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Posted in: Clinton, Gates denounce planned Quran burning See in context

While desecrating the 9/11 site is A-OK, of course. We got it.

Open your eyes. Only an idiot like Sarah Palin or Glenn Beck could think that building a religious center near the WTC desecrates anything.

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Posted in: Clinton, Gates denounce planned Quran burning See in context

Apparently its ok to use American tolerance to insult America, but its not ok, for America to offend someone else because of that groups intolerance.

Or maybe its just cause their Muslim. And we can't insult Muslims. Christians, sure, no problem, but not Muslims...

Your quote is so dumb that I have to point it out.

You assume that building an Islamic Community Center is an insult to the USA. It is not. You assume it is because it is to be built in the neighborhood of the WTC. In the USA, people are free to celebrate any religion. You assume that it is an insult because the criminals of 9/11 were Muslim extremists. That is the dumb part of this type of thinking. There is no relationship between extremist and laymen in any religion. That's why they are called extremist.

This Jones is also an extremists. He does not represent Christian values anymore than Al Qaeda represents Muslim values.

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Posted in: Castro blasts Iran's Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic See in context

You guys have really strayed off topic, which means you have no answer for anything. Anyway, it's you guys (sabiwabi included) who go into passionate defense of Ahmadinejad's anti-Jewish rants.

Hold on to your seat. I am Jewish. I support the left. I don't support communists.

AND...

I see regimes like Ahmadinejad's as the furthest extension of the right. But I don't equate it to your right.

Look man, stop seeing the world in left VS right. You're just going to end up placing people in 2D categories and in the end you'll have a hard time communicating with people.

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Posted in: Castro blasts Iran's Ahmadinejad as anti-Semitic See in context

manfromamerica,

The only thing that confuses me is your definition of "the left."

Being a progressive has nothing to do with anti-semetic values, or supporting Ahmandinejad or Castro.

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Posted in: Pressure builds on Florida pastor who wants to burn Quran on Sept 11 See in context

This is why I no longer believe in Christianity anymore.

I was never a Christian, but I'm not going to associate Christianity with this Sept 11, 2010 jerk just as I won't associate Islam with the jerks from Sept 11, 2001.

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Posted in: 'Nippon Civilian Police' skirts a fine line between vigilance and vigilantism See in context

the last line of the article threw me off.

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Posted in: Rape probe against WikiLeaks founder reopened See in context

“I am very upset,” he said. “And also worried about the Swedish justice system’s lack of respect for people’s integrity.”

Integrity? Outing informants?

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Posted in: Palestinian gunmen kill 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks See in context

Hamas and other groups are a self defensive reaction to Zionist occupation and genocide.

Killing a pregnant woman is a self defensive reaction?

Hammas began as a terrorist group. And they still are.

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Posted in: Palestinian gunmen kill 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks See in context

And it's because of these "heroic" acts that Israel must defend itself.

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Posted in: Palestinian gunmen kill 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks See in context

Hammas needs to go.

It's "heroic" acts like these that have created such a bad situation for the Palestinians. My heart really goes out to the people of Palestine who are caught between a vengengeful Israel and prisoners of Hammas who just make life hell for these people.

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Posted in: Flying high See in context

Put me in the poor taste camp.

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Posted in: Ozawa says he will challenge Kan in DPJ leadership election See in context

Do the people even get to vote?

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Posted in: Gunman kills 7, wounds 15 in Slovakia See in context

It's almost always a man who do these crimes. What is wrong with some of us?

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Posted in: If a longtime expat starts offering you advice, walk the other way See in context

There was probably a complaint about the highlights to his boss. The boss relayed the complaint in a way that didn't reveal that the client complained in the first place. The Japanese way.

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Posted in: Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11 See in context

and in Spain.

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Posted in: Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11 See in context

I also must point out that there has not been an attack in America since 9/11 so clearly some of Bush's policies have worked.

Look at al-Qaida's history and you will see that their attacks are sporadic. Just because there hasn't been a mainland attack in the past 9 years does not mean that all attempts at attacking have failed.

They are more patient than we are.

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Posted in: Parents of bullied student file damages suit in Gifu See in context

Hmm.. I'm an ALT and have had no problems disciplining students.

Sure it makes the teachers feel uncomfortable and the students are surprised by it, but let's face it, it earns respect.

Whenever I come across what appears to be bullying (most of the times it's just kids joking around), I'll get between the kid being hit and the hitter and say something like "NO IJIME" and pretend to punch the "bully" in the stomach. I do this sarcastically, but it works. Never had a problem so far.

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Posted in: Will Tokyo Sky Tree's completion bring down 'skyscraper curse' on Japan? See in context

societymike at 07:08 PM JST - 10th July I do not see how (or like) the bible refference is relevant in this article. Just silly needless quoting. Furthermore, starting the article out with a ficticious quote is a good way to make readers disregard anything written

I don't get what you don't see. The Tower of Babel is a well known story with a universal moral lesson (lose sight of who you are and fall apart) and then it's correlated to a series of coincidences where the economy has been in a slump around the time major structures are completed.

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Posted in: Elderly woman arrested for beating youth sitting in priority seat of bus See in context

I agree with Cleo. Make it all seats priority like the Yokohama subway.

Whenever I see an elderly person standing by the priority seats, I ask in a loud voice, "Sumimasen. Goseki mitsukemashouka?" so simple, yet effective

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Posted in: Taxi plows into pedestrians near Dotonbori canal in Osaka; 7 hurt See in context

Spree would make this sound as if done purposely. Going to have to read the article in Japanese to make sense of this.

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Posted in: Ex-champ Kobayashi arrested at New York hot dog event See in context

You know, my respect for this guy has gone through the roof. He did the right thing.

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Posted in: Would-be thief asks store manager to report him to police See in context

My coworkers stay late to avoid coming home to their wives. This guys taking it a little extreme.

Good for him for doing the right thing.

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Posted in: Father killed by car driven by son in Shiga See in context

My condolences to the survivors.

What time did the father leave for his walk? How far away from their home was the accident? Was it a hit and run?

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Posted in: Happily divorced See in context

Crap, they stole my idea

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Posted in: Two Somali soccer fans executed, 30 arrested for watching World Cup See in context

militants will find any excuse to use their weapons

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Posted in: Elderly woman robbed, punched in the face on Tokyo street See in context

If it was a normal amount of money stolen, I would question if it were a foreigner. But this amount makes it seem like a professional hit.

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Posted in: Elderly woman robbed, punched in the face on Tokyo street See in context

None of us want to believe that this story is true. But wait for the facts before formulating an opinion. There are foreign crime groups like the Pink Panthers who do operations in Japan. It is plausible that one was dressed like a businessman and staking out an easy target in the bank. When he saw an elderly woman take out so much cash, he followed her out abd robbed her. Very conceivale scenereo for criminals who would cone to Japan with the sole purpose of such an operation. Hope the woman is okay.

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Posted in: Woman stabbed in back on Ibaraki street See in context

I hope they do not release any details about the victim's identity in the case if there were a random attack.

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Posted in: Severed legs discovered in Niigata parking area See in context

Gender? Age?

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Posted in: How long to learn Japanese? See in context

Kanji is essential for speaking. Just because kanji cannot be seen whilespeakkng doesn't mean that it's not there. I don't think it's kanji that makes Japanese difficult. It's the grammar.

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