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  • tigris at 02:38 PM JST - 10th October

    Nigelboy, reflecting your attitude and comments:

    "but the J population wouldn't give a damn, damn Lemmings!!!" Do you think this is racist or not?

    The inn-owners comments are general statements about difficulties when having foreign guests - no?

    Looks more like the "H" problem to me.

    Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 02:38 PM JST - 10th October

  • tigris at 01:35 PM JST - 10th October

    Of course, the other possibility is that the staff are already perfect English speakers, read JT no a daily basis, and have concluded that all foreigners are rude, aggresive Japan hating individuals! ;)

    Tigris, please note the smily mark - it is difficult to project sarcasm in abbreviated text like…

    Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 01:35 PM JST - 10th October

  • tigris at 01:23 PM JST - 10th October

    So Cleo, Professor, Nigelboy and me are all here too long, unable to read, and condoning racism. Thenewfront, you are riding away on your high horse.... May I remind you that the various definitions of racism all involve the idea of superiority?

    Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 01:23 PM JST - 10th October

  • tigris at 12:50 PM JST - 10th October

    Thenewfront... sigh, last try: An inn-owner asking on the phone if you are fine with Japanese food. You decline - he/she refuses accomodation - by your logic is a racist. If you answer in the affirmativ - he welcomes you - not a racist. If you are such a specialist…

    Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 12:50 PM JST - 10th October

  • tigris at 11:45 AM JST - 10th October

    Hey Thenewfront, Cleo and me don't condone racism. If you are a Japanese who wants breakfast at 11AM and different food from what they serve you will not be welcome in a minshuku or ryokan. This is about mewaku not the color of your skin.

    Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 11:45 AM JST - 10th October

  • tigris at 11:12 AM JST - 10th October

    Of course, the other possibility is that the staff are already perfect English speakers, read JT on a daily basis, and have concluded that all foreigners are rude, agressive Japan hating individuals!

    Perceptive comment! You get what you project. Like somebody above said: attitude is everything. If you think that…

    Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 11:12 AM JST - 10th October

  • tigris at 04:38 PM JST - 8th October

    This so called 'debate' was utterly boring. Without follow-up questions and the participants not permitted to address each other with direct questions, this hardly deserves to be called a debate. It is at best a public interview. Most of the answers were stock phrases we have heard since months or…

    Posted in McCain, Obama trade barbs in 2nd debate at 04:38 PM JST - 8th October

  • tigris at 11:18 AM JST - 30th September

    Nippon5, please don't take it personal.

    Originally it was to find a love get married, have children, a good job, some money in the bank, and a house to live in.....

    Yes, originally..... But this is a dream every common man has from Africa to the Northpole. Originally it didn't…

    Posted in Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill at 11:18 AM JST - 30th September

  • tigris at 10:25 AM JST - 30th September

    They will start printing $$$ till the presses run dry. And maybe, just maybe - when the volume of the money bag exceeds the volume of the groceries you get for it - will the last Americans in denial realize that the American Dream is just a bubble and ultimately…

    Posted in Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill at 10:25 AM JST - 30th September

  • tigris at 02:58 PM JST - 29th September

    memyself:

    I have been working as a deckhand on a three-masted barque crossing the Atlantic and experiencing really violent storms in the North Sea. You are right about common sense. Most experienced captains would rather avoid to sail through a typhoon and seek shelter. It should be fine in general,…

    Posted in Coast guard searches for yacht with 4 Americans off Okinawa at 02:58 PM JST - 29th September

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