Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    I wouldnt call it rigged fighting, but the judging does often go a bit strange..to say the least. I would love to see mark hunt back in the ring. Dude can rumble. By the way, mo, hunt, and sefo are all samoan. I think Sefo is past his best by a long shot though. Hes only good against an obviously inferior opponent. Any one who so much as matches him- and he starts to give up, like its too much work for him. Hes never wanted it bad enough.

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    saracasm123 u tool, yes thats why I came to Japan...to complain about bread. Borscht has it right, this happens to be an articlae about bread.Imagine coming aaaaaall the way to Japan just to pretend your not a foreigner and dissing all the other Gaijin.You must be extra special.

    Back to bread... I havnt found any bakeries in my neck of the woods as it is a bit inaka, so there are slim pickings. I cant help it if I like bread, and miss the stuff back home.I like Japanese food too, but obviously a taste of home is always nice. I remember alot of Japanese friends back in my home country complaining about the japanese restaurants and quality of rice there. Get a clue sarcasm. JT may have changed its look but you obviously haven't lost your superiority complex.

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    Best bread in the world? No way, I can almost taste teh additives in Japanese bread. Japan doesnt grow much wheat, and not well either I imagine. There simply isnt enough free land available for that sort of farming, especially as most is taken up with rice cultivation. Raising prices on a product harder to obtain at home seems odd, it might help a minority group of farmers, but it harms consumers to a larger degree. I miss the bread back home, going from whole aisle in the supermarket of all sortsof beautiful bread varieties to a couple of shelves of overpriced loaves. Cant even buy a decent toaster here, which is strange since so many are manufactured here(albeit for export).

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    I used to think bagpipes were offesnive to the ear untill I heard them played well. The atmospheric hum overlaid with the piping can sound so majestic and powerfull, and can really stir the spirits.BAd bagpipes sound as bad as any bad music. And at the end of the day, as I love music and terefor all instruments of music, I wouldnt want to stomp on anyones creative attempts, wether its my cup of tea or not. All power to him, if you ban one instrument other would be sure to follow. I always love to see anyone with the balls to back themselves and perform to the public for free. Technicalities of the sign aside, its still a nicely ironic image.

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    nosunset:Im glad you have an open mind there. My main ideology is that the CCP is not doing its best for the people. The main problem with all communist parties, is that its ideology never matches its actions. Im not AMerican either and I see alot of contradictions there that would take forever to get into. Unfortunately no political systems live up to expectations, and excuses offered for wrong doings are never enough for me. I really dont know if there is any right answer anymore for the world. I want to go to sleep and wake up in 500years and see whats progressed.

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    wow, I take that back, the recent comments box is back!! yayyy. I didnt even look properly. My Bad.

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    rolph harris must die for his wobbleboard massacre of stairway to heaven! I'm sick of seeing the same Japanese celebrities on every channel all day and night and on every show...Ive almost watched every english dvd in the video store now...need a video game, perhaps a nice shoot the celebrity game would do nicely.

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    I wonder if they are still reading this? lol. Ive actually gotten used to it, and am glad to see more post coming back. Still would like th erecent posts to come back, and having al the lists at the bottom is still annoying. It takes forever to scroll down, and then find anything. Still putting fluff stories at the top is also annoying, I skip alot of that crap even on the old site. IN some ways this is easier to find the bulk of stories than the old site, and in other ways it just has small layout issues that dont make sense. Notso bad afterall, but still needs a few tweaks i think. Bring back recent posts!!

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    nosunset: I hope you dont ever question or speak out against that party "who is doing its best" while you are living in China, you will find out about it. The reason you doubt authenticity of the media is because the CCP denies everything they do wrong, and exaggerate everything they do right. They dont even let the press into Tibet!! lol. Please remember you can love your country without loving the politics or the way they treat thier own people. Do you think tianmen square massacre was fiction? Alot of us, do actually read alot of history books. Some of us study even when we dont go to university anymore. Before you tell us to read history books, remember there are more books outside China than in it, because the CCP destroyed so much literature and culture during the peoples' revolution. If you want to discuss, you have to try not to be on the defensive so quickly. Then you might understand that we are not all against China the country or the people, but the system running it. Just because they are doing well in economics for a small amount of people, what about free speech and what about the majority of people who are struggling?

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    apecNetworks* so basically if anyone really wanted to help Tibetans, they would be helping them to govern themselves. They may have traded up slightly with the PRC but its still a long way from self determination. Ive heard a few things about the limits within US academics, Im from NZ and we have politically correct tabboo areas too, but within the Asian studies Department it seemed not too bad. Only thing is when you have someone lecturing on a particular country that they absolutely adore, not much critique gonna happen there. It was an eye opener for me having a teacher of Japanese postwar history, who although a confessed Japanophile, had no qualms with tearing them to pieces. Luckily in NZ, we dont have an agenda, where academics are defending the actions of its own state, and hence watering down the dialogue, basically because hasnt done anywhere near as many things that require staunch defending. When it comes to Domestic issues however, its the same old story but on a smaller scale. I think thats the biggest problem wih alot of American posters, is that they apply the American 'line' that they have been sold and refuse to look at things objectively. ie. Communists are dirty reds etcetc Its just a sstem of state that has (questionable?) merits and drawbacks, just like democracy. To quote Ben Harper... theres good intentions and theres good deeds, but they're as far apart as heaven and hell. Seems to often be the case with all political systems. If only there was a God-King that would sort it all out. Yeh the Harrer stuff was interesting, but Im too lazy to do any further reading lol. Last, The pentagon papers stuff sounded like state sponsored terrorism to me.

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    Triumvere; I think the article was referring to if Tibet gained independence with american and british imperial power behind them, as they obviously would have ulterior motives to backing Tibet. But your right, depending on the theocrat and what he allows to go on when in power, though it seems like previous lamas didnt give much of a damn about tibetans outside of the nobles and monks. Definately a bias in the piece but unavoidable. I took it with a grain of salt where its opinion related, but looked on in interest at well sourced references to actual events.

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    Thanks for the suggestion Apecnetworks, I found this one and thought it was interesting:http://www.workers.org/ww/tibet1204.html Of course it has a predetermined outcome, as the dude who wrote it already made his mind up, but there were some very nasty truths that i was not aware of, and all could be easily referenced. I thought his reppeating of teh PRCs policies towards minorities,and also That constitution said that "all Mongolians, Tibetans, Miao, Yao, Koreans and others living in the territory of China shall enjoy the full rights to self-determination."..well, that hasnt quite happened though. There are still serious issues of free speech, and suppression of religeous freedom in China. But at the end of it all, Britain and America being compared to Nazi germany in these papers is no surprise, as I am neither British of American. Perhaps comparison to Rome would be just as good. Amerca and Britain are both Imperialists more than nazis or facists(although these definitions tend to verlap in plaes). Then again China is just some bizzare mutant communist spinoff. So thanks for the heads up again ApecNetworks, it certainly sheds Tibet in a new light, but I still dont see the sun shining out of Chinas butt( not that you said it did, unlike some posters in previous threads). So at the end of all that reading, i dont really know what to make of the Tibet situation now. I think perhaps an autonomous region is an oxy-moron, might as well just be an independent nation state, and let them succed or fail in the worlds eyes as they see fit. At least with independence the country would have the opportunity to drag its ass into the 21st century.

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    He is in charge because the people do not have any say. Whoever the regime wants is who they get. ie. Someone that serves their agenda. WIthin the current system noone is ever going to have a chance to step up and change things.

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    depends if its any good whether you want it to last or not I guess.

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    oops, start should read, '...trying really hard to be objective'.

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    After reading quotes from pro communist china posters, and having studied Asian history and culture, and trying really hard to be effective....I still find that Han-Chinas practice of enveloping and assimilating other ethnicities and cultures, and obliterating all religeon and spirituality, and brutally stamping out of any dissention...well scary to say the least.

    Dont be offended or feel the need to protect the dignity of the Jewish people, the comparison of China today and nazi germany is a fair one. Of course the situations are different, its impossible for two identical situations, but there are disturbing simiarities. Stop using the 'dont insult Jewish and belittle the holocaust' argument to belittle any other point.

    I think alot of gut instinct and moral/intellectual ideals sometimes conflict.By this I mean We dont want a brutal China, with a vastly more numerous polulation, growing too big for thier play pen. On the other hand~ who are we to decide who should be allowed to grow right? Maybe assimilation of all the world will end all the wars? I doubt it but maybe.

    I think what disturbs me the most is that while I like the idea of one~world, China seems to be actively pursuing the idea of one China, regardless of how the different groups getting dragged in feel. Just because they arent invading right now doesnt mean it cant come to that. They have plenty of role models to copy, they just need to finish stamping the last embers of freedom at home, and building up that strength so as to be able to stamp out the big flames elsewhere.

    I know that Chinese people want to defend thier country, but you arent. You are defending the regime, not the people or the place.

    When Non Chinese sound anti-Chinese, sometimes its a reaction to (quite Natural)fear of being absorbed by the masses of China, along with fear of the growing power of a regime that seems willing to use force in the blink of an eye. Non-Chinese are already a minority in the world, and if Chinas attitude is to try and be the biggest and the best, and eventually the one and only, then the comparison to Nazi Germany is very apt. It certainly seems to me like the the chinese gov't would quite like everyone to be Han Chinese ethnically, culturally, and I suppose politically.

    Sorry for not being specific or quoting great texts...just an opinion post. 0_o

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    Tahoochi "I hope you're not American ..."

    No I most certainly am not. I mostly wish that Japanese had an outlet for thier frustrations and help for psychological problems. I would love to see a stronger network of social services, whioch comunicate between disciplines*ie. medical, psychiatry, social workers, councilling, education. No one is talking to each other. Individually and corporate. Or should I say everyone is talking alot but not saying anything. Your right, its not easy for them to change a whole culture, but I hope they can take some small steps towards seeing there is an issue that needs attention.

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    does this pattern of crimes have something to do with the romanticization of suicide and murder suicides in classical Japanese literature perhaps? When young people are taught that murder-suicide in the name of love is beauty of a higher order, especially during impressionable teenage years, its not surprising to see the trend continue in real life. Just like in America with gun violence reflecting the action movie industry, and my own country, where there are wannabe gangsters trynig to emulate American popculture through hiphop etc... Just a thought

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    hope we dont see a spate of random supermarket baby stabbings by frustrated and unappreciated robot babysitters crying out for help

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    '18-year-old arrested for pushing man to death from train platform at Okayama' '12-year-old boy jumps to death off condo building ' 'Stabbing suspect says he intended to attack school kids'

    So much of this type of bizarre and pointless tragedies happening im Japan every week. Its long been known that the pressure to conform within Japanese society is to much, and cries for help like this still go unnoticed. How can Japan stop and take a look at itself, and start an open dialogue with each other? Feels like an impossibility. This is something where Japan really needs to admit theres a problem, followed by admittting to a whole string of other things. Japan seems to mistake its biggest weaknesses for its strengths. Honnae and tattemae is nothing to be proud of anymore. The world is getting crazier, and we all need to admit its not a walk in the park, is that so hard? Get some help Japan, Where China used to be called the 'sick old man of the east', Japan seems to be the 'batty old oyaji that everyone tries to pretend is someone elses problem' Downward spiral...

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