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Posted in: Having their say See in context

I don't know where your ethics lie but mine in the realm that a) smashing up anything is bad and b) throwing rocks and lighting a fire at a school for children IS just as bad as smashing up businesses and embassies.

I never said it was not bad. Yes, burning anything is bad, but to blow it up out of proportion like you did, since you did say that that hatred shown by a few bad individuals is the same as a whole nation (ala China) following the government's orders to protest against another country. The fact is that there are bad apples and racism in every country in the world. Yet, what is happening in China is shocking because it is happening nationwide and the systematic brutality (with people physically getting hurt) is downright appalling.

smithinjapan: Have you even read the article about the little burning on the gate of that school? No where in it did it say a mob was involved at all. Nothing conclusive has come out of the case yet. Yes, it could have something to do with hatred against Chinese (since it was a Chinese school), but then again, it may not. Don't just start jumping to conclusions without reading all the facts of that case first. You would have a case if a mob was involved in a burning. And as for burnings in China, you must be blind not to see all the burnt-out buildings and cars. And this is not images I see on Japanese TV, but on CNN and the BBC, which shows much more detail.

there's just little if any media coverage of it, due in part to right-wing threats to the media.

smithinjapan: You may be right and you may be wrong about this. I do agree with you that we have a right to speculate that there could be some violent protests happening in Japan, but we just don't see them where we are living at the moment in Japan, and local media cover it up, but unless I see it for my own eyes, or see it on other impartial media outlets that I view, then I will reserve judgment. By the way, are you saying that violent protests in Japan IS POSSIBLE as in a speculation, or are you saying that there are indeed violent protests that you've witnessed, but never hear in the news because the media covers it up?

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Posted in: Having their say See in context

So what was your issue with my post? I didn't make anything up and nor did I defend China's actions. Just because no one was physically hurt doesn't mean no one was hurt.

You think those kids feel safe to go to school now?

They're KIDS for god's sake. Do these people have no ethics??

tmarie: The problem with the story you mentioned is that the fire that was started at the gates to the Chinese school was a small one and quickly put out. No one was even in the vicinity of the area of the fire. You seem to think that this fire was worse than other cases of arson in which people actually died.

"You think those kids feel safe to go to school now?"

Kids in Japan already have enough to fear from (e.g. bullying, molesters, speeding cars), than a fire at the gate of their school. I think fires that have burned down entire production plants like in China, which caused many Chinese people to lose their jobs and thus hurting their families because they will now have no source of income to use for food to feed them, are much much worse. Yes, there are stupid Japanese people who have unwarranted hate doing stupid stuff like that, but nothing like the mass millions I see physically attacking Japanese and Chinese people over the past week. It's gotten so bad in China that I see the mobs there attacking even each other without understanding that they may be attacking fellow rioters.

Oh, and for your information, small fires at schools happen quite often where I come from. I remember in my high school, some idiot (or delinquent) started a small fire near the principal's office. It's just one form of vandalism; like busting windows and spray painting graffitti.

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Posted in: Japan embassy, businesses shut as more protests erupt in China See in context

Hello?!! This is all being orchestrated by the chinese government.

I totally agree with pioneer1. The Chinese government must feel pretty pleased with themselves that they've been able to divert anger away from them and onto Japan's claims of a rock in the sea. Those people out in the streets are there because many of them have no real jobs to go to in the first place. China's economy is fine and dandy ... for the few percentage who can call themselves amongst the very rich, but there's a steep drop from that level to the very poor, and it's getting worse and worse every year. Not to mention the fact that the government likes to make stupid decisions at the cost of numerous of its own citizens' lives and money (e.g. the costly, expensive, and shodily built rapid train system). Unless of course, Chinese people somehow think that winning a small rock in the middle of the sea will somehow put food on the table and make their lives so much better.

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Posted in: Japan embassy, businesses shut as more protests erupt in China See in context

The Chinese government has played a HUGE role in all of this violence and unnecessary rioting. Everyone knows that this anti-Japan sentiment is just a convenient distraction from the real problems facing China (e.g. the ever-worsening divide between the rich and poor, government censorship, and government corruption). It is why the government controls when and where people are allowed to protest.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/09/17/161271408/china-ratchets-up-the-rhetoric-in-island-spat-with-japan?ft=1&f=1056

After all, the common Japanese and Chinese citizen could care less about these islands in the sea.

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Posted in: U.S. beats Germany 1-0 to win women's Under 20 World Cup See in context

Great tournament and congratulations to the U.S., Germany, and Japan for finishing 1-2-3. Also, kudos to Japan for winning the Fair Play award and for the hospitality shown in all games by both fans and players alike. It was unbelivable that they could put together this tournament in a matter of months. Thanks.

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Posted in: One killed in shooting during victory speech by Quebec's newly elected separatist premier See in context

Missray - that would have been a very deep observation of only it had been remotely true

hoserfella: Oh, but it is true; it's just that commonfolk just like to stick their heads in the sand and pretend that it isn't true.

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Posted in: Bill Clinton urges Americans to stick with Obama See in context

The job growth percentage during Obama's term (+0.84%) is still higher than that of George Bush before him (+0.51% first term, -0.84% second term). He is even doing better than Bush's father, George H.W. Bush (+0.69%). Of course, they all pale in comparison to job growth during the Clinton years (+2.60 during his first term and +1.60 during his second term).

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Posted in: One killed in shooting during victory speech by Quebec's newly elected separatist premier See in context

Both inward looking and suffering from rampant political corruption.

You've pretty much described 90% of the countries in the world there.

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Posted in: Full speed ahead See in context

In the U.K Channel 4 have staged a grand coup by airing the Paralympics live everyday from morning til night.

Good point. I'm so glad that public stations such as the BBC and NHK have been showing great events from the Paralympics. It's too bad that other stations like NBC in the U.S. can't do the same. These games have truly been inspiring. I've been enjoying events like the track and field races (as in the picture above) where athletes in different categories, such as being legally blind, having no legs, to being a paraplegic.

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Posted in: Flesh eaters See in context

What people think is funny is like what people think is beautiful. It's all in the eye of the beholder (or in each person's sense of humor). I remember back home there were people who really never got Eddie Murphy's jokes at all, and then there were people who loved him. The same could be said of every comedian in history. I mean, look at Andrew Dice Clay .. I never thought he was funny at all, but he kept popping up on and on ... To me, Cheech and Chong were funny, but others hated them.

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Posted in: All 9 Empire State shooting victims hit by police See in context

The real issue in murders is not the weapon used, but rather the motive behind the crime of killing and the utter lack of respect for human life.

Well, since I stand a better chance of dying a death by a weapon such as a gun in the U.S. than in a country like Japan, then I guess there are more people with intent to kill and more whackos in the U.S. as well.

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Posted in: 500,000 cheer Japan's Olympic medalists in Ginza parade See in context

It's amazing that the same posters who complain that all athletes should be honored whether they win a medal or not and claim that winning a medal should not be given a higher priority than not, are the same that feel it's gold or nothing and that the medals count should be based on the amount of golds won. While I agree that they should have rented out about twenty more buses to accomodate the hundreds of other Japanese athletes who didn't win a medal to participate, it should also be said that all medals count whether you win a gold, silver, or bronze.

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Posted in: Tourists film New York police shooting See in context

The trouble with the 12 bullets is that when you have a group of cops together, they have no game plan on who is going to shoot and who isn't. One shoots, they all shoot, and its not really their fault.

So true. I totally agree with you. Which is why it is a terrible right for civilians to own guns. Cops are (or should) be trained to handle a gun as in this situation. The argument that civilians should have guns to protect themselves is dangerous. Imagine a similar situation in which civilians trained their guns and started shooting at an armed person. I can assure you that some of those bullets will hit an innocent civilian.

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Posted in: Customer service in Japan vs Europe See in context

Customer service is great here in Japan. They often go out of their way to help out. One time, I lost a bag on the train, the train staff went out of their way to look for it and eventually found out which station had found it. I also love how they ask me at convenience stores if I want to have the hot and cold food in seperate bags. At the local ramen shop, the mama-san even gives me free pickled vegetables and sometimes free gyoza since I'm quite a regular now. She chats me up a lot and her failed attempts at speaking a bit of English are hilarious. I even like getting all the free sample food in the basement of department stores. I practically can eat my whole lunch by just eating a bit here and a bit there.

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Posted in: U.S. beats Japan 2-1 to win gold in women's soccer See in context

It was a fantastic game to watch and both teams gave it their all. Congratulations to both of them. The Japanese team was especially very classy as mentioned in the following news article:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--japan-classy-in-defeat-to-u-s--in-women-s-soccer-final.html

It was great to see them compose themselves after the loss and show glee being on the podium accepting their silver medals.

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Posted in: Lightning Bolt strikes twice to win 200-meter gold; Eaton takes decathlon See in context

Great race and what a wonderful 1-2-3 finish by Jamaica! Congratulations to all of you. Bolt is now the two-time reigning Olympic champion and has to be considered a legend among Olympic athletes.

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Posted in: Canadians accuse referee of bias after soccer defeat by U.S. See in context

Well of course they're gonna make accusations like that and point fingers at anyone else but themselves. I kind of knew this would happen. Yes, it's bad sportsmanship, but human nature. Now had Canada won, I'm sure the coach would change his tune and say the game was called fairly, puff out his chest and proclaim them better than the U.S.

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Posted in: Nadeshiko Japan beats France to set up final clash with U.S. See in context

Two great semifinal games. Feel really sleepy watching all of them, especially since the U.S.-Canada match felt like it would never end. France played really well and had more shots on goal than Japan. In the end, Japan just made more of their chances and got the win. Their defense was just spectacular. While the Japan-France game was pretty cleanly played overall, the U.S.-Canada match was literally a dogfight. It was really physical. Yes, there were calls and non-calls on both sides, but in the end, the better team won. I agree that the delay-of-game call was weird, but there were so many times I saw Wambach get knocked down once she neared the penalty box, but get no foul on the Canadian player that knocked her down. Anyway, it was classless of the Canadian coach to make an excuse that the referee "took the game away from them". He should just be proud of the fact that his team played tough and were able to hang with the #1 team in the world and was close to the upset.

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Posted in: China's bid for image makeover after badminton scandal See in context

edojin: And while we're on the subject of not doing their best as in badminton and soccer, they should also deal with #1 Spain's soccer team who didn't even try to win in any of their games, and to Micheal Phelps who has been noted as not trying very hard to win all his events (his own teammate McClary has even questioned Phelps' lazy training). We could even go on and reprimand Nigeria's baskeball team for not even trying to play any sort of defense against the U.S. basketball team, and thus making it such a rout. Heck, there could be a lot of cases made about supposed "laziness" and "not doing one's best".

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Posted in: FIFA clears Nadeshiko Japan coach for telling players not to win See in context

Why don't he just admit that his team sucked and that South Africa played the better game, instead of making up stories like this. The good loser would just say that instead of being so prideful and say things like this. In the end, it was clear that Japan's second team lacked the chemistry and was woefully inept at finishing. Although they clearly owned possession of the ball and the game seemed to be played mostly in South Africa's half of the field, they had no answer for South Africa's speed and determination.

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