notjeff1 comments

Well, I hope he doesn't think things are better in the US. New York City is heavily "regualted" by building codes and and "context." Architecturally almost everything going up in New York city is developer driven with the goal of turning a profit as fast as possible, resulting in cookie cutter condos and a generic city that could be any city. There is no culture in nyc or no attempt to propogate it. I cant say the rest of the US is any better. It is quite horrible as well.

A building like the Prada building by in Aoyama could never, and would never be built in the US, or almost any other place for that matter. same goes for the Yokohama terminal by F.O.A. (which ironically is named Foreign Office Architects.) This clearly makes japan one of the most interesting contries for contemporary architecture in the world.

I dont even know what this quote is supposed to mean. Its either inflamitory, or silly. I would think an architect would have something more insightful to say. But, I have never been a fan of the work of that office. I feel it is a slightly higher level of cookie cutter architecture.

Why is US beef constantly banned in the EU if its so safe. Why is it banned in russia, how about korea? must be real safe. Keep in mind korea has a huge US presence there, so there must be huge pressure to allow US beef there, but it still is not. Why is this since american beef is so great?

How about downers (cows that cant walk) being fit for consumption in the US?

Westrun, read the link above, and you'll see the 90 percent drop. and from what i saw in japan for years was that people would simply not buy american beef bc they didnt think it was safe. How do people keep choosing American beef? Do they choose american rice too? Guess according to your opinion they probably choose it again and again right?

http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow.cfm#articles

You need to stop drinking the US beef flavored cool aid when it comes to "facts" surrounding this issue. Here is something short and too the point for you.

http://www.vegsource.com/talk/campbell/messages/9141.html

here are the first two points:

"(1) The number of deaths from Alzheimer’s Disease has increased by more than 9000% in North America since 1979. In 1979 only 653 people died from Alzheimer’s Disease. By 2004, that number jumped to 60,000. About 5 million North Americans currently have Alzheimer’s Disease.

(2) A study from Yale University showed that approximately 5% of Alzheimer’s Disease patients were incorrectly diagnosed. The patients actually had Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD). One variant of CJD is caused by eating the beef from mad cows."

Not allowing an unsafe product into a country has nothing to do w/protectionism.

ninjazilla,

I am all for giving people the right to do what they want to themselves as adults like smoke cigarettes. Your error in rational comes from the fact that all cigarettes are carcinogenic, while beef when raised properly is not harmful to your health. This is simply an irrational argument. and, btw, japanese consumption of US beef has dropped 90% http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_6341.cfm so, maybe japanese dont love american beef so much huh?

If you believe that government should serve to protect the people, then japan is simply being bullied into importing an unsafe product. This is not a "choice" issue.

Most beef from the US is banned in the EU, as in many other countries.

If you believe that typical US beef is safe, read up a bit more, its scary stuff. Take it from someone who loves to eat beef, but is very hesitant.

From my perception, people buy US beef in japan because it is the cheapest. It is clearly not the tastiest.

In the states, if a cow can not walk to the slaughter house, it is still safe for human consumption. I also read a study years ago from yale that a small but significant amount of alzheimers diagnosis were actually BSE. These results were from autopsies. The more you know about how cattle are raised, and what they are fed in the US, the more apprehensive you should be. A significant amount of people in the US will not eat beef unless they know exactly how it is raised and what it is fed.

To be more blunt the US gov has absolutely no interest in the general health of its people, bc big business is far more important.

The US blatantly uses its political muscle to pressure japan into importing beef. This is no question about this.

despite all this, they keep shipping stuff this way. That alone should tell you all you need to know.