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Thread is about the various issues surrounding Japan in the aftermath of the recent earthquake. Don't bring the shit side of the internet to the thread, and post with the realization that this thread is very important, and very real, to your fellow members.
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On March 12 2011 14:34 ilj.psa wrote:
wow i hope countries send help to Japan, they really need it right now..
There is an enormous amount of international support. The Chinese and Australian governments, among others have pledged manpower and resources for relief efforts. The US military, has deployed a substantial relief force from the materiel based in Japan. There is also a great deal of domestic disaster relief protocol in place.
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Sorta sucks, but I'm hopeful that there'll be less and less racism in the coming years.
At this point most racists are the victims of political campaigns rather than of deep-rooted personal feelings or reasons. Even just having a friend on Facebook is enough to make people rethink their prejudices.
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Japan2465 Posts
I hope the containment dome is going to work, man how did it get this far :S
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On March 12 2011 14:41 dump wrote:Sorta sucks, but I'm hopeful that there'll be less and less racism in the coming years. At this point most racists are the victims of political campaigns rather than of deep-rooted personal feelings or reasons. Even just having a friend on Facebook is enough to make people rethink their prejudices.
china has a lot of legitimate reason to hate japan.
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On March 12 2011 14:44 stroggos wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 14:41 dump wrote:Sorta sucks, but I'm hopeful that there'll be less and less racism in the coming years. At this point most racists are the victims of political campaigns rather than of deep-rooted personal feelings or reasons. Even just having a friend on Facebook is enough to make people rethink their prejudices. china has a lot of legitimate reason to hate japan.
They have no legitimate reason to hate me.
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On March 12 2011 14:46 dump wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 14:44 stroggos wrote:On March 12 2011 14:41 dump wrote:Sorta sucks, but I'm hopeful that there'll be less and less racism in the coming years. At this point most racists are the victims of political campaigns rather than of deep-rooted personal feelings or reasons. Even just having a friend on Facebook is enough to make people rethink their prejudices. china has a lot of legitimate reason to hate japan. They have no legitimate reason to hate me.
Are you ethnic japanese?
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On March 12 2011 14:44 stroggos wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 14:41 dump wrote:Sorta sucks, but I'm hopeful that there'll be less and less racism in the coming years. At this point most racists are the victims of political campaigns rather than of deep-rooted personal feelings or reasons. Even just having a friend on Facebook is enough to make people rethink their prejudices. china has a lot of legitimate reason to hate japan.
No, they really don't.
Some very old Chinese have a legitimate reason to hate some very old Japanese. 'China' does not have a reason to hate 'Japan'. Japanese today are not responsible for what happened decades ago.
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0548: The plant's operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, tells AFP: "We believe the reactor is not melting down or cracking. We are trying to raise the water level."
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On March 12 2011 14:47 kaisen wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 14:46 dump wrote:On March 12 2011 14:44 stroggos wrote:On March 12 2011 14:41 dump wrote:Sorta sucks, but I'm hopeful that there'll be less and less racism in the coming years. At this point most racists are the victims of political campaigns rather than of deep-rooted personal feelings or reasons. Even just having a friend on Facebook is enough to make people rethink their prejudices. china has a lot of legitimate reason to hate japan. They have no legitimate reason to hate me. Are you ethnic japanese?
Born Japanese, Japanese parents, Japanese citizenship, speak, write, and read Japanese as fluently as I do English.
The thing is, I can't apologize for Nanjing without making it sound like an empty formality. No one can.
I should stop responding to these posts; sorry for derailing.
It just upsets me because there's really nothing I can do other than explain that I can't do anything.
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On March 12 2011 14:49 Serejai wrote:
0548: The plant's operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, tells AFP: "We believe the reactor is not melting down or cracking. We are trying to raise the water level."
They've said this more than once today....I don't know what to believe.
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On March 12 2011 14:49 Serejai wrote:
0548: The plant's operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, tells AFP: "We believe the reactor is not melting down or cracking. We are trying to raise the water level."
Thank god... my hands are clammy right now.
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地震発生以来、そろそろ丸一日。民放が一回もCM入れてないことに皆さんお気付きだろうか。常に「マスゴミ」と蔑まれたり、今回も誰がうるさいだのヘリ飛ばすなだのと取材方法にもケチつけたりされてるが、各局一日あたり3〜8億はあるCM収入を捨てて、マスコミとしての使命を果たしているのだ。
http://twitter.com/#!/han_Warai/status/46433669606412289
"It's almost been a full day since the earthquakes began. Has everyone noticed the broadcast stations have not run a single commercial? They're always mentioned as 'garbagecast,' and they're always the target of complaints, like 'who's annoying today?' or 'why're using a helicopter for that?' and receive a lot of criticism for the way they report, but every station has tossed advertisement revenue, costing them 3~8 million a day, and are performing their duties as broadcasting stations."
Brought a tear to my eye :[
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On March 12 2011 14:47 Hinanawi wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 14:44 stroggos wrote:On March 12 2011 14:41 dump wrote:Sorta sucks, but I'm hopeful that there'll be less and less racism in the coming years. At this point most racists are the victims of political campaigns rather than of deep-rooted personal feelings or reasons. Even just having a friend on Facebook is enough to make people rethink their prejudices. china has a lot of legitimate reason to hate japan. No, they really don't. Some very old Chinese have a legitimate reason to hate some very old Japanese. 'China' does not have a reason to hate 'Japan'. Japanese today are not responsible for what happened decades ago.
the japanese government has a choice to redeem themselves of what happened decades ago but chooses not to. I think that's a pretty legit reason.
User was temp banned for this post.
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On March 12 2011 14:52 RoosterSamurai wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 14:49 Serejai wrote:
0548: The plant's operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, tells AFP: "We believe the reactor is not melting down or cracking. We are trying to raise the water level." They've said this more than once today....I don't know what to believe.
Yeah, I think that's a big issue. The information about this has been going back and forth. One news outlet will go "OMG MELTDOWN IS HAPPENING" while another simultaneously says there is zero chance of anything happening.
It's literally impossible to know what's really going on right now, and that must suck for Japanese citizens.
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Japan2465 Posts
The core at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 1 reactor may be partially melting, the nuclear safety agency said Saturday.
Radioactive substance cesium was detected around the reactor, it said.
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On March 12 2011 14:52 Southlight wrote:Show nested quote +地震発生以来、そろそろ丸一日。民放が一回もCM入れてないことに皆さんお気付きだろうか。常に「マスゴミ」と蔑まれたり、今回も誰がうるさいだのヘリ飛ばすなだのと取材方法にもケチつけたりされてるが、各局一日あたり3〜8億はあるCM収入を捨てて、マスコミとしての使命を果たしているのだ。 http://twitter.com/#!/han_Warai/status/46433669606412289"It's almost been a full day since the earthquakes began. Has everyone noticed the broadcast stations have not run a single commercial? They're always mentioned as 'garbagecast,' and they're always the target of complaints, like 'who's annoying today?' or 'why're using a helicopter for that?' and receive a lot of criticism for the way they report, but every station has tossed advertisement revenue, costing them 3~8 million a day, and are performing their duties as broadcasting stations." Brought a tear to my eye :[
There was a nasally middle school kid streaming NHK yesterday on ustream via his iPhone4. People were worried NHK might shut him down, but NHK ended up linking to the stream on Twitter. There were about 40,000 people watching.
The kid was like "Thank you for the support, NHK. I'm sorry I dissed you earlier, ha ha."
And then he left to get ready for his graduation ceremony while he left his phone and TV on.
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On March 12 2011 14:53 stroggos wrote:Show nested quote +On March 12 2011 14:47 Hinanawi wrote:On March 12 2011 14:44 stroggos wrote:On March 12 2011 14:41 dump wrote:Sorta sucks, but I'm hopeful that there'll be less and less racism in the coming years. At this point most racists are the victims of political campaigns rather than of deep-rooted personal feelings or reasons. Even just having a friend on Facebook is enough to make people rethink their prejudices. china has a lot of legitimate reason to hate japan. No, they really don't. Some very old Chinese have a legitimate reason to hate some very old Japanese. 'China' does not have a reason to hate 'Japan'. Japanese today are not responsible for what happened decades ago. the japanese government has a choice to redeem themselves of what happened decades ago but chooses not to. I think that's a pretty legit reason.
Hating people over events from nearly 80 years ago is childish since it's likely 100% of the people spewing the hatred weren't even alive back then to feel the pain of what happened, it's like the stupid pearl harbor thing. It's all children educated in school that 'lol the Japanese did something bad to us' so they're all spewing their garbage facebook bullshit, except now it's the children from China. Disregard it.
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MURICA15980 Posts
Do we really need to talk about China vs Japan or Japan vs ANYONE right now? What the fuck people. Geez.
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Japan2465 Posts
there's a fucking meltdown about to happen, stop arguing over that shit
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On March 12 2011 14:59 fanta[Rn] wrote:
there's a fucking meltdown about to happen, stop arguing over that shit
We don't know that for sure. Have hope!
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