notimpressed said...

notimpressed at 12:54 PM JST - 25th August

tkoind2

I like your last two sentences there. I agree with the rest too. I agree that the idea of marriage is different in Japan to what we may be used to, but it does not mean it is right or fair, or that those ideals are not changing. I…

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 12:54 PM JST - 25th August
notimpressed at 12:03 PM JST - 25th August

womanforwoman: do you define poor as homeless and starving? and that those on low wages, limited hours, and fickle contracts are middle class? I'm interested to know your definition now that you have brought it up.

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 12:03 PM JST - 25th August
notimpressed at 12:00 PM JST - 25th August

I think you miss the point that poverty is not as clear cut to define as one would think. There are levels of poverty. My definition of poor for myself?

Not abject poverty, eating sand etc, but what do you want? Do you have an absolute definition? Have you never…

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 12:00 PM JST - 25th August
notimpressed at 10:59 AM JST - 25th August

Tmarie, who ever said that love does pay the bills? Are you suggesting poor people dont pay thier bills? They might struggle, but they get by. They wouldnt get by without love in thier lives though.

Again, to reiterate what other posters have rightly said, poor does not mean unemployed,…

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 10:59 AM JST - 25th August
notimpressed at 10:40 AM JST - 25th August

Thanks Spudman,you saved the day! whats your secret identity? ANyway, the article has been edited to remove the 100metres part, and it does say the bag was with the materials, the wording is not clear. A bag with such and such items, could indeed mean to contain them or just…

Posted in 14-year-old boy burns himself to death on Nagoya street at 10:40 AM JST - 25th August
notimpressed at 10:10 AM JST - 25th August

Its none of anyones business if two adults want to get married. There have been working poor with happily married lives just as long as there has been miserable married rich couples. Hell, I don't care if they get a shotgun wedding and live in a teepee on the beach,…

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 10:10 AM JST - 25th August
notimpressed at 04:12 PM JST - 24th August

Aso speaking is like a Shakespearian tragedy/comedy. Don't know weather to laugh or cry.

Posted in Aso advises poor young people not to marry at 04:12 PM JST - 24th August
notimpressed at 02:52 PM JST - 24th August

I don't think about it at all. Its really easy. An insignificant twitter in the background noise. Its like static on the radio when you overhere walkie-talkie bits and pieces from taxi cabs and truck drivers and the like.

Posted in What do you think about Twitter? at 02:52 PM JST - 24th August
notimpressed at 02:44 PM JST - 24th August

Nothing says he was alive when the witness saw him. Police say he was dead when they found him. All the implements used were in a bag 100 meters away. So ... he lit himself on fire then put the lighter back into his bag without so much as getting…

Posted in 14-year-old boy burns himself to death on Nagoya street at 02:44 PM JST - 24th August
notimpressed at 04:34 PM JST - 3rd August

I eat cows, does that make me a vegetarian once removed?

Posted in Saving the planet at 04:34 PM JST - 3rd August