lordomni said...

lordomni at 01:06 PM JST - 20th July

Cleo, you're being ridiculous. I would have demanded these officers write their names and badge numbers and compared it with their badges to file harassment charges. Yes, she ran a red light. She wasn't selling drugs, she wasn't killing innocent and defenseless Japanese people or something. These officers had NO…

Posted in My first run-in with the police at 01:06 PM JST - 20th July
lordomni at 12:51 AM JST - 20th July

The discussion is not 'is Japan a good place for you,' its about raising children. Just because there are bad things doesn't mean there are no good. Its entirely possibly Japan is great for fuguyoutoo, but still not a place he'd raise kids.

Posted in Is Japan a good place to raise children? at 12:51 AM JST - 20th July
lordomni at 07:23 PM JST - 16th July

Japan is not a great environment for kids, it teaches them all the things they need to be unhappy the rest of their life. Memorize the rules, happiness and success cannot be balanced, women should stay serving coffee, study for the test and not for life, etc. And of course,…

Posted in Is Japan a good place to raise children? at 07:23 PM JST - 16th July
lordomni at 01:43 PM JST - 16th July

I'm not surprised about the language bit for Americans. Nothing to do with immigrants, people from the US are terrible with foreign languages because most never need to deal with it. However, I have never known someone to travel who didn't buy phrase books and do a little with it.…

Posted in Pushy French are world's worst tourists; Japanese are top: study at 01:43 PM JST - 16th July
lordomni at 01:33 PM JST - 16th July

The things unelected officials can do that elected ones would never be able to. These kinds of gestures are one good reason to keep the few royal families about, they can do things others can't. While possible for a PM to do it, I imagine generally it would be too…

Posted in Emperor, empress lay wreath at Hawaii cemetery for American soldiers at 01:33 PM JST - 16th July
lordomni at 06:12 PM JST - 21st June

Generally, I feel as an American it is disrespectful for me to go to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I have no issue with the Imperial Family not visiting Pearl harbor. Whether they have the same reasoning is not an issue really.

Posted in How do you feel about the decision not to have the emperor and empress visit Pearl Harbor during their visit to Hawaii next month? at 06:12 PM JST - 21st June
lordomni at 02:01 PM JST - 19th June

My general experience is that children are ignored until they hurt themselves, then they are either scolded or laughed at depending on the age. Its just amazing sometimes.

Posted in What's your impression of parental supervision of children in Japan? at 02:01 PM JST - 19th June
lordomni at 01:32 AM JST - 23rd May

Not discriminated against legally though. The kinds of things done in Japan are a little insane. A student told me once that they can do anything they want to foreigners and its not racism, because its everyone. When I asked about Japanese they said 'Japanese people don't commit crimes'

sigh…

Posted in Koreans in Japan not required to carry special permit under amendment at 01:32 AM JST - 23rd May
lordomni at 11:34 AM JST - 12th May

Trial by jury works fine in small claims, but is a bit of a waste of time for the number of people involved. Large cases shouldn't be left to jurors who are untrained in the law and depend on one or the other lawyer convincing them. I've only been involved…

Posted in Many people are expressing concern about the lay jury system which starts on May 21. What do you think about it? at 11:34 AM JST - 12th May
lordomni at 04:35 PM JST - 7th May

Interesting post Vripper, but one shouldn't expect too much from JT news story article comments. It isn't a format very conducive to a large debate, since invariably it will be deemed off topic.

Posted in Taiwan ruling party demands ouster of Japan de facto ambassador at 04:35 PM JST - 7th May