kokuryu said...

kokuryu at 02:34 AM JST - 22nd November

This averages out to like 1 in 200 kids are being bullied based on these facts. That's a pretty high average of bullying.

Posted in More than 100,000 bullying cases at schools in FY 2007 at 02:34 AM JST - 22nd November
kokuryu at 03:58 AM JST - 18th November

No to both. But I think they should have breath tests available so people can see if they are legally drunk or not before driving. The passengers may be drunker than the person driving, so they may not even know - its stupid to hold the passengers liable.

Posted in Should bar owners who serve alcohol to customers knowing they are driving be liable for prosecution if the customer is involved in a traffic accident? Should passengers in cars driven by drunk drivers be also liable for prosecution? at 03:58 AM JST - 18th November
kokuryu at 02:13 AM JST - 11th November

I am all for pampering a pet. Nothing wrong with that. People could use a bit of pampering too.

Posted in What do you think about the way some people pamper their pets? at 02:13 AM JST - 11th November
kokuryu at 01:15 AM JST - 4th November

Unfortunately the DSi removes the GBA port from the Nintendo DS. I will not be buying a DSi anytime soon. I have tons of GBA games, and some DS games require either the use of the GBA port for optional hardware, or require a previous GBA game to be plugged…

Posted in Nintendo to release DSi overseas next spring or summer at 01:15 AM JST - 4th November
kokuryu at 01:10 AM JST - 4th November

As long as they can talk and read, there should be sex education classes to teach everything about sex, and there should be vending machines with condoms in the school bathrooms too. Anyone who believe that either by doing nothing or by delaying it to later years that nothing will…

Posted in Should sex education be taught in schools? at 01:10 AM JST - 4th November
kokuryu at 01:01 AM JST - 4th November

I agree, adaydream, we should bring our military home from Japan. Then once we are gone from all those areas, let us see what happens to the reports of crime in those areas. I am sure all of a sudden we will see that the majority of the crimes are…

Posted in U.S. Marines ordered not to enter some public places in Okinawa at 01:01 AM JST - 4th November
kokuryu at 11:45 PM JST - 24th October

Mmm, I still dont see how his character "died" in Maple Story... You just press a button and "whamo!" it's back again...

Posted in Woman jailed after 'killing' virtual husband at 11:45 PM JST - 24th October
kokuryu at 11:13 PM JST - 16th October

This issue is exactly the same as it is in the US. We have a very large percentage of foreign workers in the US that absolutely refuse to learn English. It provides a very real language barrier to the community, services and schools. Now Japan is dealing with the exact…

Posted in Communities with large numbers of foreigners call for immigration agency at 11:13 PM JST - 16th October
kokuryu at 06:59 AM JST - 16th October

Well if they were a "significant" source of SPAM worldwide, I have not seen my spam drop even 1%... I wonder if we will ever see a TRUE significant SPAM operation shut down that will all of a sudden drop our SPAM by 50% overnight.

Posted in U.S. authorities shut down worldwide spam operation at 06:59 AM JST - 16th October
kokuryu at 05:05 AM JST - 23rd September

It is about time I saw something that mentioned how bad it was to follow these early eduction things and how bad the current teaching methods are. The early teaching methods need to be interactive, informative, and done by the parents.

Posted in Overzealous mothers prep their infants too early for school at 05:05 AM JST - 23rd September