rurika said...

rurika at 08:38 AM JST - 2nd January

Can you say weeaboo?

Posted in Girl power at 08:38 AM JST - 2nd January
rurika at 07:11 AM JST - 30th December

**Hangings for being gay (as opposed to hung for engaging in gay sex)

Hangings for getting raped

Hangings of children (as opposed hanging juveniles which is not the same as children**

Sorry but this is just semantics. We could argue whether a teenager is a child or a juvenile or…

Posted in Iran hangs 9 convicts, including 1 woman at 07:11 AM JST - 30th December
rurika at 05:55 AM JST - 30th December

if he'll leave his wife for you, he'll leave you for someone else.

Cleo, I tend to agree with this argument. However I feel too often people are accused of 'stealing' somebody's wife or husband when in fact that marriage was in trouble and would haved ended anyway. In an…

Posted in Actress Keiko Saito announces her divorce at 05:55 AM JST - 30th December
rurika at 05:40 AM JST - 30th December

This story gives me a horrible feeling that bad things happened before to this little girl and/or her sister.

I hope they can grow up to be well-adjusted women despite this.

Posted in Man arrested on suspicion of stabbing 8-year-old granddaughter at 05:40 AM JST - 30th December
rurika at 07:00 AM JST - 28th December

Likeitis, the link you included doesn't mention that the iranian police has broken into houses where gay men were known to congregate and accuse some of them of rape, despite the fact that all the men present were willing participants. Then these will be included in the statistics as rapists…

Posted in Iran hangs 9 convicts, including 1 woman at 07:00 AM JST - 28th December
rurika at 05:17 AM JST - 28th December

My vet is terrified of hamsters, apparently they are the animals that bite them the most LOL

Rats are much more sociable than hamsters and mice and are great pets for kids and adults alike. Just don't ever watch Willard.

Posted in Chinese zodiac at 05:17 AM JST - 28th December
rurika at 11:01 PM JST - 26th December

Murder, rape, armed robbery, kidnapping and drug trafficking are all punishable with the death penalty under Iran’s Islamic penal law.

You can also add being a gay man or a woman who has committed 'sexual offences' (such as being a victim of rape!) to that list. And let's not forget…

Posted in Iran hangs 9 convicts, including 1 woman at 11:01 PM JST - 26th December
rurika at 10:37 PM JST - 26th December

The number will decrease as their families get affected by the worldwide economic crisis and can't afford to support them anymore. The ones who won grants and scholarships might stay but some of the ones being financed by their parents will have to go home. Another problem students will face…

Posted in Foreign student numbers reach record 124,000 at 10:37 PM JST - 26th December
rurika at 09:50 PM JST - 26th December

The same could be said of people living alone anywhere. How long will it be before someone notice something is wrong? When you don't turn up for work or when you don't pay the rent?

RIP Ms Iijima

Posted in Police say Iijima was dead 1 week before body was found at 09:50 PM JST - 26th December
rurika at 09:38 PM JST - 26th December

Every teacher I know was bullied by his/her superior to 'volunteer' for activities after school hours. All these unpaid hours are on top of meetings with parents, visiting families at home, various school meetings and committees and endless paperwork. If you consider all that plus the time spent marking tests…

Posted in No. of teachers taking leave due to illnesses tops 8,000 at 09:38 PM JST - 26th December