Thursday February 16, 2012

kirakira25's past comments

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    kirakira25

    Ah! DeepAir65 you are absolutely right! Missed that! Confusing that they are advertising it on here though....

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    kirakira25

    Great! Sounds like they are a step closer to catching the b#$%&$#

    Posted in: Man seen taking money out of murdered Chiba Univ student's bank account

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    kirakira25

    I have done this! It is actually really fun but incredibly hard to do - you really need to be fit and have a very high power:weight ratio to do it properly. I have a lot of respect for what these women (and men!) can do on the pole.

    Posted in: Pole dancing picks up momentum for women - and men

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    kirakira25

    Blimey! I care about my blood pressure....but not that much!

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    kirakira25

    @DerekJ - I think Anthony39 posted that information for my benefit actually - I was asking for clarification on the law regarding possession and opposed to creation/sale of child pornography.

    @Anthony39 - thanks for that info. I understand better now (although still shocked!)

    @dolphingirl: the victims of these crimes are often young girls who don't have the strength or the experience to do something

    I think you have hit the nail on the head here. It is NOT about sex or attraction, it is about power. Having power and control over your victim. Thinking back to the guy who went for me, I thought maybe he just couldnt tell I was pregnant. But thinking about it, there was no way he could not have been able to tell - Im 10 months! It was a bit obvious! I am not exactly small this time around! It was purely a power thing - he thought he could get away with it because, being so heavily pregnant, I was vulnerable and couldnt fight back. Unfortunately, he was right. I was terrified, in a way only someone who has ever been heavily pregnant and felt that sense of vulnerability can understand. I was so scared he was going to hurt me or the baby. All I could do was move away from him and hope he didnt turn nasty. I think two guys sitting the other side of him told him to leave me alone but I cant be sure, I didnt hear what they said.

    Believe me, in my "normal" state he would never have gotten away with it!

    Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign

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    kirakira25

    Hey Cleo,

    Yes, of course he did. And by and large I have been a good girl. By and large! I have also been warned off heels, bicycles, belts, Roppongi, driving, sun, pools, overeating, coffee, and instructed by every obaasan on the street that I should be wearing a "Haramaki". But I just have this terrible rebellious streak. It has always been my downfall!

    But a party is a party! Maybe I can bring my own Appletize and drink it from the commemorative wine glass? They even do red or white versions!

    Thanks for the good luck! Can`t believe I am doing this a third time! In the words of another slightly waacko individual "This Is It!"

    BTW - have a FAB Halloween costume this year - I am painting a jack o lantern on my belly with face paint! This should scare the natives!!!

    Posted in: Harvest Festival in Tochigi a perfect weekend getaway

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    kirakira25

    PS - does anyone think if my waters break there they might give me free wine for life or something???! Just a thought....

    Posted in: Harvest Festival in Tochigi a perfect weekend getaway

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    kirakira25

    I would love to go to this but will be 39 weeks pregnant :( ! Maybe if he comes early I can go? Or maybe it would actually be a great way to get him out???! Watch out for a massive gaijin lady staggering around - and not just because of the unbalanced belly and the heels I refuse to give up!

    Posted in: Harvest Festival in Tochigi a perfect weekend getaway

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    kirakira25

    Loving this thread! Really interesting! (can anyone point me in the direction of the fake nipples??! For research purposes only you understand....!)

    Posted in: The wackiest Japanese beauty products ever

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    kirakira25

    Yay! Go Auntplum! I couldn`t be bothered to argue any more!

    Images of child rape are not illegal here? Wow! I thought possession of child porn had recently become illegal, and this covers these images, but I think I might be mistaking possession and creation or sale. Can anyone clarify?

    Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign

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    kirakira25

    but really people buy photos from a cell phone?

    Clearly in this case it depends on the pictures content, not the quality. I would equally like to see the police go after anyone who bought these pictures, if anyone. It`s not clear if it got that far.

    @lutfreak - I was under the impression that pornography IS legal? If it isn`t, then every combini in Japan is about to be raided! What we are talking about here is kiddie-porn. I am not going to start a big debate on where the line gets drawn between kiddie and normal porn but anyone in their right mind must agree that 6 years old is totally different to 26 years old and a willing, knowing, money-receiving participant.

    Posted in: Woman held for taking indecent photos of 6-yr-old daughter for sale

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    kirakira25

    I wish I could counter some of these posts and this article. In fact, I hnave been sitting here racking my brains to think of some examples. But all that keeps popping into my head is the face of a woman in my building this morning who went out the back door just ahead of us, and knowing full well we were right behind her just let it swing straight back on us, smacking into my 3 year old and knocking him flying, and then slamming into my huge pregnant belly.

    I opened the door and screamed at her and she turned, looked at me, and just kept going. And this is someone who lives in my building!!! And everyone then stared at me like I was the crazy one!

    I KNOW there are good, considerate Japanese out there. I KNOW that there is good and bad in every society. But if people here in particular could just look behind them before flinging doors shut, and not queue-jump just assuming I dont speak Japanese so Im not going to say anything my blood pressure would be a lot lower!

    And it`s always the obaasan! Anyone ever noticed that??!

    @ Betting - everything you said is absolutely true! When I tell Japanese some of my stories, every single one of them says "I wouldn`t do that" or "I would have helped"....and yet strangely, whenever these things happen, this almost never proves to be the case!

    As you said - we British people KNOW we are crap! We are fully prepared to admit it! We are appalling at times! I am ashamed whenever I go home these days! But the Japanese seem to be in a state of denial. My own husband told me the other day I was "paranoid" about everyone staring at me rudely and pointing and laughing because I am so pregnant now....until a guy riding past us on a bicycle craned his neck 180 degrees to gawp at me, wobbled, and crashed into the barrier right in front of him! (It was priceless actually!) And only THEN was he "Oh, OK, I see your point!"

    I wonder really if maybe it is simply a cultural thing and I really should try to be more accepting of cultural differences. That maybe what we would consider rude the Japanese dont? But then, when I tell Japanese what I have seen/heard/experienced they all think it is rude too, so I guess it cant be purely a cultural thing.

    Posted in: Self-centered zombies running rampant through Japanese society

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    kirakira25

    Afterward I may suggest you consider your attire before leaving the house

    Oh, sorry! Did I make a grave sexually provocative mistake with my maternity clothes??!!! The problem here is NOT the way women dress!

    You clearly pass the ball and most likely someone will catch it. Are you even in Japan???!

    use the woman only car

    You mean the one I already mentioned is only open a couple of hours a day?

    You clearly have no idea!

    Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign

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    kirakira25

    victims often bear some fault, not even half usually, but some.

    Well, this line says it all really. What hope do women have?

    Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign

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    kirakira25

    Sorry about the above - the "quote" thing didn`t seem to work properly.

    Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign

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    kirakira25

    Have you ever seen something happen between a man and a woman and when you try to put a stop to it they both tell you to buzz off? Yes I have, but that doesn`t justify not stepping in and offering help if needed.

    It can be very hard to tell what is going on between people you don't know Oh come on, you can`t tell when someone is in trouble and looking around for help?

    It sounds like you need a body guard if you are so afraid to raise your voice Does that apply to every woman who is attacked and can`t raise her voice? Because that seems to be the majority of them here, and if so, what a sad state of affairs. Let me reiterate - I was heavily pregnant. The guy was obviously nuts. What would happen to me if he decided to punch me in the stomach?

    Or you should ride the women only carriage Open a couple of hours a day. Hardly practical in preventing this kind of thing. Surely a more appropriate measure would be to make it socially unacceptable to start with.

    anti-crime buzzers Excellent idea. I`ll just bend over, pick up my bag, dig around for it, find it and finally let it off all the while shaking like a leaf while some degenerate thinks its OK to touch whatever he wants.

    you are expecting a degree of knowledge impossible for strangers to have while refusing to give them sufficient clues. Er, no, I think if you read my post again you will find all I am saying is "relax, breathe, get some perspective" is not great advice for a victim of one of these perverts and asking for a little understanding of what it is like to be faced with this situation.

    You are you own second worst enemy Am I to read into this - yet again - that it is the victims fault? As I said in a previous message, I was wearing a knee length skirt, knee length boots, and a jacket, sitting down with my bag on my knee, and I was heavily pregnant. Do you have ANY concept of how terrifying that was? How vulnerable you feel? Obviously not.

    Again - for the last time - a pervert is a pervert is a pervert. It is NEVER acceptable to attack/touch/intimidate/grope/photograph or in any other way invade an individuals private space. I just can`t believe there are people out there who seem to think it is nothing to get worked up over. Come back to me after it has happened to you and let me know how you feel.

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    Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign

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    kirakira25

    In short, relax. Breath. Get some perspective ... and quit telling Japanese how they're supposed to think about love and lust as if they're idiot children.

    Does that advice also apply to the victims of this? Your daughter? Your wife? Your sister? Have you ever been a victim? Do you understand how unbelievably scary it is to have it happen to you? Have you ever looked around a carriage desperate for help only to find everyone burying their noses in their manga pretending not to see what is going on in front of their eyes? Have you ever stood there or sat there and wondered what you can do, if anything, as you have your 3 year old little girl with you and what would happen to her if you tried to defend yourself and the perpetrator turned nasty?

    You are right that people often use this kind of topic to justify their dislike of Japan. Personally, I find your disdain for the victims far more shocking.

    Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign

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    kirakira25

    Maybe you should have another look at the article. This is not about chikan. This is about sneaky up-skirt photographers.

    As quoted in the article: "anti-chikan (pervert) campaign", as quoted in the headline "anti-pervert campaign". Sorry - to my mind this is absolutely about chikan.

    Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign

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    kirakira25

    Um - to everyone that is commenting on women who wear short skirts, I would just like to point out that I was chikan`ed on Saturday night and I was wearing knee length boots, a knee length skirt....and I am 10 months pregnant!!!

    It was pretty terrifying actually. The guy sniffed at my legs like a dog! I had my handbag on my knee so I don`t think he noticed how pregnant I was.

    Sometimes a perv is a perv is a perv - and it makes no difference what you are wearing, or it seems, even what you look like!

    Posted in: Cop caught taking up-skirt videos during anti-pervert campaign

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    kirakira25

    My 5 and 3 year old can open the doors themselves now and get out onto the balcony. Fortunately the wall is quite high so they can`t climb up over it, but I have taught them never to climb up, and never to go out on the balcony without me.

    Posted in: 5-year-old boy survives fall from 8th floor apartment

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