Ten Years Ago

Ten Years Ago(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.31 5:58 (#17411462) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.30 0:50)
Still we had heavy snowfall. We needed to equip chain or radial tyre on the wheel. Now it came rare to have snowfall. Drive carefully.
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Me, Either

Me, Either(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.31 5:34 (#17411354) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.30 0:50)
I'm going to check the meaning later. (Row, row, row your boat)
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Hello

Hello(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.31 5:28 (#17411316) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.30 0:50)
Happy new year. It was nice to read your first journal. I haven't formed immune system yet, please intervene from time to time.
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Negative Campaign

Re:Bill Mahar(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.31 3:50 (#17410602) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.30 0:50)
The term negative campaign is used particularly in election. I think voters are wise enough not to vote for those who attacked other candidates in this tactics, but still we see a lot.
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History

Re:on the other hand(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.31 3:36 (#17410472) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.30 0:50)
Biography is a reflection of how the authors evaluate him. So it might be worthwhile to refer to other gospels if they shed light on the other side of the life of Jesus, as long as the authenticity of those is certified.
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Riddle

Re:Gospel analysis(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.31 3:23 (#17410354) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.30 0:50)
I understand these three have been called synoptic and thought to be derived from the same source, but even if so, still remains to be riddle why three gospels were supposed to be placed consecutively.
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Ethics

Re:contrast with Confucius(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.31 3:07 (#17410212) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.30 0:50)
Confucious as well as other figures like Buddha, Socrates lived in the same era -around 5 BC. It's interesting to see these figures reached the similar conclusion -the middle of the road (In Greek it's not Socrates, but in Aristotles though ).
Confucious was a tall man -180 cm, educated all by himself. Analects was believed to be started being editted while still he was alive. It's not written by him since we know the steady expression at the beginning of the axiom as 'the master said..'
Confucious, Buddha both lived up to 80, Socrates to 71. Jesus was crucified at age 30 something. The teachings of Confucious was ethics in short.
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Well

Re:Answers(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.30 14:53 (#17406654) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.30 0:50)
Nothing to add and delete. Impeccable answers. You must be very well versed in Christianity.
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Re:Spiders

Re:spiders(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.30 12:31 (#17405878) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.30 0:50)
Some people don't like spiders, so-called they are arachnophobia. But I don't particularly loathe these creatures. Of course if they have poison, it would be better to avoid touching. But in this case too I will let them go somewhere outside the room. Back in my city it's not what happened in my room, though, in lower areas I had found centipedes. If we were bit by this, we are likely to have inflammation on the skin but it rarely leads to more severe cases. If spiders were trantula, we will feel very shocked.
It's interesting to observe how various creatures are taken in different societies, for example, dragon was a good sign in Asia. In some belief spiders, gekkoes are thought to be a sacred keeper in household.
Australia has huge desert in hinterland, Sydney was one of few exceptions in the continent. In desert those creatures might enjoy their lives in full swing. But I was unable to encounter those creatures in central Sydney.
As to your signature, all you have to do is just add 'ISCP - intellectual, so-called property ' after your current signature. That makes sense.
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His Unfruitful World

Re:Philosophy Of Wittgenstein(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.29 21:29 (#17397198) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.29 3:09)
He thought the limit of his language is the limit of his world. This idea is very strange to me. For me there are too many things that weren't verbalised, our mind, our history, our dream, etc. All are unable to verbalise, but they all exist. We only verbalise a part of it and it comes to be literature. In his view there are two possible explanations. One is his language skill was extremely well so he could express almost everything what he thought. The other one is his inner world was extremely poor, almost nothing, so he was merely able to express his dark unfruitful world. I suspect the latter case. He must be a numerological genius, but I was not impreesed with his language. I'm afraid his world was as dark as his poor language.
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Philosophy Of Wittgenstein

Philosophy Of Wittgenstein(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.29 1:14 (#17388112) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.28 23:42)
It seems he put too much emphasis on the role of language. Language only forms a part of reality, but for him language was prior to reality.
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The Riddle Solved

Re:The date of Christmas(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.29 0:58 (#17387886) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.28 23:42)
I see. As if I were able to solve the riddle of Christmas!
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Me Too

It took about four months to complete reading the novel. This is first and foremost my favourite. Four years ago. Beautiful is the perfection as poetic prose.

Sunday

Re:The date of Christmas(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.28 22:18 (#17386498) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.27 19:17)
Sunday had been already called the Lord's Day from its similitude with resurrection. So probably it was not hard for early Christians to adopt the day as holiday.
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Re:The date of Christmas

Re:The date of Christmas(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.27 7:13 (#17370762) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.27 4:34)
Christian people take holiday on Sunday. I understand ancient sun worship before the advent and Christian belief connected some time in around 3c.
Jesus was born in the age of Herod's reign. There are many assumptions when Herod died. He was dead when partial eclipse occurred. It occurred in 3 BC and 1 BC. Many scholars now believe Jesus was born in circa 3 BC.
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Water On Glove

Re:For those in America(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.27 6:55 (#17370584) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.27 4:34)
This is a photo I took from unusual weather report tonight. The total amount of water on glove must be almost the same, I understand in US partial desertisation has been in progress. In East Asia instead a lot of precipitation has been made in recent several years.
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100th Post

Tuesday, December 26, 2006
100th Post
Here it is. Every time I saw 99, I was allured to post the next journal, and here I made it.

Arigato Gozai Mas

Re:Middle English Lesson(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.27 4:24 (#17369128) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.27 3:28)
Arigato Gozai Mas! (Thank you very much!)
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Re:Exempt from what, exactly?

Re:Exempt from what, exactly?(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.22 4:06 (#17327762) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.22 3:17)
Exemption means free from some obligation. Currently white collar workers have to abide by the limitation of 8 hours a day and 40 hours per week 'obligation'. After this law was introduced, white collar workers don't have to work within this limit. They can work as much as they want. This is the meaning of white collar 'exemption'. You see how strange? Exempt from limited working hours, exactly.
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Norovirus

Re:What(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.19 1:12 (#17286998) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.17 5:43)
Vomitting, diarrhoea. It's not serious. This is mainly caused by food poisoning. It takes up to one week to recover, but usually everyone can get well. We can find this virus in clams, oysters. As you know we have long tradition to eat raw fish, also we prefer eating oysters in raw. This is neither SARS -severe acute respirately syndrome nor birdflu. It is a bit of exaggeration to say outbreak, though, the number of patients is very large.
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Lack

Re:I'm usually anti-conservative(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.16 3:02 (#17258368) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.16 0:15)
They need to change their official language -from domestic to English. They need to be educated in emphasising the importance of independence and liberty and their responsibility along with these values. Right now they lack all of them.
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Not Yet Matured

Re:I'm usually anti-conservative(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.16 2:15 (#17257626) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.16 0:15)
If they are really independent, they ought to have a military. Japan's pacifist constitution declares not to hold any weapons except for pure defence purposes. I think this has been worked well in the process of reconstruction after the war. They could only concentrate on economy. The problem of Japan's having a military is they might start using it for real invasion. America was really afaid of Japan's remilitalising after the war. Therefore America shackled Japan by imposing this article. It might be natural for Japan to dissolve this shackle some day, though, the problem is Japan is not matured enough to have a military yet. This country needs more fundamental change other than military, which involves the change of spiritual structure from the bottom of their heart. Unless doing so, they will follow the similar way again.
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Yap

Yap(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.15 22:40 (#17253856) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.15 2:45)
My Jp site tells that the site is out of reach for three days.
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Trial To Mores

Re:And thus the reason(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.14 21:52 (#17234804) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.14 0:15)
The accused immediately appealed to the upper court -which is Kyoto High Court. Whatever the judgement might be, this case will be fought till the Supreme Court.
It takes many years to be determined whether or not he is innocent or guilty. Till the time the Supreme Court have to judge, he will be free from any charges. Because till then I assume the concept of copyright will greatly change.
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Talks In East Asia

Re:In the Fireline(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.14 21:35 (#17234690) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.14 0:15)
Aside from my personal view, economic sanctions or other oppressive measures have been imposed on trade items from North Korea. There are 1.5 million Korean descendants who live in Japan, in which some population from North origin have been also persecuted in Japan. But the trade with North Korea has been not so common, North Korean descendants are already very Japanese, so I don't think those measures cause some notable effect.
From military viewpoint, Japan has patriot missile system, this system is meant for defence, missile against an opponent's missile. Besides Japan has Aegis, which can destroy 12 opponent's missiles at the same time. Aegis is equipped in US and Japan only. So even if North Korea declared the ownership of nuclear weapons, that doesn't automatically become an imminent threat to any country.
Japan doesn't hold nuclear weapons, but there are five US military bases in Japan. US military is nuclear equipped. So Japan was kept under the umbrella of nuclear weapons. North Korea was in a hurry to develop nuclear weapons because of this overwhelming US military presence in the region.
Six Party Talks is decided to be held on 18th of December. I want to see the consequences.
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The Aim of Nukes

Re:In the Fireline(Score:2)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.13 23:48 (#17222670) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.12 3:48)
Many countries hold nukes now. China has, Russia has, and US has. They have nuclear arms to protect their nationals, to keep their international positions. Now North Korea declared it holds nukes. I don't think they tried to hold nukes to attack other countries.
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The Role Of Nation

There's no racial identity here- almost no national identity

The concept of a nation in Japan became merely clear only after 1868, we might as well consider Japan before that period was a confederation. It's a myth if someone thinks Japan is formed by one people, one language. There were many people who speak so many different languages. But politics made us feel we are united, one people in one nation. In the first place it's just an illusion.

There's still one- your people cooperate. Americans don't. Hardly at all.

Yet I must agree that Japanese people are very submissive to central authority. Americans are not. Americans are independent people who own their own view in many matters. But This is not a sign of discord. This is a sign US has a dynamism as a nation. It's very important. For if one despot appears, all nationals tend to totally agree with him, then sometimes that leads to total devastation as we had before. Japanse people dont think themselves, instead they prefer letting someone think. They just follow.

but does that mean we have to give up the smaller community for the larger one?

Japan's role in international politics has been greatly reducing for recent a couple of years. It seems America, China, UN have been emerging as a practical decision making body in global politics very rapidly. Small community is worth preserving. The aim of politics is to realise the maximum happiness for more people.

where's the virtue in capitalism

Capitalism exists on the correlation of economic freedom and freedom of speech, so if you became rich, you can speak loud.

Love & Reason

Re:Good luck(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.13 1:25 (#17209312) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.12 3:48)
In short if I can seek for a girl who can understand English, it stands to reason I love her. If I had to love someone who doesn't understand English, I need to make an effort to love her despite the call for reason. It's absurd, so I need to choose love or reason.
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No Way Out

Re:Basic Voodoo Economics(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.12 3:55 (#17197844) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.12 3:48)
This is the destiny of our society. I have nothing for it but to look on the situations.
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Revelation

Because this year falls on his 250th anniversary from him birth, 1756. And I just watched the special television program. He was sick in bed, so I assumed he intentionally took down this song, judging from his last word, etc.

His last word was...'I had been making lots of songs with minding other people's reputation, now I am about to start composing what I really wanted to compose, but I have to give up for the end is near..'

Language belongs to humans, but music is a revelation from God.

Three Party Talks

Re:Air power and psychology(Score:?)
by mercedo (822671) on 2006.12.12 0:47 (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.11 4:09)
Your comment is very analytic as it used to be.
I don't think Japan's participation is required. Japan, South Korea always take sides with the America's view. Although South Korea is slightly more sympathetic since they are same people. Russians have less concern over the area. These three countries might be taken in talks, but it's because they are needed just in order to strike a balance.
For China, on the other hands, the relationship between North Korea and America is important as if it were their internal affairs. But I guess no countries are so serious about this area. North holds the nukes now so war is not likely to occur. Besides there's no conspicuous natural resources like oil in Middle East.
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A Notion Of Nation

Re:You really want a comparison(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.11 3:08 (#17185726) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.11 2:22)
A nation is not eternal. There's a time the concept of nation is quite a big, on the other hands there's a time the concept as a nation is fading away. Right now Japan has no millitary power, the self-defence force is a kind of police power. Diplomacy completely follows America. Now it has been more and more hard to find the features that form the unique characters as an independent nation.
There's another point. The existence of nation is established under the basis that the power of nation is much stronger than that of individuals. Japan used to be so. Now the power of private wealth has been about to exceed the limit of national border. This is based on a system of capitalism. Instead the role of government has been smalller and smaller these days.
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Aircraft Carrier

Re:I don't get it.(Score:?)
by mercedo (822671) on 2006.12.09 23:24 (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.09 4:16)
The age of gigantic battleships and big guns were already gone at that time, yet stupid Japanese were making two gigantic battleships. One battleship was used at the end of war. That was her virgin voyage, but it turned to a funeral ship. Only few realised the war in battleship was already obsolete. The very person who devised the operation Pearl Harbour developed the new 97 fighter whose speed was 371km/hr, previously the maximum speed 96 fighter made was 280km/hr. Aircrafts were about to play a main role at war.
I titled the cruelty of war for this article, because I suspect battleships were unnecessary white elephant at the beginning of that war. Simply they saved millions of dollars for the scrap of the battleships.
As to submarines, I didn't know that. From the experience they suffered from Untersee Boot, they might have learned the decisive effect and so kept almost all of them from the attack.
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Shipbuilding

Re:Interesting(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.09 2:26 (#17164026) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.09 0:31)
Yes, the market of shipbuilding has been skyrockettingly higher these several years, and Japanese shipbuilders are energetically building a new container with a dream that the Pacific Ocean will be the next silkroad -crossroads of many civilisations.
Since America has nothing that China wants -Marxist Hacker 42
China thinks highly of America's education.
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Re:Interesting

Re:Interesting(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.08 22:57 (#17161324) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.08 4:13)
Same thing. Money has no special colour for gap tariffs and sales tax.
Methinks there's a similar problem in both countries. There are many made in China in American stores. JCPenny orders thousands of boots from China. Goods are subject to being brought to America via aeroplane, but after being taken everything into considerations, goods are made in China and being shipped to America. Because they can realise the competitive price than their domestic counterpart. It is wrong if we think domestic products will be protected if gap tariffs were implemented. The change of industry structure might occur, but it helps nourishing the new industry that is not susceptible to the menace of foreign competitive goods.
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Question

Re:Solzhenitsyn(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.08 21:45 (#17160732) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.08 4:13)
I now read all literature in English. Did you read it in Russian?
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Solzhenitsyn

Re:Solzhenitsyn(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.08 4:46 (#17150636) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.08 4:13)
Reading that, one could understand why he would write such a letter.
Thanks for the confirmation.
all the more remarkable for having been written in secret.
He had been writing his novel in a piece of paper. When I stumbled upon him at age 20, I thought that was only possible because the letter he used was an alphabet. I mean I would be unable to come up with such a great literal work if I had to use the complicated combinations of ideogams and imperfet phonetic signs. I started learning English at age 20, his work was the very motivation I started learning English.
He is a novel prize winner. I feel firmly certain that I will be awarded in novel prize for literature soon.
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America

Re:You really want a comparison(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.07 1:01 (#17130522) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.05 3:48)
Exactly that's what I'm saying.
According to some record left by one diplomat from Japan, in 1919 the production of cars in America is a hundred times as many as that of Japan and the production of oil is one hundred and fifty times as much as that of Japan. He said Tokyo would be burnt out three times if Japan start fighting against America. He spent in America for two years and came back. He kept on insiting that the war against America is very stupid, yet he had to fight a war against America. He was the very man who devised the blitz at Pearl Harbour in 1941.
I think it's already obsolete that we evaluate someone only from their nationality. I now command a workable English thanks to you or other internet users, for me to be Japanese is just one attribute, not mean much.
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Overconsumptious

Re:You really want a comparison(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.06 1:48 (#17114624) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.05 3:48)
I think American people are much more effective than Japanese- sorry it's comparison. I believe Japanese society is a repepitive and excessive society, repetition of meaninglessness or it's an overconsamption prone society. In America they omit these excess to its extreme, so they are effective.
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'Ichigensan' In Japanese

Re:This movie is not available via BlockBuster(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.06 1:35 (#17114450) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.05 3:48)
This movie is availavble only in French and Japanese. I believe you can watch Japanese version for free in this site . Just click 500 K or 1 M beside the picture. You will see some screen two times. You just close then you will see this screen. You click the point -which contains square, triangle, circle at the right side. They will issue ID number for free.
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New Rich

Re:The company I work for...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.12.02 0:48 (#17066126) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2006.12.01 4:34)
Thanks for the link. I think they must interogate a really wicked one. But sometimes they cannot do justice against it, but they tend to target a new rich like Horiemon, Murakami. I noticed particularly in the case of Horiemon scandal, public prosecuters have been targetted him just because his activity was very noticeable and publicly known to many people, apparently he made a success in such a short period, etc. I believe their investigation is cleary based upon some presumption that he must have committed some unlawful conduct for he mad a success in such a short time. It's very unfair. I think his success is a real one, not based upon any criminal acts.
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