laconic said...

laconic at 08:31 PM JST - 9th October

dolphingirl just for YOUR information, the link between smoking marijuana and the increased incidence of schizophrenia in teenage boys is now widely accepted in the medical community.

Posted in High school student caught with cannabis resin at 08:31 PM JST - 9th October
laconic at 02:52 PM JST - 7th July

yokomoc

He was told to be more of a casanova but misheard it as "Kasa-noser"

ha ha ha ha ha

Posted in Two women attacked by man with umbrella in Shinjuku at 02:52 PM JST - 7th July
laconic at 03:06 PM JST - 24th May

"I thought I hit something!" crap. How can you not know?

Well, it was just after midnight so it was dark. It is feasible that the pedestrian stepped out from behind a parked car without looking and that the driver clipped him with his back wheel, whereupon the pedestrian fell…

Posted in Man arrested after returning to scene of fatal hit-and-run in Ibaraki at 03:06 PM JST - 24th May
laconic at 06:27 PM JST - 30th April

I used to think that child abuse was a global problem and that Japan probably had no more cases relatively than any other nation, but I was talking to a friend about organ donation and asking her why the law forbid organ donation from the under-15s......she told me that it…

Posted in 19-yr-old woman, friend held after scalding daughter with hot water for amusement at 06:27 PM JST - 30th April
laconic at 07:14 PM JST - 21st April

People always talk about "what a waste of life, taking away the child's future", but surely if the mother was clinically depressed then all she could see were ways in which her daughter's life could go wrong and so maybe it was better to end it now while all she…

Posted in Saitama woman recovers after suicide attempt; arrested for killing 8-yr-old daughter at 07:14 PM JST - 21st April
laconic at 09:44 PM JST - 5th April

Personally I think the reason that Americans with guns are more likely to kill than say Canadians or Germans, who also have access to firearms, is that Americans are brought up with an absolute belief that they are the centre of the universe, their needs and desires take precedence over…

Posted in Gunman kills 3 Pittsburgh police officers responding to domestic disturbance call at 09:44 PM JST - 5th April
laconic at 09:24 PM JST - 19th March

My kids are half (half european and half Japanese, they have 50% of the DNA from each of their parents). Neither of them are double (in that neither of them contain 200% DNA as far as I am aware). My guess is that the posters who object to the word…

Posted in Jun Hasegawa capitalizes on 'haafu' look at 09:24 PM JST - 19th March
laconic at 01:23 PM JST - 16th March

So the taxi driver picked up the guy carrying an unconscious girl on Thursday but reported it on Saturday, right?

Posted in Former teacher arrested for kidnapping, confining 12-year-old girl with stun gun in Nagasaki at 01:23 PM JST - 16th March
laconic at 12:26 AM JST - 26th January

Either way she is responsible. The child should have been in the back seat of the car. Car seats for children clearly state there is a risk of suffocation from airbags if the seat is fitted in the front seat of the car.

Posted in Woman arrested on suspicion of killing 6-month-old son in 2006 at 12:26 AM JST - 26th January
laconic at 07:34 PM JST - 21st November

sensei258, There wasn't a stick lodged in his mouth, it was in his brain. If I remember correctly from the original stories when this happened, all the doctor could see was a bloody scratch on the roof of the kids mouth which he presumed was caused by the stick which…

Posted in Court upholds acquittal of doctor over boy's cotton candy stick death at 07:34 PM JST - 21st November