JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Core Developer - コアディベロッパー
- Midokura Japan K.K. - ミドクラジャパン株式会社, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥4.0M ~ ¥10.0M / Year Negotiable
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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thundercat
only 56% of eligible voters did so... sad...
btw coulrophobic, don't let the name fool you but the liberals are hardly the 'lefties' in the bunch. canada needs election reform and in a bad way. only 37% of voters went with the conservatives, helping to form another minority government... they won 143 seats when the actual proportional vote would have only given them 114. in any event, all the parties need to work together to resolve economic problems. let's hope everyone can get along.
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thundercat
Wow, congratulations. Ladies and gentlemen, give the man a hand! (clap, clap, clap)
Posted in: German doing well after double arm transplant
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thundercat
was he the only one who starred on this show? how do his co-stars figure into this? also, are the 20 episodes finished? what a waste. anyway, it wasn't just pot. judging by the paraphenalia on display last night on tv it looks like he was also doing heroin and possibly crack. he obviously should have been a little more discreet. hope he gets the help he needs.
Posted in: TBS pulls drama after actor Taishu Kase arrested over drug use
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thundercat
this picture makes me sick
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thundercat
Anyone else think this sounds a little strange? RIP Steve Fossett
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thundercat
just close them all. i can think of a few more terrible 'family' restaurants that should be downsized into oblivion.
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thundercat
Haven't they heard of the banana diet?
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thundercat
watch, Another Day at the Office
definately where these guys got there ideas. personally, i like graffiti. most of the artists are really talented. tagging however is totally lame... takes no talent to do and is a bit of an eye sore.
graffit = art
tagging = vandalism
Posted in: Tokyo trains defaced with graffiti
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thundercat
I learned English and Spanish as a child (French is my first language) and in my teens studied Italian and Portuguese and found it rather easy. Alphabet, common words (be careful of 'false friends' though), and similar culture made it easy to understand each language. Generally, I guess you could say that there is a similarity in the way of thinking that makes learning latin languages rather easy.
As for Japanese, I started studying in my mid-20s and was frustrated at first. I think part of the problem was that you need to approach learning Japanese in a different way from a latin language. Another problem I found, when I first came to Japan to seriously study, was that many people in big cities made an effort to speak to me in English which allowed me to be lazy. I never had that experience living in Europe. I guess the first step is always the most difficult. Once beyond that I found it somewhat easy to speak... writing however...
Posted in: How difficult or easy is Japanese to learn, compared to other languages?
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thundercat
hahaha,
Q: Should marijuana be illegal?
A: No. (=Marijuana shouldn't be illegal =Marijuana should be legal)
57% voted No. 57% think that marijuana shouldn't be illegal. 57% think marijuana should be legal.
Therefore, your statement
is wrong because 57% want the drug to be legal.
Posted in: Should marijuana use be illegal?
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thundercat
hey caveman, you must be baked.
57% voted that mari-j shouldn't be illegal. read the question again.
Posted in: Should marijuana use be illegal?
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thundercat
rjd,
You are such a righteous defender, and yet you have no idea what you are talking about. I would WITHOUT A DOUBT question the validity of litmus type drug test whether it was a Japanese wrestler or otherwise. THERE IS NO CHANCE I would use double standards in this or any other situation regarding Japanese and foreign crimes that are 'alleged' with almost no proof to back it up. I've been in Japan for decades, have a Japanese wife, Japanese children, Japanese parents (in-law) and live in a rural area of, yup - you guessed it, Japan!
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thundercat
No threshold, if you don't have the safe guards in place you suffer the consequences.
Where do you draw the line? Death threats are ok. Notices of intent to commit crimes are ok. Instructions on building bombs are not ok. Child pornography? Sulfide gas? C'mon, seriously, why should any of these things be ok?
Posted in: Should operators of websites be held criminally responsible if users post death threats, notices of intent to commit crimes, instructions on how to build bombs, etc?
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thundercat
You really dont understand the difference, do you? Search engines are completely different from websites (where the information 'resides') so, no Google wouldn't be responsible. If you ran a website that received 100k hits a day and left it 'running' unattended, not only do I think you would be criminally responsible for criminal activities that transpire on your site but you would be an idiot to boot.
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thundercat
Ok. You want to play the question game. Is a website operator criminally responsible if users post child pornography on their websites? I would guess by your previous post that you think they would not be... or is it ok to pick and choose the laws you want to follow?
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thundercat
Like talking to a wall with you. I posted my opinon. If you just wanted to click do you agree, yes or no, then just click and write nothing. If you want to give your opinion about something, then do that. You get it. It's a forum.
Why are posts on building bombs and death threats different? What, one is a less illegal than the other?
Posted in: Should operators of websites be held criminally responsible if users post death threats, notices of intent to commit crimes, instructions on how to build bombs, etc?
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thundercat
I know eactly what I wrote and adjusted my statement to include informing police to clarify my position. I wrote that an operator is liable which has a synonym of responsible, get it? I haven't changed my opinion at all.
You want to fault me for slightly altering my statement to make my position better understood, fine. How about actually posting an opinion instead of constantly criticizing others. You do have an opinion, don't you?
Why has the operator of 2ch released access logs if he is in no way responsible for what is posted on his site? Could it be he fears that he is indeed legally responsible? The defamation lawsuits (libel suits) further prove that he is LEGALLY responsible for what is posted on his site. My statement was that he was legally responsible. I never said criminally or civilly, I said legally. Please point out where I have contradicted myself. While you are at it PLEASE STATE YOUR OPINION.
Posted in: Should operators of websites be held criminally responsible if users post death threats, notices of intent to commit crimes, instructions on how to build bombs, etc?
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thundercat
Where did he get that idea? A Looney Tunes cartoon?
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thundercat
Nigelboy, you forgot about:
Situation 3.
Mr. A threatens Mr. and Mrs. B - Z. The focus of the the threat is anyone and everyone, therefore not one single person feels uneasy about said threat. As well, because of a large volume of threatening posts found on the site, neither the operator nor user takes the message(s) seriously. Mr. A then drives a truck into Akihabara and goes on a rampage. I'm not saying it could have been stopped but there certainly were very clear warning signs... Mr. A even admitted himself that he wanted to be stopped...
If the operator allows such messages to be posted on their website they are responsible for not only removing the posts but also informing the police because making threats ARE illegal.
In your situations there is no way to know whether or not Mr. B will see the threatening message in situation 1 or 2. However, you can guarantee that the operator of a website would/could see such a threat (whether it be through moderation or software designed to detect such threats). Yes, I would say without a doubt it is the operators responsibility to inform police.
The fact that the operator of 2ch as lost numerous court cases speaks volumes about what the legal level of responsibility is in Japan.
Posted in: Should operators of websites be held criminally responsible if users post death threats, notices of intent to commit crimes, instructions on how to build bombs, etc?
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thundercat
KissMint, Thanks. Actually, I understood the reference but was just hoping that Nigelboy would take a minute to explain why he would say such a thing.
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