skroknog's past comments

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  skroknogMay. 15, 2013 - 08:57PM JST

  Creep central. These cop cases seem to be going from bad to worse. Groping and filming is one thing, but (attempted) kidnapping is a whole other level.

  Posted in: Ex-cop arrested for attempting to abduct 15-year-old girl

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  skroknogMay. 08, 2013 - 03:34PM JST

  Are they planning to invade Okinawa to free the oppressed peoples from the clutches of Empirical Japan? ;) A bit late don't you think?

  Posted in: China should reconsider who owns Okinawa: People's Daily

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  skroknogApr. 24, 2013 - 03:12PM JST

  I was in the program years ago in the '90s and have done ALT work occasionally since then... Nothing has changed! ALTs are still used like talking textbooks. The system is useless when J teachers are so stiff and ridged that they are incapable of working with native speakers for the benefit of the students. ALTs are simply treated as a bothersome interference to their everyday routine. As stated above it is the teachers who need teaching. All J English teachers should be made to take weekly lessons so improve the English they impart to students in the classroom and to change their thinking about language teaching.

  Posted in: Gov't plans to increase number of foreign English teachers to 10,000

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  skroknogApr. 21, 2013 - 12:30PM JST

  If only the same thing would happen for J pop.

  Posted in: In Psy's musical wake, K-pop tries substance over style in star search

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  skroknogApr. 21, 2013 - 12:56AM JST

  I'll never be able to listen to 'Jake the Peg' again. :(

  Posted in: Rolf Harris arrested over sex offense allegations in UK

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  skroknogApr. 19, 2013 - 05:39PM JST

  Proof that famous people just keep on getting more famous no matter what they do, while any new talent languishes in obscurity.

  Posted in: Murakami book print run hits 1 million in week

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  skroknogApr. 13, 2013 - 09:20PM JST

  Dogs might look dumb, but they're often smarter than people especially when it comes to survival.

  Posted in: Experts: Don't attempt to save swept-away pets

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  skroknogMar. 24, 2013 - 02:12PM JST

  A portable CD player, wow! These guys are on the cutting edge!

  ... for 1990.

  Posted in: Mini CD player

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  skroknogMar. 24, 2013 - 02:08PM JST

  = psychopath, sociopath.

  Posted in: 19-yr-old who dismembered mother wanted to know more about dissection

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  skroknogMar. 18, 2013 - 01:52PM JST

  It is certainly the best form of government to date. It trumps communism and autocratic monarchies which were highly unstable. Modern democracies (at least in theory) contain checks and balances which prevent governments from disintegrating through corruption and decent into dictatorship. The problem is that they are expensive - one of the reasons why it was soon abandoned in ancient Greece. In times of crisis bureaucracies can also severely impede decisive decision making, and worse, become locked in unproductive bickering and internal power struggles - a reason why the Roman Republic eventually failed and was replaced with a dictatorship followed by an Empirical government. Our modern democracies are very young in their true democratic form and it's yet to be seen how long they will survive.

  Posted in: Do you think democracy is the best form of government?

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  skroknogMar. 11, 2013 - 03:30PM JST

  China is an epidemic waiting to happen.

  Posted in: Over 1,000 dead pigs found floating in Shanghai river

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  skroknogMar. 02, 2013 - 04:07PM JST

  She raised a monster.

  Posted in: Mother of Romanian murder suspect apologizes

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  skroknogFeb. 27, 2013 - 04:50PM JST

  Someone should flog the Maldives if they go through with this.

  Posted in: 15-year-old alleged rape victim in Maldives to be flogged

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  skroknogFeb. 24, 2013 - 02:18AM JST

  If a guy feels the need to do something walking down the street he should stick to pocket billards. That way, at least he'll have a smile on his face.

  Posted in: Distracted smartphone 'addicts' at greater risk of mishaps

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  skroknogFeb. 14, 2013 - 12:49PM JST

  The man has been brainwashed by his own movies.

  Posted in: Bruce Willis says he's against new gun controls

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  skroknogFeb. 11, 2013 - 02:48PM JST

  Classic!

  Posted in: Cop arrested for stealing woman's bike in Kawasaki

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  skroknogFeb. 09, 2013 - 02:41PM JST

  Welcome to the stone age. Even the Romans banned Druidism, which carried out human sacrifices, 2000 years ago. It's about time Papua New Guinea caught up.

  Posted in: Accused witch burned alive in Papua New Guinea

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  skroknogFeb. 08, 2013 - 02:39PM JST

  fans started taunting him with repeated chants of “Fukushima, Fukushima

  Wow. That is pathetic.

  Posted in: Japanese soccer players need thick skin to deal with racism abroad: Kawashima

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  skroknogJan. 24, 2013 - 03:01PM JST

  'They can choose not to vote for me.'

  Keep it up, Hashimoto. It won't be long until nobody votes for you!

  Posted in: Hashimoto pressures school to cancel some entrance exams

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  skroknogJan. 23, 2013 - 01:48PM JST

  Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah!

  Posted in: Justin Bieber tops Lady Gaga to rule Twitter