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  ousamaDec. 20, 2009 - 10:48PM JST

  People should be allowed to say what they want, but I think it would be optimal if they kept in mind social ethics/morals/manners when speaking. However, people are rarely, if ever, so nice all the time so at the very least I think people should recognize proper times/places to blatantly insult people. Said insulted people should also learn to be able to deal with the insults or recognize proper times/places to react (the level of violence depends on what is said) to such baiting. People do offend purposely just to get a fight and people become offended just to get a fight. Things like education and understanding would help, but I just can't believe at all that we can never NOT offend someone.

  "Right to offend" is basically the same as "right to be a douchebag" and no matter whether it is rightful or not, people will do it anyways.

  Posted in: Should freedom of expression include the right to offend others?

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  ousamaDec. 13, 2009 - 08:50PM JST

  I think that if a country were to declare war on another they'd use all means to make the reason seem justifiable (whether it really is or not). But war has been a necessary means of not only historical development but also economic growth. The "war on terror" was made for a reason.

  Posted in: Are there any circumstances that justify war?

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  ousamaOct. 14, 2009 - 09:56PM JST

  When people imitate other languages, and don't do it properly.

  Eg. American person always says "kawaii!" or "itai!", but they are not seriously studying Japanese nor are they conversing with a Japanese person.

  Japanese people doing this with English also irritates me.

  Unless they are doing it as part of an obvious joke, it seems silly to me to do this sort of thing.

  Posted in: Which words or expressions annoy you the most when you hear them repeatedly used by other people in conversation?

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