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StrangerlandOct. 10  11:28 pm JST

There is the definition, and then there is colloquial usage, which is to refer to sickos who sleep with minors.If most people are using a word a certain way, and understanding it that way, language evolves.

So, you think language should only evolve how YOU want it to? Maybe if people would try using words by their ACTUAL definitions - instead of trying to move the goalpost on what they want them to mean for a particular agenda - there would be less disagreement in the world.

The so-called cultural/colloquial definitions of "racism", "sexism", "homophobia", etc. have all evolved - but only for the purpose of shutting down anyone with different views.

And I highly doubt "most people" would immediately think "pedophile" when they hear about or see an adult man with a 17 year old girl. The guy is a thief and a murderer and, if they find he also sexually assulted her, add rapist to the label. Definitely not pedophile.

Sadly no mention of car seat and if it was used properly. Seeing it was omitted suspect two were not in use.

Yeah, looking at the photo it seems this should have been a survivable accident for two kids properly buckled up in the back seats. Seems likely they were not.

Parents here really have to start taking these things seriously.

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Watch the Japanese news. It was clearly reported that seatbelts were used. If the mother initially lied, and the J Police released that info without corroborating - or the news network reported misinformation - that’s another issue.

But what has been reported is that seatbelts were in use.

Seatbelts were in use.

I checked a few and couldn't find that information. Please provide a link.

No link. It was reported in the Japanese tv news.

No link. It was reported in the Japanese tv news.

Seatbelts were in use.

I checked a few and couldn't find that information. Please provide a link.

No link. It was reported in the Japanese tv news.

Seatbelts were in use.

Try getting information from more than one news source before making judgments, please. That is one of the problems with this world nowadays.

Bobs Your UncleToday  05:32 pm JST

Please do not judge someone who you know and cannot know about. 

The reasons why she did this can be many but it's not that she is 'evil'.

If Fighto! cannot judge that she IS evil, how on earth can you judge that she is NOT?

"Japan has the expertise "

HUH?!?!?!?! This statement confuses me greatly.

angelxtears at 03:41 PM JST - 3rd February "Take it or leave it! U.S.A needs to mind its own business!!"

They are. They are supporting their innocent citizens who have been wronged by the archaic and xenophobic laws of this oppressive regime. Imagine, the most powerful country on earth - economically and militarily - willing to let ties with the second most powerful economic country on earth for a handful of its citizens. Amazing. Yet, I'll bet your pathetic and insignificant country wouldn't show a 100th of such support for your whining, tear-streaked face. Jealousy sucks, huh?

LOL. The Japan-apologist on this board are funnnn-nny. And ignorant to boot.

Also, because most Japanese still see themselves as the superior race. The, "Japanese are just different from the rest of the world" attitude is how they go about all their international business.

"Under the terms of the Nationality Law here in Japan, both of the children are allowed to claim dual nationality up until such time as they reach the age of majority. "

VERY good point. JUST cuz they have J passports, does not mean they are not American as well...

MrUSA

"She ignored a US court order, but all 4 involved are Japanese citizens"

The fact that he is NOW Japanese is a technicality and you know it. The lived in America. She broke American law. SHE is the original criminal here, and were she to step foot on US soil, she'd be arrested for it - and for good reason.

I'm not racist. I just don't have my head in the sand like many OTHERS around here. I am married to a Japanese woman. Notice, in my last post, I said "typical cold, selfish Japanese b*tch." My wife is not typical. She is intelligent and warm-hearted. She sees the forest for the trees here - which most J women cannot. She gets it, and she is Japanese; so why can't you?

"did he cheat on Nori-S with that Amy lady? Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

Perhaps. But she is probably a typical cold, selfish Japanese b*tch - look what she did with the kids and ignoring a court order. Which may be the very reason why she was dumped.

mnemosyne23 : " If she was raped, I can absolutely understand her reasons for not wanting to keep the baby, though I can never, EVER condone her methods. Even if the child was stillborn, a human body should be treated with respect and dignity, not thrown out like garbage. And if the child was NOT stillborn, and might in fact have lived had it been delivered and cared for properly, then there is no excuse -- none -- for her actions. Find a hospital, a police station, a temple, a church -- somewhere. There ARE people who are willing to help, and if you want to get rid of the baby and never see it again, that can be done, too. Anything less is murder."

Bravo! Unfortunately, your words fall silent on the deaf ears of those who have no soul, no compassion for anyone who infringes upon their self-proclaimed rights to do as they please - damn the victims in their wake.

Compassion and empathy for the criminal is psychopathic, at best.

HalcyonDaze at 10:18 PM JST - 1st September "The self-righteous and uncompassionate attitude of some of the posters on this site is almost as shocking as the "crimes" they are so quick to condemn."

I've tons of compassion - for the baby. That, obviously, is the difference betwixt my sort and yours - I have compassion for the innocent victims, you have compassion (empathy?) for the murderous scum. That simple.

Show me a society where dumping a baby and leaving it to die ISN'T a crime, and I'll show you a vile puddle of vomit that, obviously, is your dreamworld.

SHE should be dumped on the side of the road like the trash she is. I volunteer!

"the couple decided they couldn’t take care of the infant...."

...so they left it in a bicycle basket in the rain where NO ONE could. They sure is smart.

1st degree murder - hang 'em.

"Why the Japanese Are a Superior People"

I think I just peed a little.

"Any euphoria won't last long, since executing her killer won't bring her back. Is our world now a better place, now that one malefactor has been removed from it? "

Yes. They should "remove" A LOT more than they do.

tkoind2 at 10:10 AM JST - 21st July "I've reported a stalker before, even having the nut case call and text threatening messages over a dozen times during the police interview."

Ummmmm... and WHY, exactly, did the supposed stalker HAVE your phone #/info in the first place?

Hang 'em both. Even though the child lived. They will just do it again anyway. Pure human trash.

motytrah at 05:49 AM JST - 26th June There are Nerds in the West who are just as introverted. In particular ones that have Asperger syndrome. Then again, there are a lot of Otaku who aren't introverted at all. Say what you will about them, but they make up a multi-billion dollar market group world wide.

So do pedophiles, sooooo... your point?

WHY in God's name would anyone WANT to have an otaku friend?

Man when your time is up, it is UP.

mmwk2008 at 12:56 AM JST - 5th June "For those with kids, passing judgement upon this event is very difficult if not impossible. All that can be offered is Complete & utter Sympathy. If you're fortunate enough to be able to afford to have a wife/husband who can stay at home to look after the kids whilst the other works, then you should understand why they are so exhausted at the end of the day upon your return.... Give it a go yourself."

Weak and feeble excuse for being lazy and negligent. Grow up. You are a parent, act like one and do your duty and responsibility to protect the innocent kids.

This should be listed in the crime section and the parent that left them should be shot. Or, at least go to jail until they get shot by someone on the inside who hates these selfish, negligent parents as much as I do.

No excuse.

Kumiko is said to have been having difficulty with dealing with the people around her,

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