presto345 said...

presto345 at 01:58 PM JST - 19th June

The teacher took a risk in overestimating the common sense of all the kids. But he/she couldn't have imagined a 12-year old would be foolish enough to step onto a glass dome.

Posted in 12-yr-old boy falls to death through skylight window on school roof at 01:58 PM JST - 19th June
presto345 at 11:43 AM JST - 19th June

The judiciary here should get a little tougher with the sleaze press here. People's private lives are not everyone's business.

Posted in Actress Ryoko Hirosue wins defamation suit against tabloid magazine at 11:43 AM JST - 19th June
presto345 at 11:41 AM JST - 19th June

Catherine will be perfect for the job!

Posted in Catherine Zeta-Jones touts Lux shampoo at 11:41 AM JST - 19th June
presto345 at 11:39 AM JST - 19th June

“I don’t want to be called something I’m not, but I felt like ... everyone was treating this accusation of being Muslim as though it were some sort of crime or sin,” Aref said.

Change is not upon us yet. But wait. Maybe in a few more centuries . .…

Posted in Muslim woman said she could not sit behind Obama at rally because of head scarf at 11:39 AM JST - 19th June
presto345 at 11:33 AM JST - 19th June

Legalising marriage, and all the privileges associated with it at the current time is more like jumping off a cliff with no safe ground sight

And when will be the time then? Isn't the legislation meant to change views now and not at an indefinite time in the future (whose…

Posted in What are your views on same-sex marriages? at 11:33 AM JST - 19th June
presto345 at 11:20 AM JST - 19th June

a committed relationship with vows made in front of God

God? Whose God? Yours?

Posted in What are your views on same-sex marriages? at 11:20 AM JST - 19th June
presto345 at 11:18 AM JST - 19th June

This topic has been endlessly discussed before. Marriage is a bond between man and woman. Sure. That's what it used to mean. It is a man-made definition, let's not forget. Marriage is used more loosely today to mean for example a binding agreement in business. Language is constantly changing. And…

Posted in What are your views on same-sex marriages? at 11:18 AM JST - 19th June
presto345 at 05:50 PM JST - 15th June

I just did a gigantic research paper on the dispute

Thank you Conrad for your efforts to put things in perspective.

Posted in Taiwan recalls top Japan rep as tensions rise over ship collision at 05:50 PM JST - 15th June
presto345 at 07:11 PM JST - 14th June

japan just hoping to prove that there are bigger suckers in the world

They are not hoping anything of the kind, and I find the statement offensive. But what could I expect from ... The Japanese have found a niche in the market. Good for them. The filthily rich in…

Posted in Japan exports watermelons to UAE for 1st time at 07:11 PM JST - 14th June
presto345 at 10:55 PM JST - 13th June

I just had to respond. So, you are saying the Israelis should just sit back and let themselves get blown up?

You had to respond. I was saying ... Read again please before firing off a response. Do not put words into my mouth. I said Hamas was not justified…

Posted in Gaza militants bombard Israel at 10:55 PM JST - 13th June