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thundercat
CONGRATULATIONS!! It's never too late to live up to your true potential!! :)
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Anyone want to make a bet that both sides will be claiming victory before the final counts are in?
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Seriously, nothing to get concerned about. I go to the Atami plum garden every year... and every year these particular trees are in bloom at that time. Notice the pink colour? They are not the variety that blooms in late March.
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Those trees bloom early every year... just like the ones in Kawazu (Izu). There is nothing weather related at all. Maybe doing a little research (or possibly being able to read the sign in Japanese right next to the trees) would have avoided this false report.
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One person emailed to complain and these guys got suspended...? WTF
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Numbskull, if the bike was a 50cc scooter (as it almost certainly was in light of the fact that this kid was only 17) then the brakes would not work with two passengers nor would it be able to accelerate fast enough to get out of the way of oncoming traffic. I've been riding bikes from 50cc to 1050cc for the last 20 years. Overloading a bike will result in avoidable accidents. It's sad that this type of accident keeps happening. It's not the first time a young man makes a bad decision on a bike and it won't be the last.
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thundercat
How much do you want to bet that 95% of these 'female' posters are actually in the closet homosexual misogynists?
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As someone who has been surfing typhoon swells in Japan since the early 90s I can honestly say that most of us respect the power of waves. Whats crazy is how many times I've seen, read and heard of people getting swept out to sea while trying to swim or play around in these kinds of conditions. My local beach has at least one fatality every year and it's almost only ever drunken men in their 30s or 40s from Tokyo (3 years ago it was a small child unfortunately)
PS, Beelzebub, how long has Kamakura been near Okayama? Get someone who can read Japanese to translate the article for you!
Bottom line is if you don't understand and respect its power, don't step foot in the ocean.
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Kumachan, you are dead wrong about your assertions that she had did not kidnap the children because she had physical custody of them. No where does it say in any other media that I have seen that her custody agreement allowed her to permanently take the children out of the US. What she did is in fact completely illegal according to US law (where they were residing) and that is why the father has been awarded FULL custody of the children now. It doesn't matter whether its your children or not, its still kidnapping! The father has just as many rights as the mother does in this case.
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LOL! You're right. Complaining about illegal invasions and losing civil liberties is EXACTLY the same as complaining about trying to win the Olympic bid.
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I wonder what Joe the plumber thinks about this?
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You are arguing the exact opposite side of this issue. I can't believe you would take a quote like that and try to use it to support your argument. He is clearly elated because an injustice was corrected. The justice he is referring to can only exist because of a previous wrongful conviction.
That's an easy one. It's because arguing with guys like this, by being baited into the controversy that he is trying to start, you give legitimacy to what he says. Just ignore him. Holocaust deniers have lost touch with reality.
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Post one example of my 'pontificating'.
My point, from the beginning, was that you have a very different idea of justice from a lot of people. A man can spend 5 years on death row and you consider it justice. In fact, a man could be executed for a crime he didn't commit and you would consider 'justice served' as long as his innocence is eventually prove. After all, justice is truth to you, not fairness (the point I was making all along!!). His deportation was unjust. Losing his immigration status was unjust. Spending 5 years on death row was unjust. But, he wasn't executed in the end and the 'truth' came out so that is justice.
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Sure thing Kinniku, don't let something as inconvenient as logic get in the way of a good rant. I guess I didn't read the fine print on the JT posting rules that stated one is not allowed to voice their opinion on a topic after 25 posts, otherwise they will be subject to personal attacks. When you attack someone's credibility making up lies about that person's opinion, what they have said, who they associate with and their level of intelligence to try and undermine the points you ARE doing a hatchet job.
This denies the reality of this case. You can't argument that he received justice in Israel if you think 5 years on death row for a crime you didn't commit is injustice. That is an illogical assertion.
Is this really how you define justice?? So if he were executed, but later exonerated for the crime, you would consider that justice as well. After all, the truth would have come out.
This is where we have a serious disagreement. You feel that truth, one way or the other, is more important than this man's life. If he were found not guilty in this case and died as the judge read his verdict, you would be satisfied that the truth was finally known, even though he spent the last days of his life in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Neither of us knows the evidence that is being used in this case but I sure hope it is more substantial than what was used to convict him the first time. When trying an 89 year old man on 60 year old charges authorities had bet err on the side of caution. Something that doesn't seem to happen often in these kinds of trials (and which obviously didn't happen the first time he was charged).
As a final note, I can see that you just can't help yourself when going after someone's credibility with your
nonsense. Grow up.
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Kinniku,
To start off, you seem to love these hatchet jobs of yours. Point to one single post were I aligned myself with anyone else posting on this thread. Because I disagree with you, you try to lump me in with holocaust deniers which is NOT TRUE! Instead of apologizing, like any rational person would have done, or even admitting that you were wrong (which is the minimum you could have done) you continue your libelous meandering.
Now to address your post (and please take note I will NOT go after your character, please show me the same respect!) 90% of your reply is in response to Sabiwabi's posts, not mine. Please understand (I'll say for the second time) that he and I have very different opinions about this topic. If you continue to choose to ignore that then your arguments are moot as they do not concern my post. My question was not a difficult one, as you suggested, it was a very simple one. 'Do you think that Demjanjuk received a fair trial?' After some long winded rambling about comments another poster made (which you do AGAIN to try and associate me with someone that I am not associated with!) you finally say
5 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit is justice? Again and again you use the over-ruling of the second trial as a basis for your belief that Demjanjuk received justice. It's absurd!
This point you make is really interesting:
If that is how you feel about the justice system than I question whether or not you actually understand anything about trials at all. A trial is complete, in its entirety, once a verdict is read. When we are talking about someone's life (especially the death sentence) the state does not ever have the luxury of getting it wrong. When they get it wrong it is injustice, plain and simple. Following your line of reasoning, if he had spent 50 years on death row only to have his case over-ruled you would still consider it 'justice served'.
So no, Demjanjuk did not receive a justice in Israel. He was deported for a crime he didn't commit. He had his immigration status revoked for a crime he didn't commit. More importantly, he spent 5 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Oh, but because he wasn't executed in Israel he received justice? Give me a break.
BTW, I wasn't defending BC, just showing a clear and undeniable pattern of ad hominem attacks in your posts. And technically, BC was right about Mr. Demjanjuk not being acquitted as the second trial was an appeal which can only overturn a previous ruling not actually acquit a defendant.
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Your last two posts have been classic smear jobs Kinniku and don't actually address any of the points brought up against your argument. You accuse me of 'being in the company' of someone with whom I most certainly am not. You attack my credibility by accusing me of 'not living in the real world' without even scratching the surface of the point I made. You outright lie in your assertion that I would rather just 'let everyone go' and that 'all trails should be cancelled because there is a possibility there may be a mistake'. Two things I have never said. And you bring up completely irrelevant, off-topic points about BC not being able to tell the difference between Iran and Iraq to make him/her seem stupid and therefore invalidate their argument.
Not that I actually expect you to answer my question (since you didn't the first time) but here it goes. Do you think the first trial was 'justice served' (as you so like to put it)?
(bracing myself for insults and accusations!)
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Why not just charge him with all 10 million counts of murder?
Kinniku, we've been over this before. Your definition of 'justice' refers only to the legal definition. Your 'justice' has nothing to do with fairness, only what is determined at trial. If he were executed after the original trial only to be acquitted postmortem you would still consider it 'just', while most of us would be appalled. You defend the injustice of his first trial with the 'justice was served' (your words) of the second trail. Admit that the first trail was injustice and then people might understand your position better.
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thundercat
Give me a break! Living in Barcelona or Yokohama? Playing in Europe or Japan? There was never any choice...
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Really? Where do you guys live? This hasnt been a problem in the prefecture that I live in for at least 6 years now.
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Right, but she is willing to put all of America through that with a run for the Whitehouse in 2012.
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