taiko666 said...

taiko666 at 02:54 PM JST - 23rd October

The sad thing about politics in much of the western world now is that there's no viable middle ground between feeble, timid purveyors of PC dogma (Labour, Conservatives, Obama) and revolting racists like the BNP. There's no platform on which to raise and discuss logically serious, contentious issues (such as…

Posted in Anti-fascist protesters breach security at BBC at 02:54 PM JST - 23rd October
taiko666 at 02:29 PM JST - 23rd October

Junnama

I take it you're one of the 'binary' thinkers: criticising somebody else's culture is always wrong.

Posted in Okada calls for respect for culture amid criticism of dolphin hunting at 02:29 PM JST - 23rd October
taiko666 at 02:26 PM JST - 23rd October

When exposed to biased one-sided propaganda everyone would have misgivings

I meant their own misgivings/disgust/distress at the dolphin cull.

My point about PC drones is that they don't care who or what suffers, so long as they maintain their own PC kudos. And there seems to be no limit to…

Posted in Okada calls for respect for culture amid criticism of dolphin hunting at 02:26 PM JST - 23rd October
taiko666 at 12:35 PM JST - 23rd October

and the Brazilians could decide Japan's politics

So if a J-politician proposed (for example) better schools for the Brazilian population in Japan, those same Brazilians should be barred from voting for him/her? 'Having a say' is NOT 'deciding.' That's the kind xenophobic talk that kept (for example) blacks disenfranchised in…

Posted in PM suggests giving foreigners local voting rights in near future at 12:35 PM JST - 23rd October
taiko666 at 12:21 PM JST - 23rd October

You could go home though couldn't you? (Except for political exiles etc I suppose.)

It's amazing that people still spout this 'you can go home' sh1te. If 'home' isn't where you've lived for 25 years, married, raised kids, become part of the community etc I don't know what is.

Posted in PM suggests giving foreigners local voting rights in near future at 12:21 PM JST - 23rd October
taiko666 at 12:17 PM JST - 23rd October

timtak, I think if you are a naturalized citizen, you can run for local office.

Of course. You can run for PM if you like. Legally, becoming a naturalised citizen makes you indistinguishable from any other Japanese citizen. Culturally, the same is not true of course. You'll always be a…

Posted in PM suggests giving foreigners local voting rights in near future at 12:17 PM JST - 23rd October
taiko666 at 12:02 PM JST - 23rd October

Many of my Japanese friends seem to assume that I can vote in Japan anyway. They also assume that I can automatically become a J-citizen because I have a Japanese wife. They seem to be much more progressive than the J-Gov and even some JT posters. But at least the…

Posted in PM suggests giving foreigners local voting rights in near future at 12:02 PM JST - 23rd October
taiko666 at 10:57 AM JST - 23rd October

This thread is more of the same- people who are understandably shocked at this brutal practice v PC drones who think that all cultures should be respected, whatever sordid practices they get up to (Incoming PC drone alert ... 3,2,1 ..."Define sordid")

But the point of this article is the…

Posted in Okada calls for respect for culture amid criticism of dolphin hunting at 10:57 AM JST - 23rd October
taiko666 at 10:34 AM JST - 9th October

but I'm pretty teed at this guy for making it even more annoying to be an American in this country.

Don't forget the knock-on effect for non-American foreigners here, who are often (or normally) mistaken for Americans by the Japanese.

Posted in American transit passenger with handgun arrested at Narita at 10:34 AM JST - 9th October
taiko666 at 07:09 PM JST - 7th October

Disillusioned

In 6 years so far I've certainly never experienced anything in Tokyo more serious than heavy rain and winds strong enough to turn a cheap umbrella inside out. That's not a typhoon, or a cyclone, or even a storm. It's just winter weather, and therefore a 'non-event.' As I…

Posted in Powerful typhoon lashes southwest Japan; expected to make landfall Thursday at 07:09 PM JST - 7th October