knews said...

knews at 06:55 PM JST - 7th June

Life is full of choices. Every day. Sometimes we make the right choice and sometimes the wrong choice but the choice gets made. Criticizing people for killing themselves is as stupid as trying to criticize those who don't kill themselves. Who's really right? Or is it just easier to criticize…

Posted in Tributes pour in for Japanese mother who leapt to death with husband, dead son at 06:55 PM JST - 7th June
knews at 06:46 PM JST - 7th June

medievaltimes

My point was that the conscription of women and children was hardly going to have any impact on the outcome of the war and certainly shouldn't have contributed to the supposed justification of bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Moreover, conscripting women and children is completely different from indiscriminately killing women…

Posted in Nagasaki A-bomb plane co-pilot dies at age 88 at 06:46 PM JST - 7th June
knews at 06:19 PM JST - 6th June

Can you tell us of any documented cases of Japanese women or children attacking (let alone killing) Allied soldiers or civilians during the war?

Posted in Nagasaki A-bomb plane co-pilot dies at age 88 at 06:19 PM JST - 6th June
knews at 12:56 AM JST - 6th June

What an achievement. Killing 40,000 mostly non-combatants in one hit and then another 35,000 later from the after-effects. Don't think I'd be too proud of that.

Posted in Nagasaki A-bomb plane co-pilot dies at age 88 at 12:56 AM JST - 6th June
knews at 12:16 AM JST - 6th June

Yes, the Japanese were cruel to captured prisoners and others on a person-to-person basis but these bombs were even crueler because they didn't discriminate between soldiers or women or children. Can you really call that a legitimate method in war? I say that both bombs were unnecessary and the U.S.…

Posted in Nagasaki A-bomb plane co-pilot dies at age 88 at 12:16 AM JST - 6th June
knews at 12:08 AM JST - 6th June

Gee, what a surprise that a Republican criticizes Obama! Romney wasn't even close to getting the nomination in the last election so his voice is rather uninfluential.....

Posted in Romney raps Obama's 'tour of apology' at 12:08 AM JST - 6th June
knews at 11:21 PM JST - 27th May

A little off topic but I wonder why the reality shows like "Survivor" or "Big Brother" haven't had Japanese versions made... Any thoughts?

Posted in Idiocy versus intelligence on Japanese quiz shows at 11:21 PM JST - 27th May
knews at 11:16 PM JST - 27th May

I also parted with my AMEX Gold a few years ago due to the ridiculous fees. I hear the Platinum one costs 80,000 yen a year to have!

Posted in Line of credit at 11:16 PM JST - 27th May
knews at 01:36 AM JST - 24th May

Potsu

Could you clarify your poorly-written sentence for me?

JmannGod

Actually been here 16 years now. Do you get fingerprinted anywhere other than Narita airport each time you arrive? Mental abuse for kids with a foreign parent? Is that really so different from many other countries? Kids have to put…

Posted in Koreans in Japan not required to carry special permit under amendment at 01:36 AM JST - 24th May
knews at 11:41 PM JST - 22nd May

Carrying a "gaijin" card doesn't bother me at all. I hardly ever think about it and hardly ever use it because I can use my Japanese drivers' license in most situations where ID is needed. I do love Japan very much. The bureaucracy, the funny habits of people, the protocol.…

Posted in Koreans in Japan not required to carry special permit under amendment at 11:41 PM JST - 22nd May