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Posted in: What makes conspiracy theorists tick and what is the best way to combat their beliefs? See in context

Perhaps they have a strong desire (often misplaced, of course)to want the world to be a better place. Combatting their beliefs? Isn't that suggesting that they are all wrong? Obviously some, like those holocaust-denying, anti-semitic cretins, need to be fought using the masses of evidence to the contrary, but is there evidence to say that all conspiracy theories are baseless?

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Posted in: 'Norwegian Wood' has Japan premiere See in context

Tran Ang Hung sets odd standards if he thinks a song about spite-motivated arson is "too soft, too cute, too sentimental"

The characters in the book echo the characters in the song, in my opinion, not to mention the themes of love, lust, alcohol, and getting stuffed around by the opposite sex.

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Posted in: Do you think events like 9/11, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and so on should be commemorated each year or would you rather see the dates fade into history witho See in context

"Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it." - george Santayana

As long as events such as these are commemorated, and not celebrated, we stand a chance of retaining our humanity.

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Posted in: Jero tries a new look for latest song See in context

Jero is entitled to wear a fluoro pink rubber duck, if he so wishes. At the end of the day, people want to hear his voice, and that's what will keep them coming back.

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Posted in: In light of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, do you support offshore drilling for oil anywhere in the world? See in context

I think they should shut ALL rigs down immediately. I look forward to the resulting anarchy. I especially look forward to the people who voted in favour of shutting them down screaming blue murder when the world economy goes to pieces as a result.

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Posted in: Kabuki actor Shido Nakamura most popular 'Iron Man' See in context

So the subtext to the question would be: Which entertainer's/talentless airhead's face and body would you most like to have completely covered in metal?

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Posted in: Norika Fujiwara campaigns for environment See in context

“When I’m at home in the evening, I often use candles.”

Saves on batteries, I suppose.

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Posted in: Antiwhaling activist Pete Bethune is facing 5 criminal charges in connection with his intrusion onto a Japanese whaling vessel. What do you think about it? See in context

I look forward to seeing him bow deeply and utter an apology in mangled japanese.

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Posted in: EXILE dance school in Nakameguro unwanted by neighbors See in context

"One smoker dropped a cigarette butt to the asphalt, stepped on it and left it there."

Evidently a future salariman. Mind you he'll need to learn not to step it out to really fit the suit.

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Posted in: Which of your favorite TV shows would you like to see a movie version of? See in context

Iron Chef would be awesome!

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Posted in: Sleazy English sensei avoided suspicion for years See in context

they, not the, sorry.

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Posted in: Sleazy English sensei avoided suspicion for years See in context

Japanese have a perverse sense of respect for senseis.

I disagree. Actually, the have a sense of respect which is occasionally abused by perverse sensei.

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Posted in: Sleazy English sensei avoided suspicion for years See in context

HeyLars,

You were doing well up the the point you started talking about "primitive taboos". I'm just glad you're not a judge. While I'll wait and see if the man is guilty or not, of course, I live in hope that the presiding magistrate has conventional wisdom and is firmly bound by those taboos that protect our youth.

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Posted in: Yuko's style See in context

Why is Ogura and her ilk called "talent"? Because bimbo is already taken.

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Posted in: Hugh Grant on relationships, cheating and the art of lazy acting See in context

What's the point of marriage if infidelity is accepted?

Bringing up happy children.

Yes, I'd be thrilled if I found out that one of my parents were cheating on the other.

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Posted in: Man arrested for speeding on motorbike after friend posts footage on YouTube See in context

"But what kind of moron calls police about something he sees on youtube? Some people should be shot."

"i hate such informers. They do not have a life."

Such informers probably save lives by getting the morons who commit crimes like this arrested. They are true heroes who care more for their fellow road users than road abusers.

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Posted in: Japan offered to hide Bamiyan statues, but Taliban asked Japan to convert to Islam instead See in context

If religions were compared to school children, then Islam would be the playground bullies.

What the heck does that make the Christians then? The psychotic paedophiles preying on all the kiddies, meek and violent alike?

You're both wrong. And dammit, perhaps you should actually read up on what Christ, christians and christianity is all about. Then you wouldn't be so quick to blame us for us for the sins of a tiny minority who call themselves christian, and you wouldn't come up looking like such a bigot, because you're better than that, I'm sure.

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Posted in: Wipeout See in context

Seriously though, gogogo, nobody has come even close to celebrating this, and most of us had worked out that the dutch girl crashing out was instrumental in Kodaira, (who didn't crash, incidentally) crossing the finishing line first.

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Posted in: Wipeout See in context

"Japan only won cause the other person crashed."

Try 12th, the new 1st! Or try reading.

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Posted in: The dark side See in context

Aren't you a little short for a dark lord?

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Posted in: Japan becoming nation of unrelenting complainers See in context

What can you call people who acream about such petty things? Argh-souls?

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Posted in: Woman catches 10-year-old boy who falls from 3rd-floor window See in context

Bobafett,

She caught him but she probably nearly killed him too.

We're still waiting for you to post a retraction and redeem yourself.

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Posted in: Do it at home: Train manners in Japan See in context

Kids, they should never use public transportation. They cry, they play.. They're dumb

And some of them, hellhound, never grow up.

Anyhow, people who take up more than one seat intentionally should be made to sit on the floor. Especially those without sympathy for the terminally overtired who have a choice of either working 12 hour days and getting drunk with their bosses or having a future without any kind of job security whatsoever.

People who barge onto trains before letting people get out are my favourite targets. Elbows out..oh, so sorry! Morons who destroy their hearing with headphones while sapping the sanity of those around them also make it hard to enjoy any journey on a rush hour train. Parrots who screech into cellphones need typing lessons at least.

However, social rejects who sit in priority seating, or any seat while the elderly, pregnant or infirm stand, well, just keep shaming the hell out of them when you see them in action, good people!

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Posted in: Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital by Michelin See in context

"Tokyo has NO taco bell so this can't be true"

Since when is Taco Bell called "gourmet"?

Ahh, I was hoping someone would get sucked in. Well done, Hellhound!

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Posted in: Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit See in context

Maybe I'm the only one, but... Do we really need another telling of 'A Christmas Carol?' This has to be the 10th one, right?

At least the 10th, and no, we don't need another. The first was pretty good.

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Posted in: Bishops shape U.S. health care bill See in context

For those that are anti-abortion, here is my suggestion:

Nah, much better just to kill them all...right? Yeah, right.

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Posted in: Abortion could roil Senate health care debate See in context

I don't recall the passage of the Bible where it says "Thou shalt not abort a fetus."

Try "Thou shalt not kill." Try to decide exactly when that mass of cells with a once-and-never-again combination of DNA becomes a human. Remember the last time a group of people rationalised the slaughter of hundreds of thousands, and ask yourself, am I not doing the same thing?

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Posted in: Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit See in context

I'm happy for you, Mexicanish.

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Posted in: A bunch of basterds See in context

Rewriting history and showing Jews out for a bit of murderous revenge? Tarantino hasn't been talking to David Irving, has he?

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Posted in: Yankees take 2-1 lead in World Series See in context

Whoo hoo!

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