otis123 said...

otis123 at 03:51 AM JST - 18th July

Smithinjapan: No, regardless of your intent, you did say that the bombings were the worst atrocity in human history. The reason I think that statement is ridiculous is not because I think the bombings were justified, because I don't. But by claiming that it is the "worst atrocity" you seem…

Posted in Designer Issey Miyake, writing in NYT, asks Obama to visit Hiroshima on Aug 6 at 03:51 AM JST - 18th July
otis123 at 05:24 AM JST - 16th July

smithinjapan: "The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the single greatest crimes against humanity in human history." I read a lot of stupid things here, but that takes the crown for the day. People have been killing one another for little or no reason since the beginning of time. Let's…

Posted in Designer Issey Miyake, writing in NYT, asks Obama to visit Hiroshima on Aug 6 at 05:24 AM JST - 16th July
otis123 at 12:38 AM JST - 15th July

West Village...BAh! Go clean the Bronx pls...thx.

Posted in Japanese volunteer group cleans New York with environment in mind at 12:38 AM JST - 15th July
otis123 at 12:41 AM JST - 23rd August

Smithinjapan: I agree that doping is a whole different level of offense than using underaged competitors.

However, if the gymnasts are shown to be underage, the Chinese government's complicity in the scandal would be damning. As far as I know, the Canadian government did not forge documents trying to prove…

Posted in IOC asks for investigation of China's gymnasts at 12:41 AM JST - 23rd August
otis123 at 12:10 AM JST - 23rd August

China is on top of every medal list because it is the gold medals that count first. It is the offical IOC ranking and every other country counts that way. So please USA, stop pretending that you are on top, it's China that had the best athletes in this olympics.…

Posted in IOC asks for investigation of China's gymnasts at 12:10 AM JST - 23rd August
otis123 at 12:03 AM JST - 23rd August

Yosun,

no 1 natural resource (oil.....) consumption. no 1 CO2 release. no 1 nuke/MDW weapons owned no 1 .........

I could be wrong, but I think Russia has the most nuclear warheads.

Posted in US softball team loses gold to Japan at 12:03 AM JST - 23rd August
otis123 at 11:22 PM JST - 22nd August

Why has this become a pro/anti-America issue, rather than a pro/anti-breaking-rules issue?

Posted in IOC asks for investigation of China's gymnasts at 11:22 PM JST - 22nd August
otis123 at 03:49 AM JST - 2nd August

Quite frankly, both of the candidates are a bit daft on foreign policy. At least Obama, celeb or not, strikes one as intelligent in some regards, unlike McCain.

Posted in McCain ridicules Obama over Iraq policy at 03:49 AM JST - 2nd August
otis123 at 06:21 AM JST - 11th July

Homogenous nations for the win!

Posted in Japan ranked 5th most peaceful country in world at 06:21 AM JST - 11th July
otis123 at 05:52 AM JST - 10th July

Only the US would claim a dozen good authentic ramen shops in a country of 320 million people, concentrated in two areas (SoCal and NYC) is a call for declaring some kind of ramen breakthrough. There are probably as many good Nepalese curry shops in Japan, I don't hear anyone…

Posted in U.S. has 'ramen moment' as chefs, foodies embrace Japan's beloved comfort food at 05:52 AM JST - 10th July