rickyvee's past comments

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    rickyvee

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

    Posted in: Nearly there

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    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

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    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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    rickyvee

    @hoserfella

    what proof do you have of that? this is what he said above:

    The embattled mayor has tried to distinguish between forcing women into sexual slavery, which he says was wrong, and allowing troops to have a sexual outlet, which he says was necessary.

    as shocking as it may be, prostitution is the oldest profession around and some women willingly do it. if you want to morally object to this, that is fine. if you personally hate hashimoto, that's also fine. but let's not get into a lather about something he never said.

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

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    rickyvee

    @hoserfella

    that's a straw man argument. hashimoto isn't denying the existence of anything. and genocide of a race and "sex slaves" aren't even close to being comparable.

    frankly, i'm surprised so many japanese people oppose him. what little faith i had in j-society has been refilled for now.

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

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    rickyvee

    @kimuzukashiii

    at least in tokyo, the gov't subsidizes private daycare, bringing it in line with public facilities. it's still a bit more expensive but not really by much.

    Posted in: Yokohama says it has no children on daycare center waiting list

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    rickyvee

    anyone else starting to think this is just a ploy by hashimoto to get attention before the coming elections? before this firestorm, nothing had been reported about the JRP in months. now it's the center of attention again. so we're all playing into hashimoto's hands.

    Posted in: Your Party to end alliance with Japan Restoration Party over Hashimoto's comments

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    rickyvee

    can he really be charged with theft? i think the dealership should be charged with idiocy for not having someone in the car.

    Posted in: Man arrested after taking Lexus for test drive to grandmother’s house 180 km away

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    rickyvee

    this is such a lame controversy driven by SK, China and the media (and of course JT posters love harping on japan). so what if a gov't official pays respect to the war dead? they aren't specifically praying to the "war criminals," if you can even really call them that. japan has repeatedly apologized for their past actions so give it a rest already.

    Posted in: Abe defends right to visit Yasukuni Shrine

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    rickyvee

    and let's call a spade a spade. these women were "sex slaves" and not "comfort women." that euphamism tricks people into believing that this wasn't a horrific act.

    Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation

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    rickyvee

    why don't these people just kill themselves? just get life insurance so your family collect on your death.

    Posted in: Man kills 3 family members, then himself

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    rickyvee

    the gov't has already distanced itself from hashimoto's remark: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/wartime-sex-slaves-were-necessary-to-maintain-discipline-says-japanese-politician/story-e6frg6so-1226642016419

    only ishihara is backing his lackey.

    Posted in: Defiant Hashimoto says U.S. troops abused women during occupation

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    rickyvee

    @dcog

    please read my post carefully. i said "most of his views," not ALL of them. he's said and done a lot of controversial things, but still remains popular with japanese people. or should i be more exact and say SOME japanese people? and you're assuming that every japanese person is going to give you their honest opinion about these issues.

    Posted in: U.S. lawmakers urge Japan gov't to distance itself from Hashimoto

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    rickyvee

    @tmarie

    you are really dreaming if you think mini hitler is going anywhere. unfortunately a sizable portion of the japanese electorate agrees with him on most of his views.

    Posted in: U.S. lawmakers urge Japan gov't to distance itself from Hashimoto

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    rickyvee

    once again the foreign community, and the press, make a mountain out of a molehill. the only newsworthy comment Hashi made was that the g'vt didn't sanction comfort women, which is mostlikely BS. but this isn't necessarily incendiary. while his comment that prostitutes/comfort women are a neccessary evil during war is odd, he does admit that some comfort women did so against their will.

    so where's the fire with all this smoke?

    Posted in: Gov't - but not Ishihara - backs away from Hashimoto's comfort women comments

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    rickyvee

    yeah but harleys have always been well-built, while the friday night specials made in detroit were poorly built and designed.

    Posted in: Big three U.S. automakers to skip Tokyo Motor Show

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    rickyvee

    why wouldn't they skip the TMS? i mean this is a shrinking market where they never made a dent in. spending tens of millions of dollars to show off cars that japanese consumers don't want would be foolish.

    Posted in: Big three U.S. automakers to skip Tokyo Motor Show

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    rickyvee

    i'd also like to add that i have no issue with people who are transgender. people are free to do whatever makes them happy. i just don't think you can really be a man or a woman after the surgery.

    Posted in: Hong Kong transsexual wins court fight to marry her boyfriend

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