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I used the experience to get an education and become something better.

Above three quotes are foolish and misinformed.

March and April have always been cold in Japan.

World climate has been gradually becoming warmer. As the weather patterns we knew become more unstable, the seasons will become more drastic.

To enlighten yourselves, try a google search for "global warming cold temperatures."

All parcels should be traceable by law.

I just bought an iPad 2. Informed consumer.

Saw the video. On the highway, he failed to signal while weaving in and out of traffic. On the coastal area, he drove recklessly and I have no mercy is he gets jail time.

All it shows the world is the monsters that they really are.

Not really.

Authority figures can make common people do almost anything. http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/02/stanley-milgram-obedience-to-authority.php

What is someone thinking when they lob a grenade into a crowd of strangers?

Madness. Stop this war now.

NetNinja, mental disorder is not a conspiracy. If the signs are recolonized these kinds of incidents can be prevented.

What Japam needs to do is change its insurance program so that people can receive mental health without the records of their treatment available to anyone who isn't a doctor.

Not crazy. Likely schizophrenic.

The world would be a much better place if psychology was taught to all students in every country as a normal part of the curriculum.

3-d glasses are too dark. Everything turns murky.

There are conclusive studies which directly link aggressive behavior to violent video games. http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2010/mar/vvgeffects

Does this mean that video games cause violence? No.

But they do amplify violent tendencies in some people.

Is there a possibility that violent video games influenced this child's behavior. Yes.

There's no question that skirts are too short, but it's ludicrous to claim that the girls are to blame. An adult man must take 100% of the ability for his stupid actions.

If I steal a candy bar, do I blame the candy bar because it was too enticing?

YongYang, did you read the article?

nukeprotest has common sense and reasonable posts.

So refreshing.

JapanGal, many ALT and eikaiwa positions require 40 hours a week to be at the work place, but wiggle out of shakai hoken by insisting that there is only 29.5 hours of actual teaching.

ALT companies in a scramble to make 19.5 hour a week contracts for 4 months and 3 weeks.

I don't get why a dime a dozen English teacher can easily renew their visa every year, but valued healthcare workers 3 years of on the job experience must pass a test to have their visas extended.

My guess is out making a living to support their families. Of course they want to go back to their families.

I was rebuked for doing the same thing a few months ago. I was happy because the man assumed I understood Japanese unlike so many others who assume that I don't.

I'd like to send him some food for Christmas.

Suu Kyi is my hero. She is a brave person. I was so happy when I saw her smiling on the front page of today's Asahi Shinbun.

mixi was great until this year. Over the years I made quite a lot of friends from mixi. It was nice before they put up privacy options. You could easily explore mixi for like minded people. Now everyone (including me) sets their profiles to private.

Years ago I used to get several messages a day from strangers on mixi. Now I get zero. I'm also unnactive.

Facebook on the other hand is great. I enjoy keeping my Japanese social life and my family and old friends at the same place.

No RAMONES?

Absolutely disgusting.

Jforce, the whole point of the movement is that a small handful of big business are buying politicians (sort of like amakudari in Japan), so the protestors are taking the problem to the source. Or were.

These are the kinds of photos that people get arrested for.

Don't worry. Rick Perry said that scientist aren't always correct. Even if it's 99.9999999 of the scientists.

This a great idea to keep in your house and get your family in.

Would be a tragic disaster if kept outside :(

The problem is that a majority of these corrupt politicians are conservative. So they make global warming part of their conservative rhetoric and the people buy it. The irony is that true conservatives should believe in conserving the planet. Think for yourself, people.

Some proof to back up my statement. From an LA Times article on Rick Perry campaign contributors.

Along with Simmons — who won permission to build a low-level radioactive waste disposal site in Texas, a project that promises to generate hundreds of millions of dollars — The Times found dozens of examples in which major donors to Perry have benefited during his tenure.

Auto magnate B.J. "Red" McCombs, who contributed nearly $400,000 to the governor, is the primary financial backer for a Formula One racetrack to be built near Austin. The state has pledged $25 million a year in subsidies to support the project.

The Houston-based engineering firm of James Dannenbaum, who gave more than $320,000 to Perry, received multiple transportation contracts from the state. In 2007, Perry appointed Dannenbaum to a coveted post on the University of Texas' board of regents.

A Mississippi-based poultry company run by Joe Sanderson, who gave $165,000 to Perry, received a $500,000 grant from a state business incentive fund championed by Perry to open a chicken hatchery and processing plant in Waco.

With its mix of big-money industries like oil and campaign finance rules that allow unlimited political donations, Texas has a reputation for monied campaigns. And its elected officials have long sought to elevate their political patrons. <>http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/16/nation/la-na-0816-perry-donors-20110816