Spidey comments

Please enlighten us.

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Did you see the road these poor kids are forced to walk on? About 3 feet of clearance with no sidewalk and blocked in by concrete wall beside a narrow two lane road.

Yes. I saw the story this morning and this is exactly what I was thinking.

To allow young children to feel that it is safe to walk on a road where there is no sidewalk, curb or markings of any kind, then the blame should be directed towards the society that allows it to happen. Age may have played a part in the accident but when you see people after people using and watching their smartphones while driving, big trucks using narrow two-way single lane roads, it is anybody's guess as to who or what will cause this inevitable accident. As someone already stated it is an accident just waiting to happen.

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Alcohol is not a drugs!

Umm... it certainly is.

It's just that society has been conditioned to think that it isn't. You are a prime example of that.

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Saw the NEWS footage this morning. The Icelander really let the driver have it! Drunken rage?

That's the LAST thing you wanna do when visiting or working in a foreign country. Deserves whatever punishment he gets.

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It's a "Supply and Demand" situation. As long as there is a demand there will always be a supply. Focusing on the demand aspect would be more effective than focusing on the supply. But how to do that is difficult to figure out. I would research cultures that have the least amount of demand and figure out what it is that they are doing and try to apply it to others.

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Not the sharpest tool in the monooki.

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Secondly, seems like this sort of thing happens a lot in Chiba.

Chiba? Since when is Ibaraki Chiba?

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If I got promoted to the next grade whether I was in school or not, I wouldn't be at school either. But if I had a risk of failing and repeating the grade then being in the same class as younger students...not a chance!! I would definitely be at school no matter what!

That being said, this old system of education has become obsolete. A complete revamp to accommodate the new digital generation is needed.

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Financially? Low to no

Psychologically or emotionally? Definitely

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A man never has a right to hit a woman for any reason!

Agreed. But...No one has a right to hit anyone for any reason!

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Sorry but running through red lights is a subconscious act in this country. 18 years old or 80 makes no difference at all. Most of the blame should be placed on a government/ police force that doesn't enforce law and has allowed this behaviour to continue. IMHO the driver is only partially to blame.

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I could be wrong but, I'm kinda getting the feeling that the ojis would have jumped at any opportunity to get this chairwoman out of office. They saw their chance and pounced.

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Joko: "Smell my finger."

Kishida: "!!?"

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"Spend money on trying to help these students by focusing on the underlying reasons for their anxiety?..."

"Nah."

"Instead let's spend 10 times the amount on a fix that will certainly work."

"Send in the robots!!"

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History has a tendency to repeat itself. These events help us to keep this from happening. Unfortunately, it doesn't always work.

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JAWS

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Seinfeld

Friends

The Big Bang Theory

The Simpsons

Looney Tunes

Game of Thrones

The Office

...just to name a few

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"I'm a part-time worker I tells ya! Part-time!"

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Update:

Suspect has been apprehended.

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Alcohol is by far the most destructive drug of them all, yet it is legalized and accepted as a normal part of society. All other drugs combined, both "soft and hard", can't hold a candle to the negative impact that alcohol has on the mental, physical and social well-being of society.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a shot of tequila now and then like anybody else, but I also know how to put "drugs" into their proper perspective. Addictions of all kinds need to be treated and not criminalized.

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The man, the legend. Aso has perfected the art of looking awake while sleeping.

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born and raised in Japan

Being born in any country should be an automatic right to citizenship. Period!

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Is there no criminal liability involved? You know...like there is for everyone else?

Just a slap on the wrist and you're on your way?

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Why work when you can just bow deeply, resign and live off the profits gained from your nefarious business practices. Wasn't aware indeed.

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Methinks Macron is kissing Xi's nether region

Thanks for the morning chuckle. _

And just as a follow up... somebody (TV execs) should have realized that a "programming change" should have been and could have been done to show respect to the deceased. I'm sure they were aware of the "international" events that were going on.

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I happened to see it on TV on the first day of airing and said to my wife, "Is that just a coincidence or did they decide this after the accident? And if it is the later, it is definitely in poor taste." Guess I wasn't the only one that noticed.

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Who is saying it is a crime? Apart from you, that is.

JT is, considering that it is the CRIME section.

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What kind of society creates this kind of people?

All of them.

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He spent months in preventive incarceration because he was a foreigner, Japanese big fish never face prison in the same situation.

This.

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