Posted in: Does freedom of speech include the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater, yell "Shark" at a beach or joke about having a bomb on a plane, for example? See in context
smartacus, maria, iceshoecream: I'm curious as to why you say get arrested/jailed...for what? If, as you voted, Freedom of Speech includes yelling fire in a crowded room, they're committing no crime.
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Posted in: 3 firemen arrested for alleged gang rape of woman See in context
Did I miss the part where it says her acquaintance called her to the apt or that she went not knowing there were 2 other guys there? Could it be that they all went out drinking, came back to sleep it off, and she woke up with the 3 on her...?
jonobugs: doesn't say she went to the apt at 2AM, just that she was raped between 2-3AM.
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Posted in: Tokyo beats Hawaii to take Little League World Series title See in context
Congrats to both teams and a good win for Japan.
coolcali, smithinjapan: Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a US team get an automatic bid in the finals every year by virtue of their pool? Don't they play USA based teams only and have 8 teams entered? Kind of easy to see why the US has won more...but hey.
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Posted in: 8-year-old girl hangs herself at home in apparent suicide See in context
seesaw: i think there in lies the problem. the problem isn't being addressed if the child changes schools. i have an 8 yr old girl (and boy, 6) and talk about this stuff all the time, the crap i had to put up with growing up. kids need to know that they're strong and can overcome bullying...if they're parents can't address the issue, then do you think the child can?
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Posted in: Club host held for giving drinks to woman who caused fatal accident See in context
Get it right people, no where does it state that the woman is blaming the host, the police are.
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Posted in: Liquor store intruder slashes 5 cops in Okinawa See in context
J-Cops only get to practice shooting at the range couple of times a year, that's all. Thaaat's right. Cops in other countries actually practice shooting at real targets, not at the shooting range. Get real. I would never ever rely on JN cops, NOR does the U.S. gov't here in Japan, we actually give them training. Kind of shooting yourself in the foot there, Champ.
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@HSE--not Tilda. The car is named Tiida, presumably using the Ryuku dialect word for taiyo/sun.
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oops, how did the nurse know it was a common type prison weapon, the report says C.O.D was due to…
Posted in: 2 doctors arrested over cover-up of patient’s murder at hospital in Aomori Prefecture