Pursued by a bear, perhaps? You make up your own mind. Hiko, thanks for your honesty. I’ve been thinking about what you’ve said a lot the last two days. Laxman, when you stop your tiresome Master Race and heightist microaggression, you are an interesting poster. Thanks! 空, your heart is in the right place, but [...]
Category Archives: Straw man
Microaggression: the new scapegoat for our ills
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on May 1, 2012
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It’s Just Be Cause time again, and Mr Arudou tackles what he labels "microagression", but what I would call "making small talk". It’s difficult for me to find any stand-out nonsense, but I think my readers more versed in the social sciences may be able to fight their way through verbiage like "since NJ subordination [...]
Powerless, pointless PowerPoint
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on March 24, 2012
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Mr Arudou stalkerises himself by first off putting "Affiliate Scholar, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii" on the front page of the presentation, then by saying in the accompanying article "I gave a couple of presentations on my campus", so I wonder if he will entertain questions from his readers about his status? I also note that [...]
A twice emigrant speaks on immigration
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on March 6, 2012
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Yes, it’s Just Be Cause time again. No, it’s not the hoped-for wrap-up. Yes, it’s poor, even more poor than usual. About the new special immigration scheme: You must get 70 points on the Justice Ministry’s qualifying scale (see www.moj.go.jp/content/000083223.pdf) And it’s tough, really tough. Take the test and see if you qualify (I don’t). [...]
Stalking Japan Times contributors
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on November 10, 2011
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Searching the web I came across this site of batshit-crazy loons concerned Fookooshimars citizens discussing the merits of Mr Arudou’s recent article: http://enenews.com/japan-times-column-public-possibly-worldwide-sickens-time-truth-will-leak-about-fukushima (Note that it appears to be down right now – the GoJ’s DoS seems to be working! Click here for the Google cache.) Skip past the extract and the ads – the [...]
Just Be Cause… I Hate Japan
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on November 1, 2011
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This month’s Just Be Cause is a spew of hate and, quite frankly, racism: That is precisely what tatemae does to Japanese society. It makes everyone into a politician, changing the truth to suit their audience, garner support or deflect criticism and responsibility. One point I find interesting is that he appears to blame the [...]
‘Libertylessness’ wrecks marriages, threatens nation’s future
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on September 10, 2011
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I am proud to translate an article from a well-known newspaper in the US for Japanese ex-pats, written by the naturalised ethnic Japanese 田中花子. By Flowerchild MIDFIELD, reprinted with permission from the Mainichi Beikoku First, an axiom: Healthy adults are at liberty throughout their lives, and this should not necessarily change just because people get [...]
Nae mates Arudou
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on August 2, 2011
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Noting that it’s easy to stalk guess the URL for this month’s Just Be Cause, here is The loneliness of the long-distance foreigner a little ahead of the official publication time. Most of the article is a rehash of a previous blog post, but I did find the disclaimers at the bottom laugh out loud [...]
Debito.org misleads its readers regarding a poster’s true message
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on June 28, 2011
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Here is a guest post from Eido Inoue; my name is Tepido Naruhodo and I approve this message. BTW, I notice the poster image is named gaijin2011.jpg. Debito.org continues to promote the existence of “the eye,” trying to make its readers who can’t read Japanese believe that everybody on the street (“the general public”), is [...]
A few odds and ends
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on May 11, 2011
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Good news: an Indonesian nurse who passed the Japanese nursing exam recently went up to Iwate from Kobe to help. NHK Kobe had a good feature on her last night. Curious news: A Linux user buys In Appropriate and finds it DRMed and not Linux friendly, and asks Mr Arudou for help. Mr Arudou apparently [...]