borscht, think about the books from a child's standpoint. they love them. they think they're well written, which is all that matters, since j.k. rowling's intended audience was children.
no matter if they are mainstream or not, its still not right. the man was invading their personal privacy. and its disgusting. he does deserve a good kick up the backside.
8iamhappy8, i strongly disagree with you. the fact that young girls and adult women want to experience this is not the SOLE reason for harry potter's success and neither is the fact that people are merely curious about what its like to not have parents to nag at you all…
rajakumar, they're fiction. i personally have read the books and they are very well written novels. kids devour them because the books take them away to a world where they can escape to and dream to be something incredible. all kids have dreams. rowling's was to write a book and…
e8istanf, we should be ashamed as well for nuking two of their cities. americans shouldnt take sand (why sand of all things, i do know thats all there is left on Iwo Jima, but still...) just to sell. for personal momentos, i could understand that. to sell? never. japan has…
okay, where in the world do they get that selling the sand from Iwo Jima conveys the battle history? its not like the sand can talk. and America has a wonderful book relating the history of the flagraisers and the battle and many other books as well. selling sand does…
this is my opinion. i think that japan is warning the U.S. of NK's inability to keep a promise. yes, this abduction issue is old and they need to drop it, but if japan asked north korea to look into and north korea said they would while lying through their…
i think japan does have a right to bring it up. maybe it isn't the hottest topic, but if more countries are aware of the situation, then maybe something can be done about it. plus, north korea might get squeamish if more people know about it. thats just my opinion.
timcampi13 at 11:13 PM JST - 10th July
borscht, think about the books from a child's standpoint. they love them. they think they're well written, which is all that matters, since j.k. rowling's intended audience was children.
Posted in Rare JK Rowling book on display in Tokyo at 11:13 PM JST - 10th July
timcampi13 at 10:07 AM JST - 8th July
no matter if they are mainstream or not, its still not right. the man was invading their personal privacy. and its disgusting. he does deserve a good kick up the backside.
Posted in School teacher arrested for peeping up student's skirt in Oita at 10:07 AM JST - 8th July
timcampi13 at 10:03 AM JST - 8th July
8iamhappy8, i strongly disagree with you. the fact that young girls and adult women want to experience this is not the SOLE reason for harry potter's success and neither is the fact that people are merely curious about what its like to not have parents to nag at you all…
Posted in Rare JK Rowling book on display in Tokyo at 10:03 AM JST - 8th July
timcampi13 at 09:58 AM JST - 8th July
rajakumar, they're fiction. i personally have read the books and they are very well written novels. kids devour them because the books take them away to a world where they can escape to and dream to be something incredible. all kids have dreams. rowling's was to write a book and…
Posted in Rare JK Rowling book on display in Tokyo at 09:58 AM JST - 8th July
timcampi13 at 11:14 PM JST - 3rd July
most people probably do. a friend of mine read this article and agrees selling the sand is wrong.
Posted in Iwo Jima sand souvenirs grate on Japanese sensibilities at 11:14 PM JST - 3rd July
timcampi13 at 12:14 AM JST - 3rd July
e8istanf, we should be ashamed as well for nuking two of their cities. americans shouldnt take sand (why sand of all things, i do know thats all there is left on Iwo Jima, but still...) just to sell. for personal momentos, i could understand that. to sell? never. japan has…
Posted in Iwo Jima sand souvenirs grate on Japanese sensibilities at 12:14 AM JST - 3rd July
timcampi13 at 12:02 AM JST - 3rd July
okay, where in the world do they get that selling the sand from Iwo Jima conveys the battle history? its not like the sand can talk. and America has a wonderful book relating the history of the flagraisers and the battle and many other books as well. selling sand does…
Posted in Iwo Jima sand souvenirs grate on Japanese sensibilities at 12:02 AM JST - 3rd July
timcampi13 at 06:33 AM JST - 28th June
this is my opinion. i think that japan is warning the U.S. of NK's inability to keep a promise. yes, this abduction issue is old and they need to drop it, but if japan asked north korea to look into and north korea said they would while lying through their…
Posted in Japan to urge U.S. to stop delisting N Korea if declaration insufficient at 06:33 AM JST - 28th June
timcampi13 at 12:06 AM JST - 26th June
i think japan does have a right to bring it up. maybe it isn't the hottest topic, but if more countries are aware of the situation, then maybe something can be done about it. plus, north korea might get squeamish if more people know about it. thats just my opinion.
Posted in Japan to raise abduction issue during G-8 summit: Machimura at 12:06 AM JST - 26th June