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Posted in: Report says famine 'imminent' in northern Gaza as Israel launches another raid on main hospital See in context

we all know who is going Straight to HELL.

The devil will have a tough time prying them out of their hotel suites in Qatar.

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Posted in: Report says famine 'imminent' in northern Gaza as Israel launches another raid on main hospital See in context

I dont think you can victim blame a population under the boot of a vicious armed force.

Totally correct. The few Gazans who wish to be free of Hamas are sadly under the boot of a vicious armed force, namely Hamas.

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Posted in: Report says famine 'imminent' in northern Gaza as Israel launches another raid on main hospital See in context

Occupiers try to recreate modern day Auschwitz,

Try again when you know what you’re talking about rather than repeating slogans.

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Posted in: Japan society on transgender issues to drop 'disorder' from name See in context

The hormone blockers are for the most part not permanent. 

“… for the most part …”?

Which part? How often? To what degree?

This is part of the big lie that has been promulgated and, because it’s “Science” (which it isn’t, of course), it cannot be questioned (which is the antithesis of the scientific method).

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Posted in: Japan society on transgender issues to drop 'disorder' from name See in context

I see there are some “parental rights” people posting.

Do parents have a right to physically abuse - beat - their children? When a child’s right to security is at stake, is it wrong for legitimate authorities to intervene?

How many here think permanent changes to a minor’s body*, produced either by hormone blockers or surgery, are not harmful?

(BTW, these changes ARE permanent and NOT reversible as proponents falsely claim.)

Adults may abuse themselves as they wish.

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Posted in: Putin has no successor, no living rivals and no retirement plan – why his eventual death will set off a vicious power struggle See in context

The election is a real nail-biter. Will his three opponents be liquidated or not?

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Posted in: Extension of Hokuriku Shinkansen line opens, boosting tourism hopes See in context

No plans for connection to Kyoto?

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Posted in: Why is anti-Japanese sentiment remaining from the World War II era almost non-existent in Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia, unlike in China and South Korea? See in context

My assumption is that the brutality was so massive and shocking that it burned into the conscience of generations.

Brutality in China and Korea were of longer duration, especially in the latter.

However, governments and private institutions may profit by making sure that every new generation is indoctrinated. (I distinguish between indoctrination - which cannot be questioned - and learning - which may be questioned.)

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Posted in: 'Manhunt,' about hunt for John Wilkes Booth, may make you wish you paid attention in history class See in context

“We weren’t taught that in school” is a common refrain. Of course we weren’t. School isn’t only about the study of history. There are many areas to study.

Most people do much of their learning after leaving school. You can learn until you keel over.

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Posted in: Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine picks ex-admiral as chief priest See in context

I was surprised that ex military men can become priests but this is just my Christian way of thinking.

Several of my HS teachers had been combat soldiers in WW2 then went to Catholic seminary afterward. I’m sure there was a connection. Penance? I didn’t know any of them well enough to ask.

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Posted in: 'Manhunt,' about hunt for John Wilkes Booth, may make you wish you paid attention in history class See in context

The Lincolns invited Booth to the White House on at least one occasion but Booth declined.

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Posted in: Would a Trump return to the White House after the November election be good news for Japan? See in context

You mean the guy that gave a one-hour speech on fire last week, that most people half his age couldn't have done?

”on fire”. Ha, ha. Love it.

Anger is a useful rhetorical device. One hour of anger is an old man who has lost control.

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Posted in: Hiroshima grapples with 'Oppenheimer' Oscars success See in context

Love Daddy x

Whaddya know. Father DOESN’T know best.

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Posted in: Hiroshima grapples with 'Oppenheimer' Oscars success See in context

Heya was at first "terrified" about the prospect of screening it in Hiroshima, today a thriving metropolis of 1.2 million people.

To some extent the people of Japan have accepted the infantilization of their society. Those Japanese I know prefer to be treated as adults.

Sure, it may be a difficult topic for some, but they can avoid it by not buying tickets to the movie.

I am neither a survivor or child of a survivor of Hiroshima, Dresden, nor Auschwitz so I do not claim to know what these tragedies were like or what it is like to live with a survivor. However, I join such people in wishing that these monstrous events never be repeated. I am also not so naive to think that the impetus to atrocity has yet or may ever be extinguished.

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Posted in: Trump calls Oscars ceremony 'disjointed, boring and very unfair' See in context

Trump is just sore because he didn’t get an Oscar for Best Actor.

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Posted in: Monday will be 13 years since the March 11, 2011 disaster. If you were in Japan, what are your memories of that day? See in context

I remember thinking if I had to be in such a situation, better to be in Japan where people were all trying to help one another, and there was no looting.

Amen to that.

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Posted in: Scientists use cells from fluid drawn during pregnancy to grow mini lungs and other organs See in context

That fluid is nourishment for the growing baby and belongs to the baby.

From where do you take this mistaken knowledge?

Nutrients for growth - we are talking about a developing human being here and not just a source of “mini lungs”, etc. - are provided from the shared blood circulating through both bodies.

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Posted in: Biden cajoles Netanyahu with tough talk, humanitarian concerns but Israeli PM remains dug in See in context

Hey Joe...Jews dont believe Jesus was the Son of God "

Thats why they upheld the sentence of crucifixion when Herod asked them to consider mercy.

Don’t believe everything you read, friend. “They” were the Jews’ ruling religious body, the Sanhedrin. Many of the Pharisees, closer to the common men, would have spared Yeshua.

The whole scene, however, represents the recollections of old men setting their stories down much later. No disrespect to believers meant.

And, for the Roter Frontkampfers here, I say … Stand tough, Bibi!

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Posted in: 'Oppenheimer' wins best picture; Murphy, Stone take acing honors at Academy Awards as protests for Gaza rage outside See in context

It's largely a bunch of sex fiends and drug addicts dressing up in fancy clothes and giving each other trophies for playing make-believe in front of a camera.

Hold on to your socks, Roter Frontkampfers, but there was also make-believe going on in front of the Oscars venue.

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Posted in: Kyoto may launch tourist express bus service to handle overcrowding See in context

Why not just put the trams back? It was a mistake to close the system. They carried more people, much faster. Buses here are painfully slow, Kyoto's buses especially som

I sometimes used Kyoto’s last tram in 1979. It wasn’t especially fast. However, trams still hold an appeal for me. I suspect that tourists would love them (thinking of Nagasaki’s extensive system - but, again, Nagasaki IS my favorite city in Japan).

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Posted in: 'Moshi-Tora' speculates on how Trump's election might impact Japan's economy See in context

Trump also noted highly partisan tone to SOTU speech, 

It was very obviously a campaign speech which, in the fashion of such speeches, dodged real concerns.

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Posted in: Tourists banned from private alleys in Kyoto's geisha district See in context

@Paul - Maybe so, but lets update your comment to 'mannerless Mainland Chinese and Americans' shall we? That would be way more accurate in representing the problem.

Let’s update your comment to “mannerless people”, shall we?

BTW, the “manner” posters in Tokyo’s subways are directed at Japanese.

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Posted in: Monday will be 13 years since the March 11, 2011 disaster. If you were in Japan, what are your memories of that day? See in context

Immediately after there was almost no information in Tokyo. Cell phones didn’t work. A young mother in the office in tears because she couldn’t contact her son’s nursery. A colleague asked to borrow my bicycle so he could ride the 20 km home. I then walked the 5 km home with my JHS age daughter who happened to be near my office at the time. Streams of people walking towards Kawagoe. No vehicles moving. My wife arrived home in the evening after walking 15 km with a colleague from Nihonbashi.

And this was HUNDREDS of kilometers south of the quake- and tsunami-hit area!

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Posted in: Oscars producers promise cameos and surprises for Sunday’s show See in context

One thing they’ve learned is that if the room is laughing, the audience at home is usually laughing too.

Backed by research in depth and breadth no doubt.

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Posted in: Ship with Gaza aid preparing to inaugurate sea route from Cyprus to war-ravaged strip See in context

What is Hamas providing to those people?

Death.

Israel definitely has inhibited aid support reaching people in need of humanitarian assistance and they even used the delivery trucks to massacre innocent civilians .

Pro-Hamas propaganda.

Eradication of Hamas isn't possible anyway !

Right. But elimination of thousands of terrorists and demolition of terrorist infrastructure is a good start.

Netanyahu could easily end this Savage and Inhumane situation by …

Hamas could easily end this savage and inhumane situation by either surrendering or fleeing to the Egyptian border crossing. But the Egyptians certainly won’t let THEIR enemies enter.

The terrorists are the IDF that have killed women and children because they can't beat Hamas.

The IDF target terrorist combatants who use civilians as human shield in contravention of international law. Hamas has ALWAYS targeted Israeli civilians.

… and there are so Jewish voices now that are extremely critical of Israel.

And there are now so many Jewish voters in the US who will vote against Biden because he panders to a few supporters of Jew-haters in Michigan.

 … and much [Palestinians] have been oppressed, marginalized and blamed for their own predicament.

Hasn’t democracy been alive and well since Gazans elected Hamas to rule? They chose it. They have to live and die with it.

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Posted in: What do you think of school uniform dress codes in Japan? See in context

Good idea. Make them simple and low cost. For boys and young men a tan shirt and navy tie are enough - any dark trousers. (a flashback for me). For girls and young women … I can offer no fashion advice.

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Very curious. Why the -4? Was there something threatening about the post?

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Posted in: 3 junior high students implicated in death of man who fell from building rooftop See in context

Is this story really from Japan?!! What have smartphones done to our children?!!

Technology is just a facilitator.

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Posted in: Ex-operator of luxury watch rental service wanted for embezzlement See in context

And the romaji reading is "tokei".

Isn’t that “the romaji transliteration is ‘tokei’”? (Assuming you are starting with kanji.)

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Posted in: Atom bomb survivor hopes Japan debut of 'Oppenheimer' will stoke nuclear debate See in context

debate over nuclear weapons.

What does this mean? “Pro-nukes vs. anti-nukes”? Who is pro-nukes???

”Discussion over nuclear weapons” would be better. Better still, “Discussion on how best to eliminate nuclear weapons”.

That, however, is probably impossible.

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Posted in: Biden to announce plan for temporary port on Gaza's coast to increase flow of humanitarian aid See in context

Occupier only provide airstrike,

Gaza is occupied by Hamas which Gazans hate.

Wait… Gazans voted for Hamas and Gazan civilians raided Israeli settlements in Israel on October 7. These people aren’t innocent bystanders.

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