane. He ended the call when he realized the plane had dropped out of radio contact, just seconds before the crash."
Don't get me wrong. I have no problem with people deciding this should not be done in the future. However, it is obvious that the ATC was in control of the airplanes throughout in this case.
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kinniku
LostinNagoya,
If the article is to be believed, the child was not giving orders. He was repeating orders given to him.
From the article:
"On the recording, which lasts about a minute, the boy appears to repeat instructions fed to him by his father. At no time does the child tell aircraft how to maneuver or where they should go."
The boy was not 'taking care' of anything. He was repeating what he was told.
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kinniku
I understand what you are saying. However, in this case, it seems no mistakes were made.
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kinniku
That's what you think!
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kinniku
So, again, in short we actually have no evidence pointing to Israel as of yet.
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kinniku
motogaijin,
Was the controller in question really being stupid? I am not so sure. This is very different than the case of the joking controller mentioned at the end of the article. This controller was in full control the whole time. They merely had their child say the directions instead of saying them themselves.
This is a tempest in a teapot and people need to learn when to react and how not to over-react.
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kinniku
sabiwabi,
I have always accepted, and in fact have used, the term occupied territories. Why wouldn't I? They are occupied after all. I also accept that territory now being occupied will, after negotiations, become the Palestinian state. I believe it should become the Palestinian state. I have never said anything other than this.
What I don't accept is any notion that Israel does not have a right to exist side by side in peace with Palestine. Both sides need to accept this and stop fighting. This idiocy with symbols and violence over basically nothing that we can see in this article should be replaced by the two sides talking until all the disagreements are settled and the two sides can live in peace. That is what I want and what most, if not all, Palestinians and Israelis really want.
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kinniku
I read the decision by the ICJ (quite a number of times)and it says no such thing about 100% belonging to the Palestinians. Now, that is what might result from negotiations, but it does not say that. It was merely ruling on the legitimacy of the wall that Israel put up in the territories and saying that it was illegitimate to put up on wall on occupied territory. That is not quite the same as you are saying.
If you would read closely, I have not made any decision on what belongs to Israel or not. I believe in a Palestinian state made from the West Bank and Gaza through land for peace negotiations. The reality is that, although it will become the Palestinians state, it has not been Palestinian controlled for hundreds of years. It was controlled by the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, Jordan and Egypt and now Israel. So, this talk of giving it back to the Palestinians as if it were taken from a Palestinian country is incorrect. BTW, there is no debate that it did belong to Egypt and Jordan. In fact, Jordan even officially annexed it. Funny, did not hear anyone in the international community complaining about that or the Gazans rotting under Egyptian rule. Now that Israel is in control, the Palestinians finally have a chance at getting their nation for the first time in hundreds of years. How is that for irony?
It would be nice if both sides took advantage of this irony and made peace through land for peace negotiations as described in the UN and the ICJ and to which all logical and reasonable subscribe instead of this nonsensical fighting over symbols and what have you. Stop fighting and start talking.
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kinniku
Sorry again. I did not see your last post. Without getting into particulars, I agree in principle with your opinion about Israel building new structures/destroying Palestinian structures in the occupied territories. They are counterproductive to peace. That is why I was pleased to see construction postponed in East Jerusalem and Netanyahu asked the Jerusalem mayor to reconsider scrapping the project entirely.
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kinniku
Sorry, should have been:
You are correct that it is not a question of 'giving back' land, because if they were giving it back, it would be going to Jordan and Egypt and it will not be going to the Palestinians as they did not control it before Israel occupied it.
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kinniku
If you agree with what I quoted that there needs to be a negotiated solution based on international law to the outstanding problems and the establishment of a Palestinian State, existing side by side with Israel and its other neighbours, with peace and security for all in the region. Then we agree.
However, you continue with your second paragraph and you decide what is negotiable and what is not. That is where you lose me. It is clear in the UNSC that the borders are also negotiable. It is also clear that there will be land exchanges and that the Palestinian nation will not be exactly the same shape as the West Bank and Gaza are. There are no international rulings saying otherwise.
You are correct that it is not a question of 'giving back' land, because if they were giving it back, it would be going to Jordan and Egypt and it will not be going to them.
Since I have never written that I think Israel should not leave the occupied territories, your last two sentences about Israel leaving has nothing to do with me or 'my great company'. I believe in a two state solution with both side by side in peace. I have always said this and I continue to say it. This will only come about through negotiations leading to land for peace which is what is suggested by UNSC.
So, it is time for the Palestinians and Israelis to say they are willing to go back to the negotiating table and make peace and stop fighting about this kind of silliness that we see in this article.
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kinniku
Just to add, the ICJ agrees with me:
The Court considers that it has a duty to draw the attention of the General Assembly, to which the present Opinion is addressed, to the need for these efforts to be encouraged with a view to achieving as soon as possible, on the basis of international law, a negotiated solution to the outstanding problems and the establishment of a Palestinian State, existing side by side with Israel and its other neighbours, with peace and security for all in the region.
So, again, the UN, the world and I agree that silly fighting as we can see in this article is not the solution. Negotiations leading to a real and true peace is.
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kinniku
Yes, that is quite a surprise that we don't see things the same way. You are neglecting to consider that neither the UNSC resolutions nor the ICJ decision are binding. The ICJ is not the ICC. The UNSC do specifically mention land for peace. This is not a matter of seeing or not seeing. It says it right there in black and white. What it does not say is that East Jerusalem is Palestinian land. You said it said that and it does not.
I understand exactly what your position is. First, Israel gives back all the occupied territories. Then they let back all the Palestinians that want to claim the right of return and if there is still a state of Israel lasting long enough to do it, you think all the Palestinians should also be compensated. Oh, also, there should be a vote amongst all the Palestinians and Israelis to decide the new govenment in what was formerly Israel. That is your opinion. However, no international body agrees with it.
The UNSC resolutions specifically state that the deal is land for peace and that the peace and security of each state, including Israel, must be respected. So, you are not going to get your wish. The Palestinians get their land, only after negotations. That is what the UN says. More importantly, there is no other solution that will be acceptable to all sides (except for you, of course!)
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kinniku
The point is that the land taken in 1967 was not taken from the Palestinians. It was not controlled by the Palestinians. It was not legally controlled by anyone. It was illegally occupied by Jordan and Egypt. That is one of the main problems with the conflict. The land was never controlled by the Palestinians.
However, the UNSC is quite clear that land must be returned in return for peace with Israel, recognition of Israel and normalized relations with Israel. At the time, they were talking about land being returned to Jordan and Egypt, not to the Palestinians. As I wrote, The UNSC did not refer to East Jerusalem as Palestinian land. Again, that means negotiations. To get their land, there must be negotiations. There must be land for peace. The UN ruled on this in 1967 and the Palestinians still have not managed to completely understand this. Neither it seems have you.
Anyway, these stupid fights do nothing for the Palestinians. Negotiations will, if they continue until there is a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
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