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nisegaijin
LFRAgain - you are a good writer, I applaud your language skills. Unfortunately English is not my native tongue, so forgive me for being brief. I will just comment on couple of your points: 1. Your calling me names for my opinion on cleaning gene pool? Uncalled for. We have overpopulated this planet largely by distributing wealth via Robin Hood politics. Gene pool can be cleaned naturally if we stop doing this. You will be amazed how good it would be for environment.
About killing movie industry: so where do we draw the line, who draws it and how government deciding anything on this matter is not dictatorship?
On America 100 years ago. Every detail you mentioned is correct, except for every single of American not liking those conditions could say "f*** you" and leave. They had all civil rights you could ever think of. It was all in the constitution, and yes, 100 years ago it did have a meaning. Voting, I am afraid has nothing to do with civil liberties, as America was never formed as a democracy. Please show me where in constitution democracy was ever mentioned. Founding fathers specifically created America as republic, not a democracy in order to avoid a gang-like mentality of majority.
Governments of the people, for the people, by the people destroyed worlds sound economy and turned it into an oligarchy of bankers and their puppet governments who would promise handouts to special interests to get votes. All that is done by support of majority, which main objective is to steal wealth from hard working successful business owners.
Your examples of indecency of what we see today are happing during this era. Obviously government attempts to fix anything has failed. I think that just gives my argument more credit. Let people take care of themselves. There is no place for government to dictate what is right and wrong.
I am sorry, but democracy is gang mentality. It is a fact and democracy never worked. History has proven it, dating as far back as Roman Empire and Ancient Greece. People want more. They will vote more, bankrupting the government as result. Look at all global government spendings and amounts of debt. Do you not see a failure here?
Show you deteriorating society? Look at literacy levels, look at corruption, misinformation, wars, central banks collapsing the economy. How is this not a deteriorating society? Few happy brothers and sisters? How about global society on virge of complete disintegration? You are failing to see the bigger picture, my friend.
I agree, criminal laws and civil liberties apply to children, meaning that parents cannot abuse, imprison, inflict bodily harm to their children. But that is as far as the government can go. They cannot force parents to do anything. If parents fail to raise their kids - gene pool cleansing. Natural survival rate for humans is much lower than it is today.
The irony of your argument is that services that you mentioned have nothing to do with government and have been delivered by private companies (and PC I built myself, thank you very much). Moreover, if government wasn't involved, we would have these products and services a lot better and cheaper.
I am all for law enforcement and government doing all they can to keep peace and civil liberties. That has nothing to do with my argument. But it doesn't give the governments the rights to dictatorship.
finally, my ideal to end all this: One is free do absolutely anything until it invades freedom and property of another being.
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
NYC_Samurai - I don't think you are in any position to make any judgment about me.
BurakuminDes - let's kill entire movie industry as well, as using kids as actors is such abuse!
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
kirakira25, can you please show me some evidence that it was the case?
and you are right, i am not a parent, but i fail to see what this prejudice has anything to do with it.
A true ideal society is based on personal responsibility. When that gets overwritten by government, people loose that sense. Even worse, when a gang naming itself democracy tries to force their understanding of common sense upon others, society deteriorates. people not agreeing with the gang automatically become loons, nutters, perverts, extremists or whatever.
We must protect ourselves from the gang of majority that tries to inflict their unjustified beliefs upon everyone. If our personal decency is acquired by ourselves, families and experience, we would be doing much better job raising our children.
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
now that could be really good!
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nisegaijin
i think this is one of the best posts I read on JT in a while.
BC, I mean exactly that, however if actions of parents goes against the will of kids, there may be a way for a counselor or legal adviser to get involved, but never the government.
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
LFRAgain,
Ok, so you insist I backup my arguments with facts, and although you have failed to do so, I will.
First, children and adults are a lot less free now than they were 100 years ago in America. When government was limited and law was defined in constitution, not by some worthless beurocrats, majority of people had more freedom.
So in my view if parents or legal guardian choose to send their kids to coal mines or to prostitution, as much as I would be against it, i think it's still their right. On the bright side, it cleans the gene pool.
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nisegaijin
noypikantoku, why? cuz i disagree with others? and get my handle name right, will you?
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
griff, children are dependent on their parents and legal guardians. Not you or some bloke in the government that thinks he know what best for everyone and makes big money doing so.
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
LFRAgain, the ones that choose being sexual attractions for pervs will do this anyway. be that at 13 or 20 years old. I don't see that we should be wasting our energy and tax payers money to stop them.
Like I said, I absolutely don't care about these misfits (both appreciators and performers). and all that crap about becoming better society... are you a comedian? We have been having these laws and regulations for nearly a century now and we are still a crap society. Yet look at the amount of money spent on that bullcrap! At the same time individual visions of morals have been overshadowed by generalizations and self interest of few in power.
How about we try to be a free society for once. Again, you no matter how much of an adult you claim to be, you have no right to tell that girl how to live. Her parents and legal guardians do. If they mess up and raise a girl hat wants to shake her bikini arse in front of pervs at akiba - tough crap. Even freedom has its casualties.
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
tkoind2, why don't you be a good sport and show me the exact global regulation that shows that a bikini clad 13 year old is illegal...
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
You need a lesson in minding your own business. and another lesson of realizing that your are not some kind of know-it-all.
Who are you to tell these 13 year olds what to do? Why would you think government would know better? If you don't like it, steer away. I certainly do.
People mature at different age. How do you know that this 13 year old couldn't make an educated decision?
Even if not her, it should be up to her parent or legal guardian to decide. Not the government, and surely not a bunch of hypocrites on the internet news site.
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
The legs on that 3rd from the left... it's something else...
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nisegaijin
They missed the Jumper
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nisegaijin
Am I the only one who absolutely doesn't give a rat's rear end about this? Girl wants to do it? that's her choice! It's a free country! nobody forced her to show her bikini clad arse. And Akihabara residents should chill out. It was an individual performance area long before they moved it. so they can do everyone a favor and move the hell out!
Posted in: Innocence lost: the dark side of Akihabara
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nisegaijin
Haha, good on him! hopefully less coppers will be driving around terrorizing peaceful higoashi kanto speeders.
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nisegaijin
What a nut job. Hope the girls are ok.
Posted in: Two women attacked by man with umbrella in Shinjuku
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nisegaijin
that's what i like about my car. Modified exhaust (center pipe and rear piece) make enough noise for people to get the heck out of the way. I consider my car a lot safer than that slow prius. Really good responsive handling helps too, Prius doesn't have that either.
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nisegaijin
Not a huge upgrade from previous series. Some tech details would be nice, JT
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nisegaijin
ah, nice... definetely need to hit some beer gardens this summer... BEEER!!!!
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nisegaijin
5 a side football?
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