Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

[RoyMoy]

To put things in better perspective.

http://xkcd.com/radiation/

[Tuffty]

A journalist for hate-filled, fear mongering British newspaper, The Daily Mail, asks a simple question i.e. why should we have any sympathy for the Japanese when they were all a bunch of evil, hate filled torturers back in the day?

Anyone who has visited or worked in Japan will tell you it is like landing on another planet. Beyond the baseball caps and Western clothes, the Japanese people have a distinct culture of their own, which is entirely alien to our own values. They are militantly racist and in the past have been capable of great cruelty.

The British colony have been capable of some atrocities as well, but funny how that's not been mentioned.

Do you think the Japanese held a silent tribute for the victims of the London Transport bombings in 2005? Me neither.

Do you think he made any research at all in that statement or followed it up with some concrete evidence? Me neither.

[pikapikapika]

lol daily mail of all papers talking about racism or xenophobia

[rndmnwierd]

Wow, what a dick. I've never been to a country full nicer of people willing to put up with a stupid American that barely speaks the language at all. And apologizing for not knowing MY language. And in their time of tragedy, they get attacked by assholes like this? My foot has a few choice words for his ass.

[~Dan~]

Wow! It only took 6 days to fix this road!
I hope other rebuilding is also as fast as this!


From: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369307/Japan-tsunami-earthquake-Road-repaired-SIX-days-destroyed.html

[daigong]

WHOA it's almost like Superman turned back the clock there. new views of the tsunami, just fuckin ridiculous


Amazing how ignorant people are to this day, shit. like Gilbert Gottfried of AFLAC fame, making some jokes (I didn't even find or see them) but idiot, Japan is like their biggest customer. don't think he's gonna be doing Aladdin IV anytime soon.

crazy scene from Tokyo, bare cupboards, as blogged by Nono, cuz of radiation warnings: http://ameblo.jp/tsuji-nozomi/entry-10840051629.html

[zeroyui]

my thoughts are prayers goes to those affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

[MaxMcKay]

brought out my tears 

Thought it should be here too, since it includes Sharan Q & the entire Upfront family

[muppet]

     [url=http://youtube.com/watch?v=-qq6slyZUes] がんばろうニッポン 愛は勝つ シンガーズ 『愛は勝つ』

[daigong]

No doubt. Pray they be safe cuz shit. 6 more aftershocks around 7.1  were recorded: http://takedanet.com/2011/04/post_255b.html


The Nuclear Reactor situation still ongoing. chart of the radiation levels: http://atmc.jp/plant/rad/?n=1

[Saburo]

Aftershocks possible in Japan for...  a decade?!!  I think I'd still take a chance on visiting Tokyo this year but damn, grim times ahead. 

All my frenz in Japan are just TIRED of the daily aftershock activity.  Hard to imagine a semblance of normalcy returning any time soon.  I was in Osaka only two months after the Hanshin quake and all was OK, save for some cracks here and there in the concrete.

[Y70]

This popped up in The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/17/japan-crisis-language-hierarchy-emperor

[Tuffty]

I feel bad for bumping a thread like this but there's an incredible translated blog of one of the medical workers during the disaster available to read. Here is the first entry so you can just keep clicking 'next' at the bottom. It's very moving stuff and well worth spending time reading, portrays so much more emotion than any news report could.

Prepare the tissues at entry No.7