rickyvee's past comments

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    rickyvee

    i know a lot of people don't like this idea, but i think it's kinda cool. this is a one-of-a-kind wedding that would be totally memorable. i do think it's a stupid stipulation that you have to use the reception area provided by jr.

    Posted in: JR East offering one couple chance to get married on Yamanote line

  • -2

    rickyvee

    why am i not surprised to see no comments congratulating japan on bringing down the suicide rate? instead a lot of people are guessing this has to do with the population decrease.

    the negative population growth, which was estimated at 0.077% in 2012 (http://www.indexmundi.com/japan/demographics_profile.html) simply cannot be the main reason for the dramatic 10% decrease in suicides. that simply does not correlate. neg population growth won't dramatically affect japan for at least another decade or two.

    Posted in: No. of suicides drops below 30,000 for first time in 15 years

  • 5

    rickyvee

    the agency is calling on schools to carefully monitor students’ condition during athletic meets.

    like this is gonna happen. it seems like school officials are clueless when it comes to postponing of stopping a sport's event when the temperatures soar.

    Posted in: 1,488 hospitalized for heatstroke from June 10-16

  • -8

    rickyvee

    @nessie

    that is such a blatantly false sentence.

    he got what he deserved. nuff said.

    Posted in: Girl beheads father after he rapes her in Papua New Guinea

  • 6

    rickyvee

    so adding a bus an hour on saturdays makes it a 24-hour service? puh-lease. and　what a short and crappy route that services hardly anyone besides hostess.

    Posted in: 24-hour bus service to begin in Tokyo in December

  • 1

    rickyvee

    snoop whatever is one guy who lasted a heck of a lot longer than anyone would have expected. west side!

    Posted in: Turbo charge

  • 4

    rickyvee

    i really can't understand why they can't put a financial penalty on this. it's senseless to create a "guideline" and not a law with real teeth in it. come on, japan!

    Posted in: Shinjuku announces plan to ban street barkers from September

  • 0

    rickyvee

    @canadianjapan

    this is one aspect of western-style capitalism that is self-serving. the company wins out but society loses because there will be hundreds of thousands of people out of work living off of gov't assistance. how does that help?. asian-style capitalism tries to balance out the needs of the company with the needs of society. having a company pay for deadweight is much better than having the gov't do it.

    Posted in: Abe stresses deregulation is priority for growth

  • 1

    rickyvee

    yeah, and tablets weren't cool until apple created the market with the ipad. i think apple will do something special and make watches the next...wait for it....legendary product.

    Posted in: Apple chief sees computers on wrists - not in glasses

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    rickyvee

    what good are the police if they can't protect the people that they are with. jeez!

    Posted in: Mountain search party attacked by bear; missing man found dead

  • -2

    rickyvee

    @smithinjapan

    i couldn't disagree more with many of the posters here. we, as people, need to accept more responsibility for our actions. the gov't and society doesn't make people do wrong, stupid or assinine things. the momemt we blame others for our actions the easier it is for us rationalize immoral and stupid behavior. no one made that woman starve her child but her.

    and all the "support systems" in the world won't help if someone doesn't wnat it or use it. like davinyoko said, there are lots of services for mental health but very few people us them.

    Posted in: Mother, child apparently starve to death in Osaka apartment

  • -5

    rickyvee

    @thedevilsassistant

    do you think a woman who is sane would starve herself and her child? and your definition of "love" is completely not the same as mine nor most people's.

    Posted in: Mother, child apparently starve to death in Osaka apartment

  • 0

    rickyvee

    @disillusioned

    i doubt if a better welfare system could have save her. this woman was mentally ill and wanted to kill herself and her daughter. why blame the j-govt? everyone complains when japan acts like a nanny state, but then they want japan to check on every citizen to insure that they are alive. huh?

    Posted in: Mother, child apparently starve to death in Osaka apartment

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    rickyvee

    what idiots for stealing the heaviest fruit in the world. why not steal melons instead? they weigh less and are much more valuable.

    Posted in: 700 watermelons worth Y350,000 stolen from greenhouse

  • 0

    rickyvee

    so basically hashimoto is saying that there isn't a need for US service members to go out with a "loaded gun" because there are establishments in Okinawa that will relieve them of their "bullets." ok, next topic, please.

    Posted in: Hashimoto apologizes for comment on U.S. troops, but not 'comfort women' remarks

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    rickyvee

    dang, that it one healthy, and rich, old dude!

    Posted in: Nearly there

  • 5

    rickyvee

    @tmarie

    the issue is and always will be the denial that the Japanese government and pubic continue to bleat on about how this didn't happen.

    this is simply not true. you're confusing fringe right-wing groups with the real j-govt. the j-govt has for years admitted to this. from wiki:

    In 1965, the Japanese government awarded $364 million to the Korean government for all war damages, including the injury done to comfort women.[64] In 1994, the Japanese government set up the Asian Women's Fund to distribute additional compensation to South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Indonesia.[65] Each survivor was provided with a signed apology from the then prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, stating "As Prime Minister of Japan, I thus extend anew my most sincere apologies and remorse to all the women who underwent immeasurable and painful experiences and suffered incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women."[66] The fund was dissolved on March 31, 2007.[67]

    you're confusing fringe right-wing groups with the real j-govt.

    Posted in: Hashimoto says S Korean troops guilty of wartime sex abuse

  • -1

    rickyvee

    @hoserfella

    why not simply check wiki for the answer? let's be honest, no one knows conclusively how many women were forced into sex slavery and how many did it willingly so your "200,000" includes both. yes, they did exist, but i have never denied there were sex slaves. my original argument with you is that you compared this situation to someone denying that genocide occured or that it was necessary. it's incomparable and a straw man argument, which is an argument based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.

    Posted in: Hashimoto hits back at polls showing majority disagree with his comments

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    rickyvee

    @hoserfella

    well "universally" is a bit strong and that number ranges from 20,000 to 400,000. a simple wiki check shows that. but i'm not exactly sure why you are suddenly mentioning this. i haven't argued anything regarding this idea.

    Posted in: Hashimoto hits back at polls showing majority disagree with his comments

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    rickyvee

    @hoserfella

    nice! now you're getting down to facts.

    to answer your first question, i have no idea about how many were forced or did so willingly, but even if there were only a few who were forced, that's one too many.

    for your second question, i completely agree with that idea. "comfort women" in this context means prostitutes. and as i mentioned above, throughout history lots of women have done this willingly.

    Posted in: Hashimoto hits back at polls showing majority disagree with his comments

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