Thursday, 16 May 2013
Nothing to do with Asia or War at all, but just fascinating anyway
A principal at an Australian Queensland Primary/Middle School asked the dumb kids in the classes not to turn up for a national test designed to get a good indication of learning levels across the country, because they would skew the statistics in a negative way and make the principal look incompetent....I don't think he should have worried really, they probably would have turned up on the wrong day or at the wrong school anyway.
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
The Syrian Rebels are going to punish the Syrian Rebel who torn out the heart of the enemy and ate it
I wonder if there is a specific punishment for this action, perhaps a fine, but hopefully not a punishment as graphic. A reasonable punishment would be for the Syrian Rebels to toss a canister of Sarin gas into the Syrian Rebel's house I guess. They seem to have a lot of it lying around these days, and they do have good friends in Washington and London...very good friends indeed.
Syrian rebels, chemical weapons, and eating the hearts of Syrian Soldiers
I would suggest that after recent UN reports re the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Opposition (supported by the West) and the ongoing pictorials involving the Syrian Opposition rebels eating the hearts of their victims, it may be a sensible time to re-examine the American and European nations' fervent passionate moral desire to give the Rebels even more powerful weapons; and time to re-examine the view that the Syrian Opposition Rebels are the legitimate government of Syria
It's just a thought...
It may be a good time to examine and respect the Russian and Chinese rules of not intervening to support the Rebels in Syria.
The moment for Reason, and the sensible notion that each nation needs to find its own solutions to internal issues does actually present itself now, and quite clearly, vividly, pictorially, in High Definition.
It's just a thought...
It may be a good time to examine and respect the Russian and Chinese rules of not intervening to support the Rebels in Syria.
The moment for Reason, and the sensible notion that each nation needs to find its own solutions to internal issues does actually present itself now, and quite clearly, vividly, pictorially, in High Definition.
The Problem with Japan is the Problem of Japan
The impact of the horrific Japanese occupations of Korea (not only South Korea, but all of Korea) and China and the Phillipines is still being felt in those nations to the point that one could call it 'race memory' now...the smell of the many millions of burning bodies in Nanjing, Shanghai, and the North...damage on a greater scale than that of the Holocaust in Europe...yet, no reparations, no concept of regret or insight that means anything at all...just the continuation of the policy of 'never say sorry to 'the weak'' as national policy of Japan. This is a very foolish, arrogant, dangerous and incendiary policy now that Japan itself is 'weak'. This great debt will indeed be paid.
The Rise of Japanese Patriotism, again.
The Japanese government has moved to distance itself from comments by a prominent politician that the so-called "comfort women" of WWII served a "necessary" role by keeping troops in check.
Outspoken Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said soldiers living with the daily threat of death needed some way to let off steam and the comfort women system provided this outlet.
Up to 200,000 women from Korea, China, Java, the Philippines and elsewhere were forcibly drafted into brothels catering to the Japanese military in territories occupied by Japan during WWII, according to historians.
The comments risk further inflaming the already-irritated relationship Japan has with neighbours that were victims of its brutal expansionism and who claim Tokyo has never faced up to its warmongering past.
"When soldiers risk their lives under a hail of bullets, and you want to give them a rest somewhere, it is clear that you need a comfort women system," Hashimoto said.
Hashimoto, who is co-leader of the national Japan Restoration Party, acknowledged that some women providing sexual services to Japan's soldiers were doing so "against their will", something he attributed to "the tragedy of war".
But he said there was no evidence this had been officially sanctioned by the state and the use of prostitutes by servicemen was not unique to Japan.
"There are many examples" of unacceptable and brutal behaviour by soldiers in wartime and "to contain such things, it is a cold fact that a certain system like comfort women was necessary", he said.
The comfort women system, along with other wartime atrocities perpetrated during the Japanese occupation of swathes of Asia, has long been a source of animosity between Tokyo and its neighbours, notably South Korea.
Japan's top government spokesman and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday refused to comment directly on Hashimoto's remarks.
However, he said: "The government's position on the comfort women issue is that, as I repeatedly said here, we feel pains towards people who experienced hardships that are beyond description and (this) administration shares the view held by past governments."
In a landmark 1993 statement, the Japanese government offered "sincere apologies" for the "immeasurable pain and suffering" inflicted on comfort women.
Two years later, Japan issued a broader apology expressing "deep remorse" for war suffering.
The 1993 apology remains passionately opposed by some Japanese conservatives who contend that the country did not directly coerce women.
Despite a hawkish stance on history, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated last week he does not intend to backtrack on these apologies.
Japan's shared history with its Asian neighbours looms over present day relations that are also strained by separate territorial disputes with Seoul and Beijing.
Both capitals say Tokyo has not shown sufficient contrition for its WWII behaviour. But many in Japan feel nationalists abroad use the issue as a stick to beat it for their own domestic ends.
Hashimoto, who was once mentioned as a possible future prime minister, said on Monday Japan bears responsibility for the war and urged compassion for them.
"(Comfort women were) a result of the tragedy of war so we have to take care with thoughtfulness of those people who became comfort women against their will," he said.
Shintaro Ishihara, a former Tokyo governor and the other co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, came to Hashimoto's defence on Tuesday by arguing that prostitutes and militaries have co-existed throughout history.
"Although Mr Hashimoto's comments are unpleasant to hear, he is not saying anything wrong," he said.
Outspoken Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto said soldiers living with the daily threat of death needed some way to let off steam and the comfort women system provided this outlet.
Up to 200,000 women from Korea, China, Java, the Philippines and elsewhere were forcibly drafted into brothels catering to the Japanese military in territories occupied by Japan during WWII, according to historians.
The comments risk further inflaming the already-irritated relationship Japan has with neighbours that were victims of its brutal expansionism and who claim Tokyo has never faced up to its warmongering past.
"When soldiers risk their lives under a hail of bullets, and you want to give them a rest somewhere, it is clear that you need a comfort women system," Hashimoto said.
Hashimoto, who is co-leader of the national Japan Restoration Party, acknowledged that some women providing sexual services to Japan's soldiers were doing so "against their will", something he attributed to "the tragedy of war".
But he said there was no evidence this had been officially sanctioned by the state and the use of prostitutes by servicemen was not unique to Japan.
"There are many examples" of unacceptable and brutal behaviour by soldiers in wartime and "to contain such things, it is a cold fact that a certain system like comfort women was necessary", he said.
The comfort women system, along with other wartime atrocities perpetrated during the Japanese occupation of swathes of Asia, has long been a source of animosity between Tokyo and its neighbours, notably South Korea.
Japan's top government spokesman and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday refused to comment directly on Hashimoto's remarks.
However, he said: "The government's position on the comfort women issue is that, as I repeatedly said here, we feel pains towards people who experienced hardships that are beyond description and (this) administration shares the view held by past governments."
In a landmark 1993 statement, the Japanese government offered "sincere apologies" for the "immeasurable pain and suffering" inflicted on comfort women.
Two years later, Japan issued a broader apology expressing "deep remorse" for war suffering.
The 1993 apology remains passionately opposed by some Japanese conservatives who contend that the country did not directly coerce women.
Despite a hawkish stance on history, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated last week he does not intend to backtrack on these apologies.
Japan's shared history with its Asian neighbours looms over present day relations that are also strained by separate territorial disputes with Seoul and Beijing.
Both capitals say Tokyo has not shown sufficient contrition for its WWII behaviour. But many in Japan feel nationalists abroad use the issue as a stick to beat it for their own domestic ends.
Hashimoto, who was once mentioned as a possible future prime minister, said on Monday Japan bears responsibility for the war and urged compassion for them.
"(Comfort women were) a result of the tragedy of war so we have to take care with thoughtfulness of those people who became comfort women against their will," he said.
Shintaro Ishihara, a former Tokyo governor and the other co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, came to Hashimoto's defence on Tuesday by arguing that prostitutes and militaries have co-existed throughout history.
"Although Mr Hashimoto's comments are unpleasant to hear, he is not saying anything wrong," he said.
Australian Federal Government 2013 Budget
So, it does appear that the Carbon Tax was in fact introduced to raise revenue following the abandonment of Rudd's mining super profits tax rather than anything to do with climate change resolution, as can be seen by the abandonment of funding for alternate energy programs today.
I know, of course, the Labor Government has had no idea that Europe has been economically unwell, gee whizz, who could have guessed that over the last few years? The Labor Government had no idea that if you put US Marines in a military base in Darwin that China won't buy so much from us. Why? Because they don't have to. There's other places to buy stuff from, places that don't pose an aggressive military threat to China.
I know, of course, the Labor Government has had no idea that Europe has been economically unwell, gee whizz, who could have guessed that over the last few years? The Labor Government had no idea that if you put US Marines in a military base in Darwin that China won't buy so much from us. Why? Because they don't have to. There's other places to buy stuff from, places that don't pose an aggressive military threat to China.
The Federal Government: Fools, yes, but more so: sneaky tricky self-deluding nation-harming fools.
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