JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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tigris
.... to extort your enemy into changing.
...and divert resources. While the US has now a state of the art security 'system' wasting billions (obstructing free movement, trade, travel, 'preventive' wars) there are now more beggars on the street of big US cities than in many 3rd World countries.
Dogs... Just got back from Chicago. No full body scanners yet, but sniffer dogs on the bridge to the plane. Much more sensible and cheap as DC2020 points out.
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tigris
m5c32:
.....define terrorism as the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear through violence or the threat of violence in the pursuit of political change. All terrorist acts involve violence or the threat of violence. Terrorism is specifically designed to have far-reaching psychological effects beyond the immediate victim(s) or object of the terrorist attack. It is meant to instil fear within, and thereby intimidate, a wider `target audience' that might include a rival ethnic or religious group, an entire country, a national government or political party, or public opinion in general. Terrorism is designed to create power where there is none or to consolidate power where there is very little. Through the publicity generated by their violence, terrorists seek to obtain the leverage, influence and power they otherwise lack to effect political change on either a local or an international scale.
Source NY Times, Bruce Hoffmann "Inside Terrorism". Plenty of similar thoughts by informed sources on the net.
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tigris
The terrorists win when people sacrifice their reason and logic on the altar of security and nations bankrupt themselves morally and financially with "wars on terror".
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tigris
Security is a superstition - irrational. The insecure sheeple demand it more than anybody else.
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tigris
News only for the sheep.
Posted in: Sea Shepherd, whaling protester Watson take their feud public in NZ
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tigris
To Nessie and others with a real interest in this subject: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-truth-behind-the-burqa/
A fascinating and informative take on the subject by someone who obviously knows about what she is talking about.
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tigris
Thanks to the Dutch the dirtiest and ugliest World Cup final ever. Glad that football won over thuggery.
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tigris
But she doesn't support it. The article continues (link @ KeikoTokyo):
"I've heard a few opinions that are saying that it's the best move for him and the Japanese might go easy because they know he's not going down to the southern seas and is no longer part of Sea Shepherd," she said.
This view was held by Sea Shepherd's founder and president Paul Watson [surprise...] and deputy chief executive Chuck Swift, she said.
However, she did not believe the tactic was a good one and feared that the prosecution could use the Sea Shepherd ban against him. "It's very unfortunate, I feel, that it's just before the summing up of the trial."
@KeikoTokyo
So who told Jason Stewart this? Did Paul Watson say this to him? Or was it his own assumption?
we did have the full permission of the director of Sea Shepherd Paul Watson to be carrying those bow and arrows
That doesn't leave much room for interpretation. If the written word is not enough, here is the original news clip with picture and sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-tRB_kOMN4
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@ KeikoTokyo
Jason Stewart, the Aucklander who was at the helm of the Ady Gil during the collison, told TV3 that Bethune had been given the go-ahead to take the bow and arrows on board. "It was never a secret that we were carrying bow and arrows on the Ady Gill and in fact we did have the full permission of the director of Sea Shepherd Paul Watson to be carrying those bow and arrows," he told 3News.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/3789030/Sea-Shepherd-ban-on-Bethune-bizarre
In a TV3 interview recorded before the Antarctic campaign, Mr Bethune displayed the weapons and said they would be used to shoot "nasty chemicals" into dead whales so the whaling ships would not take them on board.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10266219.stm
@ cleo
Thanks for evading my question. Bu in the meanwhile we know Bethune's reaction for being dumped:
Anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune says he is “completely gutted” by Sea Shepherd’s decision to ban him from future protests.
http://www.3news.co.nz/Bethune-gutted-by-Sea-Shepherd-ban/tabid/423/articleID/160030/Default.aspx
So he was never told what they are doing "for his benefit". Many thanks Mr. Watson, impeccable timing as usual, gurantees maximum media coverage.
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tigris
No I don't. They are exploiting a loophole in the regulations. But my view on whaling is not as black and white as you might wish. I do not tell people what to eat (unless it is endangered species). I would have no problem if Japan catches whales in their own territory. SS Watson managed to rise the support for whaling in Japan despite falling consumption (probably now rising again). The 2 sides are made for each other: Watson promotes defiance in Japan and that swells his bank accounts and satisfies his pathological narcissistic needs. Without the fuzz whaling would slowly die its natural death like any other industry not commercially viable.
@ KeikoTokyo
Please read the sentences you copy more carefully: "But I do agree with the the current methods of Greenpeace in Japan"
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@sarcasm123
There is no discrepancy and it ain't funny. I am not sheep following blindly a narcissistic shepherd. But I do agree with the the current methods of Greenpeace in Japan and their comments on Paul Watson:
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/paul-watson-sea-shepherd-and
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@ KeikoTokyo
Jason Stewart, the Aucklander who was at the helm of the Ady Gil during the collision, told TV3 that Mr Bethune had been given the go-ahead to bring the bow and arrow on board.
That debunks your whole argument.
The same article quotes Bethune's father:
The father of anti-whaling campaigner Pete Bethune believes conservation group Sea Shepherd has cut his son adrift because the former Hamilton sailor was taking the limelight from the group's other high-profile activists.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/3790276/Bethune-ban-jealousy
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tigris
The shepherd just sacrificed a lamb so the sheep are hiding in the bush.
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tigris
@Cleo
Thanks for the simple and straight answer. As you have been such a loyal supporter of SS and Bethune I have one more question: If you were in Bethune's shoes in a Japanese jail - How would that make you feel in terms of loyality?
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@Cleo
I rephrase, if that makes any difference to you: Why would SS come out with this information about bow and arrows 6 days before the conclusion of Bethune's trial. And please explain how the information that Bethune indeed was carrying a dangerous weapon helps him to get leniency in a Japanese court.
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@ Cleo
Would you please enlighten us why SS 'disassociates' themselves now, one day before Bethune's trial conclusion. Depite that the bow and arrows has not been featured in any media since months and was not an issue at the trial. Why now?
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tigris
They are dumping this guy because he is co$$$$$ting them BIG and revealing too much @ their operations .
SS Watson dumps Bethune for maximum effect and manipulation of the media. Tomorrow when the trial concludes we will read worldwide: Bethune who was expelled/kicked-out/dumped from SS for.... was found guilty of.... Just think about the timing and that the bow and arrows never came up in the trial.
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tigris
The above article is not a Japanese report, it is from AP. Others refer to his 'removal as 'kicked out' are: The Canadian Press, NZherald, TVNZ. Other vocabulary used is abandoned, axed, dumped. Just shows that SS Watson ruthlessly exploits anything and anybody to manipulate the media.
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tigris
Great timing.... months after Ady Gil sunk, one day before Bethune' s trial concludes (tomorrow). Pathalogical narcissist Watson obviously can't handle any other name in the media but his own.
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tigris
I have worked for 3 companies here, 2 Japanese, one foreign. Meetings were all totally different. Most annoying was the foreign company where it took 10 minutes to decide who is writing down what was said.
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