knucklerap said...

knucklerap at 08:49 PM JST - 9th June

The DP is certainly a deterrent. This doesn't mean it will prevent every murder. Deter means to discourage. It has discouraged me countless times. Just think how high our murder rates would be without it; especially when murderers are paroled rather than executed.

Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 08:49 PM JST - 9th June
knucklerap at 08:26 PM JST - 9th June

The crazies are easy to spot when you pay attention.

Yes, especially when you are constantly pirouetting as I do.

Posted in Temp worker stabs 7 to death, injures 10 in Akihabara at 08:26 PM JST - 9th June
knucklerap at 06:51 AM JST - 8th June

i also got into a fender bender once

Me too. I was the guy running away. I saw the cops racing to the scene. I thought for sure they were going to catch me, but they just waved back.

Posted in Are Japanese police really as incompetent as readers on Japan Today make them out to be? at 06:51 AM JST - 8th June
knucklerap at 06:39 AM JST - 8th June

My take is that if fuel prices rise, the fuel tax would rise. No sh##!

Posted in As fuel prices continue to rise, the fuel surcharge on airfares is also increasing. What's your view on the issue? at 06:39 AM JST - 8th June
knucklerap at 06:30 AM JST - 8th June

Fatal accidents seldom happen so perhaps zoos like this one do not invest in CCTV.

How would investing in CCTV help? He didn't shut the door. We know what happened. Are you saying that with CCTV someone could have said, "Hey, watch out! The tiger is coming!" And he would…

Posted in Tiger kills zoo keeper in Kyoto at 06:30 AM JST - 8th June
knucklerap at 10:21 PM JST - 6th June

I keep cats away by sprinkling my own urine around my house. This was actually recommended by Men's Health magazine. It really works. No more cats digging up the garden.

Put the urine in a bottle in the privacy of your bathroom.

Posted in Man allegedly stabs apartment owner to death after being told not to feed cats at 10:21 PM JST - 6th June
knucklerap at 10:18 PM JST - 6th June

rjd jr: Women only cars huh? What a disgrace and shame.

beezlebub: What spaceship did you just descend from, rdj_jr? This system has been in effect for years. And nobody puts a gun to female passengers' heads and makes them use it, it's optional.

I think it's the fact that…

Posted in New subway line to open in Tokyo on June 14 at 10:18 PM JST - 6th June
knucklerap at 08:33 PM JST - 6th June

port city of 5 million

the population is a shade under a million

Posted in Kitakyushu cops’ indiscretions come under scrutiny at 08:33 PM JST - 6th June
knucklerap at 06:09 PM JST - 3rd June

What if the influence were positive? Would she reject it? Sounds like a crappy translation.

Posted in Ryoko Yonekura reminisces about night-time dates in Yokohama park at 06:09 PM JST - 3rd June
knucklerap at 05:26 PM JST - 30th May

I think she hasn't found anyone who knows how to satisfy her yet.

Posted in Ryoko Yonekura reminisces about night-time dates in Yokohama park at 05:26 PM JST - 30th May