Responding with truth to the uninformed

• YGHome at 09:02 PM JST - 29th October

  mindovermatter, thank you for your list above (posted at 06:52 PM JST - 29th October), to which I now relate:

  You indeed mentioned significant gifts that Japan receives from America. Japan's prosperity can indeed be largely attributed to such gifts as the one-sided trade deals, the access to technology and the cheap oil mentioned in your list. Yet every gift is paid for in the end, and the pay might prove much higher than the gift itself. Perhaps the dearest pay so far is the loss of independence and the defacement of national identity. Another pay, a potential one, is suffering destruction and loss of lives in an aggressive war that America may joyfully arrange. I can envision another world which is not dominated by a violent hegemonic superpower. According to this vision, all nations enjoy the opportunity to develop and thrive based on the fulfillment of their own human resources, while holding relations based on equality and while retaining their independence.

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  mindovermatter at 11:08 PM JST - 29th October

  Perhaps the dearest pay so far is the loss of independence and the defacement of national identity.

  Huh...?

  Of all the things I mentioned, those are probably the biggest and greatest gifts YOU received from the U.S. and MY forefathers. I would even say that you owe a debt of gratitude to every-single U.S. service member that ever served here in Japan, not only protecting U.S. interests, but yours and your family's safety and security, whether you realized it or not...

  Sure, you get a free-ride on the U.S. economy, because we have stupid idiots that go along with these "one-sided" trade deals, and sell-out their own country for a few bucks, but whether you know it, believe it or not, Your freedom is the gift you've been constantly receiving for the last 50 years, whether you appreciate it or not...

  Your government in cooperation with the U.S. are responsible for this... They Made these deals to put U.S. soldiers on Japanese soil, in-part to protect Japan's interests and security... As well as serve U.S. strategic interest and help bring stability to Asia.

  So forgive me if I use no tact, but you guys sound like a bunch of spoiled rotten kids... And unless you've served in the Japanese Military, actually defending your country, you have absolutely no-place to criticize any american service members serving here in Japan, protecting your rights...

  Now if you want to talk about people that really have something to bitch about... Let's Talk Iraq, where we had a piece of crap president, who invaded another country that didn't attack us, and 600,000 plus Iraqis get killed because of this... Now, that's an Illegal Occupation....

  Japan needs to get onboard with the International community and start honoring international treaties, first off would non-discrimination, and then a host of other internationally recognized laws and policies...

  Sorry, not one ounce of sympathy for JN's, until you start playing by the international rules, like all the other civilized countries...

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  mindovermatter at 11:08 PM JST - 29th October

  Perhaps the dearest pay so far is the loss of independence and the defacement of national identity.

  Huh...?

  Of all the things I mentioned, those are probably the biggest and greatest gifts YOU received from the U.S. and MY forefathers. I would even say that you owe a debt of gratitude to every-single U.S. service member that ever served here in Japan, not only protecting U.S. interests, but yours and your family's safety and security, whether you realized it or not...

  Sure, you get a free-ride on the U.S. economy, because we have stupid idiots that go along with these "one-sided" trade deals, and sell-out their own country for a few bucks, but whether you know it, believe it or not, Your freedom is the gift you've been constantly receiving for the last 50 years, whether you appreciate it or not...

  Your government in cooperation with the U.S. are responsible for this... They Made these deals to put U.S. soldiers on Japanese soil, in-part to protect Japan's interests and security... As well as serve U.S. strategic interest and help bring stability to Asia.

  So forgive me if I use no tact, but you guys sound like a bunch of spoiled rotten kids... And unless you've served in the Japanese Military, actually defending your country, you have absolutely no-place to criticize any american service members serving here in Japan, protecting your rights...

  Now if you want to talk about people that really have something to bitch about... Let's Talk Iraq, where we had a piece of crap president, who invaded another country that didn't attack us, and 600,000 plus Iraqis get killed because of this... Now, that's an Illegal Occupation....

  Japan needs to get onboard with the International community and start honoring international treaties, first off would non-discrimination, and then a host of other internationally recognized laws and policies...

  Sorry, not one ounce of sympathy for JN's, until you start playing by the international rules, like all the other civilized countries...

6-year-old girl dies after being hit by train in Hyogo

Friday 09th October, 11:20 AM JST

HYOGO —

A 6-year-old girl died Thursday afternoon after being hit by a train at a railroad crossing in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture.

According to police, Wakana Ashitate was hit by an Imazu Line local train heading south toward Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi station at a crossing that had a gate and signal. About 30 meters before the crossing, the driver of the train spotted Wakana cross under the gate and onto the tracks. He applied the brakes, but the train couldn’t stop in time.

Police say Wakana and her 7-year-old brother were playing near the crossing, and that she wandered onto the tracks after the northbound train passed by.

bgaudry at 08:47 AM JST - 10th October

That's why it's considered "Child Endangerment" to leave kids unsupervised, even in your own home.

Japan is not America!

mindovermatter at 11:30 PM JST - 11th October

Japan is not America!

No, the people are not American...

You can say thank you for your freedom, only by the grace of my forefathers, who gave you the right to be free... So enjoy it, but don't take it for granted, because too many GOOD American's died to give you that freedom, and not 40 years of Slavery and brutality as you should have expected, the way in which you treated other Asian countries...

I'd say you have a hell of a lot to be thankful for, and very very little to bitch about other than your own lack of common-sense, good-judgment, and lack of real history and facts surrounding Japan, what Japan REALLY did and what they should have done...

So be thankful, and be silent young man....