Thousands Protests Against China in Shibuya

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Japanese anger at Chinese territorial aggression and the Japanese government’s meek response to it has spilled over into mass protests on the streets of Shibuya.

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The protests pictured took place on the streets of Shibuya, but reportedly similar protests took place in half a dozen other cities.

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Organising the protests was Toshio Tamogami, a former air force general and chief of staff sacked for his hawkish views on Japan’s war guilt, and an advocate of Japan acquiring nuclear weapons as a guarantee against Chinese domination.

He also heads the newly formed “Ganbare Nippon!” demonstration committee, a conservative political organisation formed to organise such protests.

At the protests Tamogami asserted that China’s objective is not only to seize control of the Senkaku Islands, but also to annex Okinawa proper (prominent Chinese scholars have indeed recently been suggesting Okinawa should belong to China). Unsurprisingly he advocates a stronger defence in the face of this threat.

The number of protesters is disputed, although international estimates of 2,000-3,000 seem reasonable. Observers point out that the Japanese media can usually be relied on to completely fabricate numbers and photography to suit its own ends, so accurate figures seem unlikely.

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Almost as notable as the protests themselves is the fact that the domestic Japanese mass media has completely ignored them – all the photographs and reporting come from the international media or the people attending the protests, whilst the only “mainstream” Japanese language reporting yet visible is a single report from the Agence France-Presse.

The Internet has however provided ample publicity – 2ch and various social media, along with the websites of the protest organisers, have all contributed to raising awareness of the demonstrations.

The presence of rising sun flags and the involvement of General Tamogami was probably enough to ensure pariah handling by Japan’s servile press.

The mass media’s conspiracy to suppress reporting on the protests has not gone unnoticed – however, with traditional TV and newspaper increasingly an irrelevance to Japan’s younger generations, it is unlikely to prove an impediment to popularising opposition to Japan’s spineless political establishment.

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Meanwhile the Democratic party is still vacillating over whether to release the video of the collision incident as it does not want to “stimulate” China or its own people any further. China for its part still holds one of the 4 “spies” it picked up as insurance, having finally released the rest with timing only the most credulous could consider coincidental.

A more assertive policy towards China seems likely to have to wait until the apparently inevitable decimation of the government in the next election – which the Chinese government’s own military threats against the most pro-China Japanese administration in years looks to have guaranteed.


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    Avatar of DFC
    Comment by DFC
    01:53 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Japan could really use those nukes now, the current government is really spineless.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:12 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You seem to forget that like certain Middle Eastern countries, China doesn't really care about it's own people much. Somehow I don't think Japan getting nukes would go anywhere towards making China back down - in fact, they'd probably attack preemptively to "protect the borders and sovereignty of our great nation" or something.

    What Japan needs is to build a highly organized and extremely powerful defensive grid/shield/whatever so that it can protect itself from nukes. A nuke can't shoot down another nuke, so they could get nukes and still be fucked if China opens fire. But if they instead build technology to spot oncoming nukes and laser the things down from space, or missile them down from the ground, they can totally render China's nuclear advantage moot and useless.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:19 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And so, the US has another country it can add to its list of Star Wars anti-ballistic missile program, to Russia's disdain.

    ...Why am I getting the feeling as if 'everything is falling into place'...?

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:56 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    you're not the only bro

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:57 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    *only one

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:28 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    So, 2012 is the end of the world right?
    That's a start.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:22 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    This is the beginning of the end.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:13 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    No, it's just the end to the beginning.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:12 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    no, beginning of beginning.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:50 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    No! It's the end of beginning end.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:58 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If europe and the us have its shield up and running then they will gun for a nuclear war, since they have nothing to fear.

    And so the west will dominate the world once more.. or more like secure its domination. its not like china or india ever had a lot to say.

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    Comment by Aug
    07:13 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Dude! It's because China's going to be selling the US the parts to make those Star Wars satellites!

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:21 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    yet u can't trust products made from China

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:03 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    This is NOT the way the world ends, it should be a whimper, not with a bang

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:35 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Nuke Chinese Government

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:18 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Let World War 3 Begin People SO whos the Japanese Hitler?

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:23 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You are all idiots, aren't you. Just let the Chinese scream and run around and mess with other countries like third-rate delinquents, soon enough the economic boom will die off and the Chinese society will collapse due to its own impossibility.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:55 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You shouldn't be calling people idiots because if Chinese society collapses any time soon, it will take down most of Asia, North America, some parts of Europe along with it.

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    Comment by apez
    14:23 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    you dont seem to realize it but thats what is going to hapen as soon as we run out of gas

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:06 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You do not seem to realize that gas is not the only energy source in this whole world.

    Anyways, even if we run out of gas it will affect more than just those places.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:03 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    ur al saying lets fk up the chinese gov or whut ever and lets kill all the chinese well as soon as armys atack and there in Chinese territory the gov is gonna fkin nuke the armys they dont give a shit about there own ppl :P

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    Comment by Schrobby
    02:20 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    "A more assertive policy towards China seems likely to have to wait until the apparently inevitable decimation of the government in the next election"

    "Organising the protests was Toshio Tamogami... an advocate of Japan acquiring nuclear weapons as a guarantee against Chinese domination."

    Vote that guy. Nukes get.

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    Comment by Domo-Kun
    02:25 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    So you're in FAVOR of Genocide?

    Japan has enough Racism already.
    And too many Japanese Holocost deniers.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:34 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Toshio Tamogami promoting nuclear armament? Someone learned the wrong lesson from WW2.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:49 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Japan? Nukes? Now?

    With Japan's size, China can strike first if it thinks it's threatened. Maybe 4 nuclear IRBMs and Japan as a sovereign country will collapse.

    BUT the US will have a reason to feel threatened, and war breaks out between the two. Then Russia barges in to settle old scores, and the whole world goes to hell.

    It is a dangerous time for Japan to acquire nukes now. If they still wanna go ahead, they can keep it a secret, and they better pray to their Shinto God that they won't get caught.

    But you'll never know them intelligence agencies. Them Asians all look alike anyway.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:52 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    There is only one thing you need to learn from any war/fight. If your enemy has a stick, you find a bigger stick.

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    Comment by Karosene
    03:03 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And then, once you've acquired this bigger stick, the enemy pulls out a gun and shoots you.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:22 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If I recall correctly, Japan has enough nuclear material (mostly for medical and research use) that can be refined into weapons grade within a 2 week time span.

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    Comment by Yoshii-kun
    03:29 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I say, let China use military aggression on this matter. First to resort to violence is always the idiot.

    That will prove their arrogance and attitude they have to their own neighbors.

    It'll be social suicide among the international community.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    03:45 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @Domo-Kun Genocide is the last thing anyone should want. Talk to rebellion aka General Jack D. Ripper, he seems to be a fan of genocide.

    Fact is the japanese politicians failed spectacularly - and this tends to bring extremist forces to power. That guy doesn't have to win the votes, I doubt he would. Just 10% will get the higher ups thinking, though. 20% will get them thinking really hard.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:13 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    except japan government is not retarded enough to get nukes, if they ever chose to do so both china and usa would jump right in and invade in order to eliminate WMDs.
    Anyone dumb enough to think US is gonna let japan run around with nukes shouldn't be talking.

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    Comment by PewPewPew!
    06:40 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Unless they have a VERY effective counter-measure against nukes they won't gamble into a war which could decimate or destabilize the region and maybe even the entire world.

    In the 1st place,the reasons why the US "made" Japan into it's ally is to have a close foothold in Asia to keep an eye on the communist states and basically to keep it in check because they're afraid of another aggression-oriented Japan becoming their enemy again in future wars.Japan may have lost WWII but it gave the Allies a SEVERE beating during that period and any person who REALLY knows history can't deny that...

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:51 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    "It is well that war is so terrible - lest we should grow too fond of it."

    I really enjoy all the comments from the people who have never done military service calling out for countries to threaten each other with nukes.

    "The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our ways of thinking."

    Wars are now not without consequence, the world is interconnected as a whole, if China ever goes to war, the every single person who lives in a country that uses goods that are made from China is going to feel its effects.

    while it might seem like a great way to vent our anger at other issues or even take the public attention away from them, you have to remember that NOTHING GOOD comes from war. The war on Afghanistan and Iraq are ample proof.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:01 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well, only idiots do the military service. Intelligent people send the idiots to war. Thats a thing that never changed troughout history.

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    Comment by ntbxp
    07:09 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    >>You have to remember that NOTHING GOOD comes from war.

    Internet is a shit for you?
    (Did you understand? Internet,or consept of it, has born in the war.)

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    Comment by Aug
    07:17 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You guys do understand that as a first-world nation with higher GDPpc and quality of life than China, Japan will look like the bad guy if they have nukes. It will be another point for Chinese to act aggressive about. You all conveniently forget the shit going down with Iran wanting nukes?

    Not to mention what North Korea might do if Japan had nukes.

    Take a step back from the screen and sniffing Japanese schoolgirl panties and look at the shit you guys are writing.

    Avatar of Aug
    Comment by Aug
    07:32 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Take a moment and realize how stupid nukes will be for Japan. Japan has the whole fucking US Pacific fleet backing it in addition to their own JSDF. If they did get nukes it would weaken their position on the international stage as a first-world and developed nation because they lose the moral higher ground on armament.

    You guys conveniently forget all the shit Iran is getting for wanting nukes?

    Also don't forget North Korea, that country with the fourth largest army in the world. With a nutcase leading that country, what do you think they would do if they felt that their sworn enemy could wipe them out with a few nuclear missiles?

    Avatar of ntbxp
    Comment by ntbxp
    07:53 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @Aug
    So what japan should do?

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:02 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    DARPA started the basic ground works for the internet in order to backup RESEARCH AND DATA and avoid redundancy in data storage, so... it wasn't really born from war, it was a reaction to war.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:03 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And whoever says "only stupid people are sent to war" is obviously an American faggot who is going to run off to Canada the second a new draft comes around.

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    Comment by Artefact

    The USA is no longer providing a wholly credible nuclear deterrent for Japan, and its conventional deterrent effect is not much better, especially when considering "boiling the frog" scenarios.

    An invasion of the Japanese home islands would surely activate the alliance, but what about creeping threats against Japan's citizens, its economic interests, its peripheral territories? Slow and gradual domination over a long period of time? Could the USA be trusted to always act in Japan's own best interest and not according to its own national interest in cases which do not involve clear-cut military aggression? Could it even be relied upon to honour a military alliance without thought to the consequences? History suggests not.

    For these reasons sovereign nations will not generally consider entrusting their fate entirely to nations over which they have no real control - perhaps with very good reason.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    19:43 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Straight to the point, Artefact.

    Comment by Anonymous
    19:54 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Artefact is right, unfortunately. If you're in for a humorous take on the subject, watch the YPM episode about the Salami-tactics.
    As for those people above this post who suggest Japan should get some kind of shield tech, know that anti-ICBM shield is at the moment the holy grail of defence tech. Everyone is hoping for it, some pretend to have it already, but none of it currently works.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:13 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    every1s saying japans stage in community and shit and china feeling scared and north Korea lets think for a moment just 1 small moment china =war 2 japan=usa comes in= Russia comes in nukes euro might as well watch boom boom boom no more Korea most likely no more japan Russia size reduced even more america economy falls even more china falls country near it will sweep in and take land oh and note most products made in china so basically everys gonna go poor with out chinas large amount of work forceand the 1st 2 fire a missle aint gonna be china its gonna be russia old war hatred never goes away >> and remeber japan became really strong when it revolutionized it fkin beat russia and china it even had the courage and sum might call stupidity 2 fk up the usa navy give it a reason 2 fight and those gudams and evo they builtfor show r gonan start walking and carrying missiles and guns

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    Comment by DFC
    03:44 04/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Do you guys really thing the "international" community will step in to prevent or curtail any Chinese aggression? They have alot of money in China and they wont do anything to hurt their investments, so I guess that argument is basically fucking moot
    Nuclear deterrence is the lowest cost that Japan can incur to even hold on to whatever thats left of their shreds of sovereignty. Suggesting that Japan raise a comparable army out of that population of theirs is a joke.

    Oh just to clarify with everyone, I am chinese and I hope to see China burn so its technically wrong to see me as a racist, and oh I am not really a nationalist either since I hate the concept of nationS(note the s).

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    Comment by BrownBear
    02:46 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    ITs time to send in all the otaku and lolicon to WAR!!!

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    Comment by Yoshii-kun
    03:25 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    And what exactly are you hoping for them to achieve?

    They can barely get out of their rooms......

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    Comment by TFish
    03:33 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Perhaps a war is the motivation they need to leave.

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    Comment by Zwars
    03:38 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    we need the Air King and his 20,000 NEET's

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:22 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Otakus would make unstoppable soldiers. They're obsessive, fanatical and due to extremely low self standards have absolutely no regard for personal safety or hygiene. A thick layer of grease and fat enveloping their bodies protects them from most bullets, shrapnel and the environment.

    Otakus also have the perfect camouflage. They're so repulsive that no one wants to look their way.

    Send the otakus to China and they'll make a Nanking out of every city there.

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    Comment by PewPewPew!
    06:43 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Otakus can make excellent suicide squadrons with bombs attached to their bellies,hypnotize lolicons into thinking that the enemy soldiers are cute lolis and you get a wave of berserkers.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:05 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The fact that you refer Nanking as if it was actually funny requires you to talk about the Jewish Holocaust in the same way.

    Go on, I'm waiting for your youtube video.

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    Comment by konakona
    22:50 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    @Yoshii-kun
    That's the point. They can't do anything so this protest is meaningless. They're only protesting because of their stupid country pride. Sometimes people need to learn to not care so much.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:09 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    china would certainly only welcome japanese nukes as the long awaited provocation

    japan needs defences and most of all, reliable allies
    taking on china alone is suicidal no matter which nation you think of
    current china appears to be the most disgusting crosssbreed of 1940 japan and soviet union and with a rising tendency
    if the US, EU and japan dont start doing something very soon were all hopelessly fucked

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:11 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    No, current China is more like crossbreed of Cold War US and current Russia. Freakin's Nosey parker

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:17 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    hey hey hey it aint chinas fault they got there ass fked when japan went 2 war with them in WW2 so they copied and Russia there like ohhh look how good there doing in cold war lets copy them :D thats how china got here -.-and remember even though 1 chinese soldier is poorly armed and most racial ppl gonna think they skinny and nerdy there trained 2 obey orders with out thought there fed steroids 1 maybe easy buy 1million descending thats horror beyond words

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    Comment by caiooa
    03:49 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    "What Japan needs is to build a highly organized and extremely powerful defensive grid/shield/whatever so that it can protect itself from nukes"
    two words: economy recess. Japan can't build anything like a powerfull defencive system rigt now. It cost money, a lot of money, and japan isn't going to put it as a bigger priority than the educacional system, for example (different from usa, no?)

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:05 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    doesn't makes much sense there. Starting a war makes your economy go booming. I mean, what state was germany in before 2 WW? They where a poor shit country where people barely could buy breed and water! And seconds later they where the most advanced warmachine in all the world!
    The only thing what you need to get strong, japan already has. Its called technical knowledge. Everything else can be organized somehow and very fast.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:07 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Japan currently have the second BIGGEST navy in the world, surpassing the former empire on which the sun never sets, France, and Russia.

    So I think Japan is fine.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:32 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    lol so they can shoot down nukes, then china would be like...

    Guess we send the troops lol

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:20 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    not funny >.> chinas army is fkin huge remeber the article about it uping its army? only 17 percent im 100% sure it aint that little >>

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:13 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    "What Japan needs is to build a highly organized and extremely powerful defensive grid/shield/whatever so that it can protect itself from nukes."

    You mean like this? : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SNodVSMTqk

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:26 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It will have to buy US' anti nuclear system (they do have one).

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:58 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Economy meltdown + possible WW3. Gee Gee.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:01 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You seem to be forgetting that China cannot run much of an industry if one half of their population is dead and the other half is sick with various levels of radiation poisoning. And no industry = no power.

    Not that any of that matters. Nukes are the worst possible weapon. All you do is kill a bunch of civies, making yourself war criminal in the process and doing zero damage to the military infrastructure. This would be the equivalent of attempting an armed robbery in a gunstore. Nobody is stupid enough to start a nuclear war.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:27 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Non-Nuclear_Principles

    Don't worry that big Gundam and Gigantor monument will come to life and ward off invasions :P

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:01 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    China sucks, it's a fact. Much to the desperation of its population. And the world's powers lick the Chinese Govt balls because they can use ultra-cheap almost-slave work force. We need to stop buying made in China products. I'm doing my job here, unless it's something I really need and I can't find other than a made in China I simply won't buy. Crush their economics and they are history, after all, it seems it's most of the ordinary (buying) people are against China.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:45 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sadly, if you are not making that much money, your home economy will perish long before China does.

    The other thing you have to be aware of is that
    many nations took lending from Chinese banks to recover from the global recession. You bet all of that aid will have to be paid back with interest.

    I regret to say that just avoiding products that are made in China is not enough to sink them.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:32 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    China is the largest country in Asia. unlike,the tiny island of Japan.China so large,they can built nuclear in China.Japan cannot because the island to small to even built one.

    Comment by Anonymous
    19:01 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    China doesn't need nukes.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:26 04/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    >implying that my main objective is not to see China on fire, nuclear fire.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:17 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    i'll correct you on this one:
    " could really use those hidden Gundams"

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:51 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    damn..i jsut thought bout this :D:D

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    Comment by TC-man
    04:06 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yeah, that one which won't move a bit?

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:43 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yes. The one that can turn its head, light up its eyes and vent exhaust and nothing else.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:17 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Being spineless is one thing, but those protests are led by a hawk.

    That man Tamogami isn't interested in whether or not Japan has the right to the island. He's just another ultranationalist with very likely little rationale, that has no respect for history and other race.

    Japan has every right to claim that island as theirs, but getting a hotheaded ultranationalist to back them isn't the right way.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    02:28 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You know, if that guy is the only one who can get Japan to grow a spine that's what will happen. If "normal" politicians fail it's always the extremists who gain from the fuck up. See nazi germany.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:35 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's why I hope them Japanese politicians would put aside their personal interests for a while(some of them must have some business deal related with China) and work a peaceful way around, while looking neither too arrogant(like China, if the extremists get their way), nor too kind(they should've conducted more investigation on the captain who rammed over the Japanese boat).

    They were diplomatically sound enough when they released all the crewmembers before the captain. You won't see something so generous with Israel.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:49 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I wish all world politicians would put aside their personal interests for a while. Too unlikely?

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:56 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    On the other hand, Anon 02:49, sadly yeah...

    DAMN YOU FOR KILLING MY OPTIMISM, ANON! DAMN YOU!

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    Comment by Yoshii-kun
    03:16 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Still, getting someone like that to rile up and protest like China did....

    Why are you lowering your mindset to their level, Japan, WHY?

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    Comment by Schrobby
    03:53 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The people in Japan seem to be fed up with their government. That is a very dangerous thing. Reminds me of what happens in Germany right now.

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    Comment by TC-man
    04:07 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Right now? You mean the Netherlands, right?

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:15 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Germany is getting its own version of the PVV unfortunately.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:40 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    "Germany is getting its own version of the PVV unfortunately."

    Oh no, how terrible, Germany is protecting itself from Islamofascism, how dare she! Heaven forbid Germany protects itself from people who do everything they can not to participate in democracy and spit on it and disrespect it every turn, while demanding we respect them. How dare Germany protect itself from the biggots in the mosques who teach Muslim children to despise anything unislamic.

    You do realise that Geert Wilders has Jewish ancestry don't you? Good, now don't you feel stupid for comparing his "extremism" to Nazi Germany?

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    Comment by DarkWisdom
    08:12 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yeah, heaven forbid Germany tries to protect itself from Islamofascism. The ideology that seperate itself from all things German and despises anything unislamic, how dare they.

    You do realise that Geert Wilders has Jewish ancestry and sees Israel as a second home, so equating him with Nazism is beyond retarded.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:08 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    a) Actually, his kinfolk hail from Indonesia.
    Not that he's willing to admit to that, what with the lousy dye job.

    b) Was raised a Roman-Catholic as well, currently considers himself agnostic.

    c) I didn't compare him to Nazism, I said and I quote: "Germany is getting its own version of the PVV unfortunately." Nothing more and nothing less.

    d) But if you want to go that road. Look at some of his speeches, and replace the word Islam with Judaism, and Muslim with Jew.

    Look familiar?

    The situation in the Netherlands isn't that dissimilar to the Weimar Republic in its latter years. Barring the whole war debt issue. Splintered political landscape, unhappy populace looking for a scapegoat, and then some Nut appearing on the stage claiming to have all the answers.

    e) He and his followers lay claim to freedom of speech, but woe to those who wish to say anything against them, because they'll be cussed out and vilified. The Sturm Abteilung had a knack for that too, course they also used violence, which is something that the PVV goons dare not do at this point.

    (Well, barring certain party members that is. Assaulting a barkeeper, because he didn't want to pour any more alcohol. Assaulting another bar patron, due to a verbal disagreement. Posing with firearms, without having a license for said weapon.)

    f) There's the small matter that they demand that certain dissident members of the CDA resign their seats, if they can't agree with the party decision to go along with this farce. Thereby ignoring that the Great Beloved Leader pulled the exact same stunt in 2004 with the VVD.

    Then again, it's been my observation that most of his followers aren't that apt, when it comes to history, not even relatively close history, let alone anything going centuries back.

    g) And to finish off this rebuttal.
    His entire stance with regards to Islam is complete BS. The Islam how he portrays it, exists about as much as Christianity does. There is no unity, there is no common voice that decides things. It all comes down to individual preachers and how they interpret things, and to which school of thought they belong.

    No different from Christianity in that sense. Catholics and Protestants also don't get along in everything, and before you say BS.
    Two words for ya: Northern Ireland

    And that's recent history, I'm not even going to get into the various wars fought over the Reformation, and how this effected the perception of Catholicism in most of the Western World, including the US.

    Oh and if you want to start with, but the Qu'Ran preaches violence vs non-believers.
    Up to a point, but that would be kafirs, meaning those who do not follow one of the Monotheistic faiths aka Judaism and Christianity.

    In addition, you can counter that with Papal Infallibility and the declaration of a Crusade vs this group or that one, whether it be the Pagans in the Baltic or Serbia, the Cathars in the South of France, Russian and Greek Orthodox Christians, Muslims and political/religious enemies of the Roman Catholic Church from the Hussite Crusade(s), to the Stedinger Crusade and the Aragonese Crusade.

    Or in short, Nutcases, whether religious or not always pose a problem to society in general, and tend to drag everyone down with them into the muck.

    Oh almost forgot, don't have any problem with admitting that there are indeed issues with regards to integration. But his way won't resolve them, quite the contrary, it'll enhance feelings of alienation. Making Western Muslims even more tempting targets by radicals with regards to conversion to their particular interpretation of the faith.

    (Similar issues occurred with Italian immigrants and their kids in the US, which lead to the glamorization of the Maffia, but that's a tale for another time.)

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:59 05/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sorry he has speculated he has Jewish ancestry, but he has great admiration for Israel.

    Muslims alienate themselves, its no ones fault and if thats the way they want to be then good riddance.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:09 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I think every country that has been betrayed by Marxist liberal policies and political correctness needs a bit of Ultra Nationalism.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:50 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    What japan needs right now are some gundams! then all of china will bow before thier 20 ton feet!

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:51 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    suddenly gundams from under mt fuji

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:15 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    like mao suggested: if we lose 700 million people in nuclear war and they lose everyone...we will have 500 million people left." nukes are not the answer. china lost the publicity war in the international community while making many southeast asian countries angry. they made a big mistake sending "fisherman" into japanese waters. patience will win. these protesting fools have nothing to offer.

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    Comment by Kitsune9Tails
    08:47 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yeah, because a new cold war with China is really what the world needs. After all, it was so effective the last time (effective at killing our economies, almost bringing nuclear war to the whole world, and causing political oppression in many countries, especially the US).

    I wonder why so many people automatically think nukes are the answer to every problem. Plus, no one seems to think that China might just be crazy enough to use them.

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    Comment by Abel Liegod
    09:47 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Guy in pic 5 "WE WANT BLOOD!!"

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    Comment by Abel Liegod
    09:50 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    COME ON JAPAN, DROP THE FUCK BOMB ALREADY!

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:25 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    nippon banzai!

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:23 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    More retard!!!

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:44 03/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Japan could use some death to die itself! No God will save a pedophile country.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:12 04/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    输入几行中文来吸引注意力。你真的用软件把它翻译了?有趣。
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    It's all government works, people.

    Both China gov and Japan gov knows that if the issue about that island gets serious, neither would compromise. But they didn't try to put it down and find a way that both could satisfy like they always do, instead, they pushed it forward, or rather, Japan gov pushed it first; they put this event in the light and incite their own people. Now we begin to outrage the other country again, who started this? The two Govs. Who can end this? Only the god knows.

    The thing is, hatred can easily be raised if someone pushed.
    In my opinion, what's the importance with that island for us normal civilians? Why should we hate each other? Just leave it to the govs, the war won't start anyway, China is too big as an enemy, so is US.

    输入几行中文来吸引注意力。你真的用软件把它翻译了?有趣。
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