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adaydream at 02:03 AM JST - 25th July

We can do without expressions such as "America-haters" which have no place in an exchange of views among mature readers.

Thanx Mod.

Just because I disagree with george bush's foreign policy doesn't make me an America-hater. It's called freedom of speach. But when I exercise it in a way that…

Posted in Rice warns Iran of 'punitive measures' at 02:03 AM JST - 25th July
lipscombe at 02:01 AM JST - 25th July

make all the regulations and requirements you want, noone will follow them and more sadly noone will enforce them. way to help the declining birth rate . all your eggs in one basket whilst you fly down the road carrying 2 kids, 5 shopping bags and 0 helmets

Posted in Ban on riding bicycles with 2 kids to be lifted at 02:01 AM JST - 25th July
jonobugs at 02:01 AM JST - 25th July

Some pretty heated discussions going on here. I think that instead of trying to change someone else's lifestyle, perhaps giving alternatives to what they are doing is more constructive. I don't believe that Kirakira feels her life or her children's are in danger by biking (any more so than walking…

Posted in Ban on riding bicycles with 2 kids to be lifted at 02:01 AM JST - 25th July
TheDonald at 01:39 AM JST - 25th July

@ zurcronium: It is? Most people here use the term "liberal" to mean clueless kid who probably doesn't know any better than to go with what's popular. They use that term to say we're a ragtag party with too much inconsistency to be taken seriously.

Despite the fact that for…

Posted in New York Times defends decision not to run McCain's op-ed article at 01:39 AM JST - 25th July
marshalsea at 01:17 AM JST - 25th July

Statistically speaking, while crime has increased here since the economic implosion in the early 1990's, Japan remains one of the world's safest societies. The media here is largely responsible for sensationalizing the crime that does occur - they and Japanese politicians are jointly responsible for perpetuating the largely incorrect myth…

Posted in The serious crime rate for U.S. service members off their bases is approximately half that of the Japanese population. at 01:17 AM JST - 25th July
8iamhappy8 at 01:05 AM JST - 25th July

What'd y'all expect? We're in a global recession started by the US subprime mortgages. Of course US auto manufacturers are gonna suck.

Posted in Toyota overtakes GM in Jan-June global sales at 01:05 AM JST - 25th July
8iamhappy8 at 01:00 AM JST - 25th July

She's got a high pitched voice that can shatter glass! J/K! She sang the opening of the Chinese soap opera, Return of the Condor Heroes 2006, which co-starred Crystal Liu (the Forbidden Kingdom).

Posted in Singer Jane Zhang has her eye on the Olympic stage at 01:00 AM JST - 25th July
Xentrix at 12:55 AM JST - 25th July

nandakandamanda, You're welcome, You're right. My religion is Christian, I am confused before too why they used mind instead of heart. But maybe some people's perception is the mind and the heart because when you will use both it is more powerful as long as you will choose the light…

Posted in Dalai Lama to give lecture in Kitakyushu in November at 12:55 AM JST - 25th July
zurcronium at 12:48 AM JST - 25th July

good for these guys, smoking is a disgusting habit that harms not just the junkie who uses smokes but those around him as well.

It really is for losers only.

Posted in Gates, Bloomberg put $375 million into global anti-smoking campaign at 12:48 AM JST - 25th July
yosun at 12:46 AM JST - 25th July

Thanks, man!

However, It's easier to say it than to do it. Japan set up deplomatic relationships with China and broke off with Taiwan in 1970, and the US did the samething in 1978. So nobody can complaint whatever Taiwan want to do. On the other hand, Taiwanese is also…

Posted in Taiwan to hold cabinet-level meeting on relations with Japan at 12:46 AM JST - 25th July