Comments for Mutantfrog Travelogue

Comment on Things which Japan does not monopolize, despite conventional wisdom to the contrary by Peter

Peter — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:53:25 +0000

Yeah, but the pillow is Japanese. That’s an international marriage.

Comment on Race: to be ignored or over-emphasized? by Aceface

Aceface — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:31:05 +0000

!Okay, now you’re not even making sense. Either that, or you’re just taking the piss. Who is ‘they’, what is a ‘lot’ ”

“They” means both African Americans in the ghetto and Whites in suburbia.

“Lot”means neighborhood.

“do you really think that the problem of income gaps has to be solved or attacked or whatever before issues involving race relations are continued?”

Never said that.However,I believe solving the problem of income gaps would have very positive effect to the race relation.While talking about race relation usually ends up very emotional argument and polarize politics and ends up not achieving much.

Comment on Race: to be ignored or over-emphasized? by M-Bone

M-Bone — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:17:17 +0000

1 in 50 African Americans is HIV positive (due in no small part to class-related issues – education, family stability, and drug abuse)and yet the Obama era has seen massive (state level) cuts to community outreach programs. Shouldn’t the dialogue also be about action?

Comment on WITNESS the seedy underbelly of the Visual Kei scene by Jonny

Jonny — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:02:50 +0000

Awesome find, thanks for sharing. I have a friend who used to work for columbia music and he told me that most of the folks that make it big are not really there because of their talent. Like any other country, its all about how well you play the game and if your inner shark is strong enough.

Comment on Race: to be ignored or over-emphasized? by Peter

Peter — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:14:46 +0000

“Maybe.But that doesn’t mean much if they are not living in the same lot.”

Okay, now you’re not even making sense. Either that, or you’re just taking the piss. Who is ‘they’, what is a ‘lot’ and do you really think that the problem of income gaps has to be solved or attacked or whatever before issues involving race relations are continued?

Comment on Things which Japan does not monopolize, despite conventional wisdom to the contrary by Ted

Ted — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:09:08 +0000

Returning to things not monopolized in Japan, it is not the only country where men marry pillows.

http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html

Comment on Things which Japan does not monopolize, despite conventional wisdom to the contrary by Peter

Peter — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:26:44 +0000

Wait, what about bluefin tuna? I mean, most of it comes from the waters off New England, but Japan still makes bluefin tuna into a global economy, no?

Comment on Things which Japan does not monopolize, despite conventional wisdom to the contrary by Peter

Peter — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:38:32 +0000

“would wager there were far fewer offenses per capita on either JR or any of the private rail companies in Japan”

Are you basing that assumption on the number of actual incidents, or the number of reported incidents?

Comment on Things which Japan does not monopolize, despite conventional wisdom to the contrary by Andy

Andy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:01:52 +0000

What about North Sea cod? Cod’s been endangered for the last decade, and is in far more danger from overfishing than whales around Japan are. But cod aren’t photogenic, so unlike seals and whales, the WWF or IFAW can’t use them for fundraisng drives, and unlike dolphins they make shitty subjects for documentaries. Couldn’t agree more with the comment, David.

Can I add chikan to the list? There were 909 sexual and/or violent assaults on the London underground in 2008-9, but we don’t find that out of the ordinary enough to have public awareness campaigns or women-only carriages. I would wager there were far fewer offenses per capita on either JR or any of the private rail companies in Japan, and yet their management still feels the need to take measures to protect their passengers.

Comment on Race: to be ignored or over-emphasized? by RMilner

RMilner — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:15:31 +0000

>>I think what has changed is the broader acceptance of more obvious differences – e.g. I married a Cambodian woman and my family has no problem with that, but my grandparents would never have tolerated either of my parents doing something like that (and my wife’s grandparents probably wouldn’t tolerate it either).

That marriage would have been illegal in the USA in your grandparents’ time. Anti-miscegenation laws existed in most states until the late 1940s or after.