Concerned Citizen comments

The left are the modern scribes and pharisees. Back in the 60's it was the church people who were the powerful sneering thugs, now the tables are turned and it's the left who are in power and can get away with snotty behavior like Sacha Baron Cohen. At least the church people gave us orphanages, hospitals, homeless shelters, etc. The left gives us nothing.

Very unfortunate. Life is much more fun with lots of kids around. Hopefully the situation will improve soon.

Where there is risk there must be choice. No mandated vaccines.

Time to break up big tech's monopoly on the dissemination of information.

Amy Comey Barret comes across as highly qualified, sincere, intelligent, humble and dedicated. She promised to rule strictly in accordance with the law as written regardless of personal bias. What more could be asked of a judge?

Amy Coney Barret has all the identity qualifications that should have Democrats very eager to approve her nomination. As a female with a successful career it would mean another woman on the court. She's obviously not racist or she would not have adopted 2 black children from Haiti. So that's good.

Women's empowerment and anti racism are two of the Democrat's most promoted issues so I would imagine they would be thrilled with Amy Comey Barret.

@wtfjapan

We are all enjoying our lives because our mothers did not abort us.

where in the constitution does it say men have power over womens bodies or vise versa.

majority of Americans support women right to choose

I'm not commenting on the constitutional or public opinion aspects. I was just observing that it's wonderful that we are able to enjoy our lives because our mothers didn't abort us.

I think that's worth pondering about when deciding how we view this issue.

We are all enjoying our lives because our mothers did not abort us.

abuse of human rights

@Ah_so

opposition to early term abortion is always a religious judgement.

Not really.

The religious sentiment is the obligation to obey 'thou shalt not kill' and 'do unto others as you would have them do to you', the sorrow at the wrong against the soon to be born child, and a feeling of responsibility to prevent such human rights occuring.

However, these sentiments are shared by both religious and non religious.

Religion aside, the scientific fact is that any video of the proceedure will show you that abortion brutally destroys the life of a soon to be born baby. On these grounds alone it is morally abhorrent and wrong.

How sad the media commentary around Trump contracting Covid. Little sympathy, virtually hoping for His death.

Politics aside, we ought to be sympatic when someone gets sick and glad when they recover no matter who they are.

Going cashless means people can get financially 'cancelled'. It's a major step toward totalitarian control. No thanks.

That's great, but will this allowance also apply to every single person and cause? How about protests on behalf of the following over the objections of (***)......Palestinians (Israel), Rohingya (Myanmar), Hong Kong (China), unborn (pro choice), etc, etc?

If you give this right to one group you have to allow it to all. But that opens a can of worms which will ruin the Olympics which is a sports event, not a political forum.

Enforce Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter ("no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.”)

Whether by design or happenstance, Covid is being used as a Trojan horse to introduce controls over the population that the public would never have previously agreed to.

@porto

@ Concerned Citizen

Nationality may be useful to police who can demand to see a foreigner's passport at any time, but how is it useful for the average person? Can you reliably tell someone's nationality by looking at them? Or even the language they speak?

My point is that if an abviously foreign person commits a crime, the victim ought to be able to accurately describe the prepertrator to investigators.

the nationality of the criminals shouldn’t be more of an issue than the crimes they’ve committed.

Wrong. It is an issue for purposes of identifying the prepertrators.

How can you imply that the victims are not allowed to describe the criminals?

Unwatchable farce. Switched out after 5 minutes.

Poor US voters will have to vote on policies rather than candidate's personality or likeability.

Trump: Boorish and rude.

Biden: Incompetent and mentally unfit.

Will the religious shrine management have mercy and forgive this man like the Bishop of Digne forgave Jean Valjean for stealing the candlesticks in Le Miserables? I hope so.

I would expect liberal feminists seeking equality and empowerment of women would get solidly behind the nomination of Ms Barret who has proved that women can 'have it all', a family and an amazing career.

In his view, COVID-19 should be downgraded to Category Five, along with seasonal influenza.

Exactly.

Put in place very strong protections for the actual at risk (the elderly, the sick, immunocompromised, etc) but let the kids and everyone else go about their lives.

I will live my own life with my family as we choose to. Neither Bill Gates or any other elitist who I've never met and who knows nothing about my family and I will pressure us to do anything we're not interested it.

Heavy handed punishment. Surely a fine would have sufficed.

I find it very curious that while promoting vaccines to 'save lives', Mr Gates simultaneously strongly advocates global population reduction.

How despicable the sexual exploitation of young girls involved in this movie, and the actions of the makers and promoters and those who defend it.

You can bet your bottom dollar that if a conservative or religious organization produced such a movie in order to "start a debate about the sexualization of children in society today" the media and others would go nuclear.

Cancel Netflix! -And everyone else who defends or promotes this film.

I don't know. And how can any of us definitively know?

But I would not be surprised in the least if it was deliberately created and released by the Chinese and perhaps in cahoots with those who have stood to gain by the spread, resultant panic and greater gain of control of the global populace.

Politics be damned. This issue is about saving lives.......the 600,000+ slaughtered in the womb per year.

I hope the Senate confirms a merciful judge who will help overturn the human rights destroying Roe v Wade.

Severe labor shortages are one of the challenges Japan faces posed by a rapidly aging population and declining birth rate.

The sad results of a generation that put short term economic security over long term security by not having enough children.

My parents had a big family. Now their kids are taking care of them and they are doing well.

Not only that, but society also benefits as their bunch of kids all contribute to the economy.

Any society that minimizes the importance of having children, however difficult, will eventually pay the price.

How can this writer possibly come up with the cognitive contortions required to pen such a spin denying the statistically obvious recent spike in violence and other crime in the US?

It is highly disappointing that JT continues to push the biased anti conservative, left wing narrative. It's also an offense to so many of it's own supposedly valued readers.

Worst of all, denying an overwhelmingly left wing extremist violent surge is an insult to those whose lives were lost and those who suffered injury and property damage.

@Blue Sausage

But say a couple makes the sacrifices and has a few kids. What then? Because taxes to support the monstrous governmental structure take such a huge chunk of the couples' income, both parents usually have to be at work, commuting, or otherwise away from home for most of the waking hours. This means the children have to be placed in 'child-care' and the parents have limited contact with the children and virtually no influence over formation of the children's values and philosophy for life. The best the couple gets out of the bargain is to pay the bills. In a way, the couple is simply donating their lives to pay for developing more slaves of the state.

No wonder so many say "No Way!

That's true.....but the couple end up with the precious kids to love and enjoy forever. And usually those kids will take care of their parents when they get old. It's a huge win no matter the sacrifices.

I don't regret having any of our bunch.

Shame on Japan for arresting people for speech. This is wrong.