Japan tattoo fans show off their extreme bodywork at international festival in China celebrating the art

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NB. This is art not your tribal tattoo you had done in Blackpool.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> c. hooten, Kankakee, United States<br /> Never understood why people get tattoos on their back, where they can't see them. Kind of like buying a painting and hanging it backwards.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> upbeatjo, Wrexham, United Kingdom<br /> Once you were unique if you had tattoos now you are if you don't! & thank god I'm one of them!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Sir Bob2, Birmingham, United Kingdom<br /> A painful way of making yourself unemployable for life.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Just my opinion, Staffordshire, United Kingdom<br /> Oh here it is, the obligatory tattoo news story where us people with tattoo's can be judged by those without. Just for the record I am degree educated, I have a professional job, friends, and a life. When I get older I will be concerned about things other than my tattoo's....... Now go ahead start the slating I'm sure it's nothing that hasn't been put on here before!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Old pit prop, Somewhere up north, Spain<br /> Always remember that a good tattoo is not cheap,and a cheap tattoo is not good!!!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Qazplm, London, United Kingdom<br /> I think some tattoos are really cool but I get bored so quickly, so not for me.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> me me me, london<br /> They all look sooooooooooooooo (un)original...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Robbo, Leicestershire, United Kingdom<br /> Weirdos<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> malph, cambridge, United Kingdom<br /> So as you get older, your dragons will get droopy and your snakes and skulls will get saggy. Personally, I really can't see the point!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Sandy Brown, London<br /> That is disgusting.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Mary, UK<br /> Some of these are nice, but most of the tattoos I've seen in the UK look so terrible and cheap! But then most tattoed people here are benefit scroungers aka bottom feeders.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Jeezoh, Hamilton<br /> Aren't humans weird?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Kane, perth, Australia<br /> so gross.celebrating ?celebrating how gross they look?Oh well ,if they find it beautiful then thats their choice ,but its not my idea of anything attractive.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> metalgirl, Dublin, Ireland<br /> Insecure, vain idiots.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> abellemeow, albuquerque<br /> I usually dislike tattoos because they're badly done, but some of these pictured are amazing.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> buffalo bill, Cambridge, United Kingdom<br /> Absolute looney tunes.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

Japan tattoo fans show off their extreme bodywork at international festival in China celebrating the art

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U.S. Should Be Appalled by Japan's Historical Revisionism

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYomi0xD2V28U-X7V3JON8b2p3COxWo4cOhq_tNpZ9px-HtJMkMb8ZmJrHyoPAbzOdXyAAwFAL6KN9fUT9KahRH0PHvp1yfSmzaB7yXZuMJtBXCGtxqYpt76QiT7fZm5DiI48sxGzRQhNC/s1600/1024px-Yasukuni_Jinja_7_032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYomi0xD2V28U-X7V3JON8b2p3COxWo4cOhq_tNpZ9px-HtJMkMb8ZmJrHyoPAbzOdXyAAwFAL6KN9fUT9KahRH0PHvp1yfSmzaB7yXZuMJtBXCGtxqYpt76QiT7fZm5DiI48sxGzRQhNC/s640/1024px-Yasukuni_Jinja_7_032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <ul> <li>If Imperial Japan was the victim in WWII, than Harry Truman, not Hideki Tojo, must be the war criminal.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Tokyo’s revisionist logic is centered on the premise of Japan being victimized by the Allied powers</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Unlike in Europe, history revisionists in Tokyo are not limited to isolated neo-Nazis and skinheads.</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> Source : <a href="http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/us-should-be-appalled-by-japans-historical-revisionism-12381" target="_blank">The Nationa Iinterest</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <h2> <span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">comment</span></h2> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Philip</b><br /> Dennis Halpin, THANK YOU, sir, for writing this. It seems to me because we consider Japan to be our allie now, while China as an adversary, we are shying away from calling out Japan for its revisionist views. However, by doing so we are allowing our national conscience to be compromised while losing the moral leadership of the free world. Asian countries (and the world) will no longer see the U. S. as a steadfast leader, but just a greed merchant who sides with whoever is beneficial at the time. While I greatly respect and admire Douglas MacArthur, in his drive to check the communist and revitalize Japan, he made a grave mistake some 70 years ago by giving a blanket amnesty to Japan's royal family and reducing/minimizing the criminals brought to justice by the IMTFE.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>llcoolm11</b><br /> Thank you Dennis Halpin for telling the truth.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>jmjoker</b><br /> Japan must bend over and take the rod of shame<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b> Anonymous → jmjoker</b><br /> They have none. Not for the war. Not for their war crimes. Not for what they did to their fellow Asians. They never will. They haven't changed one bit in 70 years.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />   <b><span style="color: red;">scottindallas</span> → Anonymous</b><br /> and us? Lindberg and many other Americans said Japan didn't do anything we didn't. So, when do we come to terms? The Atomic Bombs were unnecessary as Japan had negotiated surrender terms in May. But, we wanted to drop the bomb to put the Soviets on notice.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>   Kochigachi → <span style="color: red;">scottindallas</span></b><br /> Your statement doesn't make any sense, are you implying that U.S was the bad guy and Japan was good guy? Well, since you're so ignorant on other Asian who suffered in hands of Japan. For billions of Asian it was justified for Japan to firebombed by U.S.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />    <b><span style="color: red;">anon9370 </span>→ Kochigachi</b><br /> The allies were the bad guys. Allied actions paved the way for the 100 million deaths during the red reign of terror in China. All of which would have been prevented if Japan had prevailed.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>   mike no → <span style="color: red;">anon9370</span></b><br /> At the time (1940's) Japan was worse than Cancer. It had to be destroyed. Have you traveled much? Have you ever talked to people who were alive and fought the Japanese during the war? I had a uncle who was captured at Bataan and he gave me a interest in the war (my father was in the European War) so I read what I find from many different views. There are some museums in China you should visit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />   <b> A-L → <span style="color: red;">anon9370</span></b><br /> Your screen name says it all. No one takes your opinion or you as a person serious.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>   Reality Check → <span style="color: red;">anon9370</span></b><br />    BuIIshit.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <b>  Spencer → <span style="color: red;">scottindallas</span></b><br /> Chemical weapons, comfort women, killing of several millions of people, at war with all nations in the region. Then you have the kamikaze and various suicide units.<br /> <br /> The atomic bombings likely speeded up the surrender of Japan but more importantly made unconditional surrender much more possible. Also to show the soviets, yes but a better way to save face for Japanese leadership. The fact that they surrendered less than a week after the bombings suggests that it did have an impact. You would have to ignore the situation over the past couple years in Japan to really think that the atomic bombings were the worst of it. In reality they were planning on defending the island which would have meant ridiculous losses on both sides even equipping civilians with bamboo pikes. Another part is the already progressing Soviet invasion of the north islands of Japan after the its in Manchuria. Even today Japan never signed a peace treaty with Russia.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>I-RIGHT-I → jmjoker</b><br /> You're thinking of Tom Cruise again joker. Stop that!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>willowglen</b><br /> My uncle was on the Bataan Death March and was a POW until the end of<br /> the war. real7777truth can dream of whatever he wants, but he is still<br /> in a dream world. We should have dropped the third bomb on the emperor<br /> hirohito's palace, and if he somehow survived, he should have been hung.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  <b>Anonymous → willowglen</b><br /> We owe Japan nothing. They owe us and the rest of Asia whom they victimized. Tokyo can go jump into the Pacific.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: red;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;">anon9370</span> → willowglen</b><br /> Your uncle was a throwaway pawn sent to his death by the ZOG to make the international Zionist bankers rich.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />   <b>mike no → <span style="color: red;">anon9370</span></b><br /> You and scott must be bro and sister, neither one of you know any history<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />   <b> too_funny → mike no</b><br /> it's because they only know the version taught in japan.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>   mike no → too_funny</b><br /> Listening to Polit and scott I understand where the word dumb comes from. How can a nation as developed as Japan turn out such stupid people? I had a uncle who was stationed at Bataan, like another guy here, and he talked of many things that happened during the war, all bad. He ended up in Japan at the end of the war. You would think the pictures of the war would make intelligent people see what they did. Maybe these Japanese are just dumb.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: red;"> RisingSun</span> → willowglen</b><br /> I have to say "Bataan Death March" was overly exaggerated and maybe a propaganda. The entire route was only 75 miles, with 30 miles of it were by railroad. Meaning PoWs only had walked 15 miles a day for 3 days. You can measure this using Google map.<br /> <br /> Japanese soldiers had walked along with PoWs, carrying 60lb of their basic<br /> equipment on their shoulders. Japanese had to share rations as well, since more than estimated soldiers had surrendered. Spreading of malaria infections were unfortunate, but if thousands were truly dying simply from 15 miles a day of walking, I got to say those conscripted American soldiers were to soft, and weren’t war-ready. MacArthur shouldn't have left them there. Or maybe MacArthur was trying to blame Japan for his own shame of leaving these young soldiers and had a vacation in Australia?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>David Kuo</b><br /> I told you guys before again and again. Japanese has never though it was their fault to occupy Korea, invaded China and other east and south Asian countries. Japanese has never forgotten who dropped the two super sweet candies on it and Japan is always seeking chance to attack China and re-occupy Korea, Vietnam, Philippine, etc. again. Of course, the ultimate revenge is to attack US by nukes to get even on the nuke attack on Japan near the end of WW II.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>James Huang</b><br /> Look, if Abe lie on text book, then we should pull out of Okinawa. The Okinawans don't want us there and Abe should know he can't have his cake and eat it too.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b> Anonymous → James Huang</b><br /> Let Japan furnish their own defense. They can take care of themselves. Who needs them? All they have received since WWII is a free ride on American protection while they dump their products on us, while preventing us from entering their markets.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: red;"> </span><b><span style="color: red;"> Guest</span> → Anonymous</b><br /> Today Japan pays for the cost of the U.S forces stationed there. Look into it if you don't believe me. I'm not lying and I know what I'm talking about.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>   Kochigachi →<span style="color: red;"> Guest</span></b><br /> and Japan paid no compensations for their war victims. Japan is paying up coz they need U.S protection.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>  Peter Guardino → Guest</b><br /> real7777truth: Hey, Japp, you were required to return to China everything you took. All you were allowed to keep were your four main islands.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Golgolta</b><br /> Well said Mr. Halpin. Unfortunately, Mr. Abe's support runs deep and Rome or in this case the whitewashing of history wasn't built in a day. In our eagerness to embrace Tokyo in the face of the China challenge, I'm afraid truth is the only victim in the face of expediency.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: red;"> scottindallas</span> → Golgolta</b><br /> what about our whitewashing, the author does plenty on our behalf. the ignorant author is the revisionist. The US embargo of Japaneses<br /> oil, an act of war by the way, means the Pearl Harbor attack cannot be<br /> deemed "unprovoked" Indeed, the Jurists on the Asian equivalent of the<br /> Nuremberg tribunals found Japan justified in attacking at Pearl Harbor,<br /> sorry. And, it's notable that none of our carriers or latest ships<br /> were in Hawaii that day. We fight against Japan was indeed to protect<br /> Western Colonialism in the Pacific.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>  cowcatcher1 → <span style="color: red;">scottindallas</span></b><br /> I dearly hope you're scott in Dallas,New Jersey. It would be quite embarrassing if you were from Texas. First off,at the beginning of WW2,America produced 80% of the worlds' oil. To cut off exports to an aggressive nation,is NOT an act of war. Countries embargo all the time,i.e. Iran,Russia. America was officially neutral. The only involvement we were undertaking was Lend-Lease which only involved the European theater. The Flying Tigers were assisting China at the time,but it was a volunteer effort without official U.S. support.For you to sit there on your ignorant butt and try and gloss over Japanese atrocities,verified by survivor and film evidence is beyond belief. My father and an uncle fought there,and if they were still around,would love to have a little sit down with you.Obviously young feller,history wasn't one of your better subjects.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>david</b><br /> The revisionist view works very well inside Japan, and it goes to show how further apart Japan will be isolated in the international society. This illogic logic, aka Abe-logic, verges on a fanatic thinking. Someone has to stop this run-away train before it actually ignites a real war, dragging US with it. The National Interest's attempt to stop it from happening should be applauded.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Spencer</b><br /> Not surprising, there is a great deal of ignorance in Japan on Japan's role in ww2. Those that do know and peddling this junk are doing some incredible mental gymnastics while disregarding some several decades of history.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>jmjoker</b><br /> President Obama should directly and unabashedly denounce Japan's revisionism-<br /> Heck, if I was him, I would threaten Japan and command them to apologize, remove the war criminals from Yasukuni, write their textbooks accurately, and burn down Yushukan or we'll pull out and let China bomb them and we'll make 100% economic sanctions against them<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: red;"> scottindallas</span> → jmjoker</b><br /> you need to cool your jets, the author is a clown and guilty of American revisionism. the ignorant author is the revisionist. The US embargo of Japaneses<br /> oil, an act of war by the way, means the Pearl Harbor attack cannot be<br /> deemed "unprovoked" Indeed, the Jurists on the Asian equivalent of the<br /> Nuremberg tribunals found Japan justified in attacking at Pearl Harbor,<br /> sorry. And, it's notable that none of our carriers or latest ships<br /> were in Hawaii that day. We fight against Japan was indeed to protect<br /> Western Colonialism in the Pacific.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>  Kochigachi → <span style="color: red;">scottindallas</span></b><br /> I knew it, you're Japanese troll masquerading as American. Stop using fake ID.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>jmjoker</b><br /> Hiroshima and Nagasaki were lies- the Japanese people bombed its own people there and then blamed the Americans for it-<br /> This fact is as true as Mr. Abe's version of history<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Kochigachi</b><br /> Japanese are likely to lie according to world's lying index just showing how cunning & calculative and untrustworthy Japanese are. Never trust Japanese again.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

U.S. Should Be Appalled by Japan's Historical Revisionism

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The hand-drawn flightplan for bombing mission on Hiroshima is now for sale

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoNy2RKCO_2baNiqQf21qg-dNLGN72HQivI_dRnCRcqUKt8MSZuYQW5VtdA6y1eEhZzu99KPtG1QluELRaZeMemk73WmPXHEby3hp1EgsVHYbK9iUfVAzY4TJhT24xKwvsr77kuhOjMA9/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoNy2RKCO_2baNiqQf21qg-dNLGN72HQivI_dRnCRcqUKt8MSZuYQW5VtdA6y1eEhZzu99KPtG1QluELRaZeMemk73WmPXHEby3hp1EgsVHYbK9iUfVAzY4TJhT24xKwvsr77kuhOjMA9/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Like a child's drawing, US pilot's plan to drop the world's first atom bomb on Hiroshima</li> <li>Captain Robert Lewis was in the Enola Gay B29 bomber on August 6, 1945</li> <li>Remarkable drawings put to auction by his son expected to fetch £300,000</li> </ul> <br /> <div> Source : <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3034441/US-pilot-Robert-Lewis-flight-plan-Hiroshima-atomic-bomb-sale.html" target="_blank">daily mail</a></div> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Prmtu5yOIEY/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="416" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Prmtu5yOIEY?feature=player_embedded" width="740"></iframe></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <h2> <span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">comments</span></h2> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> <div> <br /></div> lexylpool, Hampstead, United Kingdom<br /> Can we get them to do one for ISIS please?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> LOL Your Funny, USA, United States<br /> Child like!! I know of NO children who can draw precise target diagrams on graph paper with a few pens.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Slick Vic, Anytown<br /> There was a time when the USA joined wars to win them. We should get back to that.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> jay, Ex-pat in Oz and loving it, Australia<br /> Your front page headline is a gross insult. A child's drawing indeed. These men planned and carried out a very difficult, world changing mission and did so very effectively. You may or may not agree with what they were ordered to do, but at least allow them the respect they deserve. Describing their target diagram as a child's drawing is purile.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Healer, Huntsville<br /> That generation of men with pencils, paper, math and science did what most people could not do today with computers. Not only did this generation win WWII with their bravery and inventions but they developed nuclear power and transcontinental jet travel. And within twenty five years of winning WWII, they successfully sent men to the moon several times. Amazing.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Thequeensucks, Japan, United Kingdom<br /> Disgusting cowards.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  → RobertG, Rockville, United States<br /> Are you referring to the sneak attack on pearl harbor.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  → Dadyourweird, Uranus, United States, 5 months ago<br /> Payback for Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death March.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  → SunnyGirl, Rockwall, United States<br /> How dare you? You probably wouldn't be here if not for those "cowards." Grow up.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  → snow, drift, United States<br /> I'll tell you what cowardice is. A bunch of doctors luring our soldiers into a room under the pretense of helping them with their wounds, holding them down and dissecting them ALIVE. Read what was reported just last week about your own country's cowardice before you make ignorant comments.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> seventhsense, hereinmycity<br /> 150,000 human beings killed, imagine Americans were brave enough to kill these many people in a sword battle. Cowards! Bravery or heroism was dead the day first bullet was fired on this planet.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Taofledermaus, Youtube, United States<br /> We never would have understood how horrific the atom bomb is, if they had never been used.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> pugsey, brisbane, Australia<br /> Specsavers for the reporter.The photo showing the war time log books of Captain Lewis are clearly labelled American Overseas Airlines and are dated 1946.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The Sarge, Perth, Australia<br /> But what would have been the consequences had we not done this? How long would the war have gone on? The correct decision was made at the time. No room for guilt.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Melen Colia, Somewhere, France<br /> And those two bombs have been a very good deterrent ever since.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> lemonbrigade, Dallas<br /> From a moral, humanist perspective, the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings were two of the most heinous crimes in human history. Period. However, from a utilitarian perspective, the bombings likely prevented far more casualties on both sides (if the alternative was full-scale land invasion and Japan's military leaders were not going to surrender) and acted as a deterrent to future nuclear warfare. Japan immediately went from violent empire to one of the most pacifistic countries in the world. The ethical question will never be solved because it all depends on the ethical light in which you look at it with the benefit of hindsight.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> chocaholic 57, Halifax, United Kingdom<br /> He was a pilot not an artist, so why would his drawing be any better, it show what he had to do , which was all that was needed, he did his job which he felt shame for afterwards but it was felt that it was the only way to end the war with Japan, they were probably right but the death counts of both bombs must have haunted these men forever.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Catflap, Chester, United Kingdom<br /> The bombs shortened the war and in doing so reduced the amount of civilian and military casualties an invasion of Japan would have brought. Let's not forget it was thought Japan would have fought on home ground until the country was taken, they also held vast areas of SE Asia and China; who can say what atrocities they would have committed if the Emperor had fallen.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Peter, Windsor<br /> The 2 bombs gave Japan a face saving way of surrendering a land invasion would have killed millions. As every person was trained and excepted to fight to the death. The death toll from these 2 bombs was lower than Dresden in Germany and the raids on Tokyo so the number killed was not the shock it was it took only 1 bomb each not a 1000 planes on the other raids. Japan still does not acknowledge or teach their children the disgusting barbaric actions against the populations of the countries they attacked or the way they treated POWs. THEY GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED so do not cry for them.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Honisty, Xinhua, China<br /> I went to Hiroshima last year. It's such a sad place, especially the memorials and the memorial museum. I'm of the opinion that the US wanted to demonstrate the power of the weapon to their other powerful allies - the Russians. Japan had been practically annihilated by the conventional bombing carried out by the US 8th air force which had deliberately left Hiroshima and several other potential targets untouched so the after-effects of such a weapon could be analysed...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />  → Mick, Sydney, 5 months ago<br /> The Pearl Harbor Arizona Memorial is a sad place, too. Let's not ever forget that.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> username_2000, Los Angeles, United States<br /> Today the USA and Japan are among the closest of allies, but things were very different in those extremely brutal days. We will always mourn the innocent lives that were taken by the dropping of the bombs, but never the fact that it may have helped bring an end to the war.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Steve Bach, New York, United States<br /> I was lucky enough to have met Paul Tibbets, the Pilot who flew Enola G ay and dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. He told me some memorable stories about that historic day. Mr. Tibbets was a founding owner of todays NetJets, the largest private jet company in the world. In the beginning it was called Executive Jet Aviation. At a dinner party Mr. Tibbits told me about that day from start to finish and it made me shiver with fear because he did not know if he was going to live after the bomb was dropped. One of the most remarkable men I have ever met. Mr. Tibbets was larger than life, and I am please to have met the man. Mr. Bruce Sundlun was also an owner of EJA back in the day and he was a WW II Pilot was well, he shared many stories with me about his service. That sketch of Ground Zero is almost the same drawing Mr. Tibbits sketched on a paper at the dinner party, but much more rustic. When he dropped the bomb, it felt like the plane lifted several hundred feet. The Greatest Generation.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Rdo, AM, Brazil<br /> Now, looking back, it is easy to say Horrible!. But, when the enemy "invents" something "special" to kill hundreds, . like the kamikaze, something special to kill got to be "invented" in return.. War is war!.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

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T-ARA enrages Japanese netizens by eating instant noodles from the pot

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8gs1xV4T569kPzLD6ZP58rybFJlRb38z0S8artiAx8mH6Pb4TXg2IHGImNjgL2tOkdRppStRRv2vbQQKBsupXUxKeCPYaOBxb0AkEcxDQfj3unDuaG9V0pdVowZhKP-mgnQH3xspBEB0/s1600/korean.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8gs1xV4T569kPzLD6ZP58rybFJlRb38z0S8artiAx8mH6Pb4TXg2IHGImNjgL2tOkdRppStRRv2vbQQKBsupXUxKeCPYaOBxb0AkEcxDQfj3unDuaG9V0pdVowZhKP-mgnQH3xspBEB0/s1600/korean.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <ul> <li>The video is actually part of a promotional series for Shin Ramyun instant noodles in which members of Korean girl group T-ARA share their favorite home recipes</li> <li>The Japanese Internet is raging over a video of a young South Korean woman eating instant noodles because she has bad table manners</li> <li>One of the current top comments is supported by 15 “likes” for saying that “eating straight from the pot like this is worse than beggars going to receive their food rations.”</li> </ul> <br /> Source : <a href="http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/korean-pop-idol-enrages-japanese-netizens-by-eating-instant-noodles-from-the-pot#comments" target="_blank">Japan today</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dm9kptxFlw4/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="416" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dm9kptxFlw4?feature=player_embedded" width="740"></iframe></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <h2> <span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">comments</span></h2> <br /> <br /> <br /> incognito12<br /> I think when you are alone, table manners don't matter. The premise of the ad is she is alone; so technically she is alone; but the Japanese audience is watching her eating alone, so practically she is not alone. This is a tough call heh.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Daijoboots<br /> <While the Internet in general is known for being a bottomless cauldron of hate><br /> <br /> Ha ha. Great opening and yes, especially wherever there is the protection of anonymity.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> nudgenudge<br /> Pointlessly impractical people are bad enough, but when they get angry and verbal about how others should also be pointlessly impractical, I hate them to the core. I also align my chopsticks this way. Any other way is impractical. Eat from the pot? I do this to test what I am cooking. Use the lid as a dish? How very clever!<br /> <br /> These are the type of people who would insist that you must extend your pinkie when drinking tea. For what purpose I ask? As if there were not enough problems and difficulties in the world! Why do some insist on inventing more?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> southsakai<br /> I sometimes make and eat ramen, udon, pasta from the pot too especially during winter and when I'm in a real rush like i got only 5 minutes to eat or something like that.<br /> <br /> A) Keeps the food hot when it's straight off the stove sitting in the same pot B) I have less dishes to wash<br /> <br /> Yeah I know it's horrible table manners, now i know why my wife gives me that look :)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> sfjp330<br /> One of the tough things about keeping up a site that catalogues the weird little quirks of Japan, is that more the weird becomes normal. So now Japanese people can point out things about Korea that they don't get, and I'm not sure if Korea will ever reach the levels of eyebrow-raising hijinks that Japan does...but not for the lack of trying. Japanese people, who slurp on noodles like there is no tomorrow. Apparently, you are unable to "fully enjoy the taste of the noodle" unless you slurp it. If slurping in your noodles instead of chewing them brings your taste buds one step closer to orgasmic joy or something. You may think I'm exaggerating, but go ask the nearest Japanese person about their feelings on slurping noodles and see what happens. You may want to keep a raincoat or plastic tarp handy, just in case. Its these little things that help us to understand cultures better.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> southsakai<br /> Wow was just reading all those comments for the vid on youtube. Unreal! You know what never mind what, there are people out there that have nothing better to do and will spew. i'm still eating from my pot! ( when I'm alone )<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> TrevorPeace1<br /> The small minds of effete etiquette turning a television commercial into an offensive social faux pas demonstrates only their utter lack of purpose, tolerance and humour.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Farmboy<br /> <Apparently, you are unable to "fully enjoy the taste of the noodle" unless you slurp it.><br /> <br /> Of course! By slurping, one inhales the robust aroma of the noodles, heightening the experience. You MUST slurp! This is a funny and nicely-written article, by the way..<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Okinawamike<br /> So all the Japanese talking with a mouth full of food is OK? I align chopsticks like that all the time, then again, I'm not a dinner etiquette kind of guy.<br /> <br /> My wife still brings up the fact when we first started dating and she took food off my plate for a taste, I then told her this is my food and if she wants some, she should order from the menu.<br /> <br /> Time has pasted and now it's a free-for-all with everyone having a little taste of what's on the table.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> luap<br /> what I find more disturbing is the successful export of Japanese 'kawaii'-behavior. When you are 20 and act like a 3 year old, you are cute. For a long time this was only manner in Japan. But now it also seems to become normal in Korea... I get the chills when I think of this would become a trend in Europe or the US too. And then specially when the huge women there will starting to behave like this...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> borscht<br /> I had to watch the video to see how she could drive the chopsticks into a cutting board. To me, driving into the board means she's impaling the sticks. In fact, she's merely taping them on the board to keep them aligned.<br /> <br /> Still, some Japanese netizens really have to consider getting out of their mommy's house and finding a job.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> timtak<br /> The fact that she uses the lid of the pot as a sort of tori-zara, between the pot and her mouth, means that the noodles are out of the soup and have cooled down a little, and as a consequence she does not need to use so much Japan-style vacuum-slurp. Very practical!<br /> <br /> As mentioned in the article, Japanese are complaining about the way that she stabs her kitchen table with her chopsticks which (apart from possible funerary connotation) contributes to the overall problem here, that we are seeing a woman expressing her her hunger, her table stabbing hunter-killa instincts, or in a word, her desire which in Japan women are not meant to have (c.f. recent post regarding lesbianism). Japanese women are meant to be repressed, blood-less, and just cute through and through. Koreans on the other hand are allowed to be a little more natural.<br /> <br /> I want some noodles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> bicultural<br /> Well, in Korea it is considered rude to hold your rice bowl in your hand. Personally I wouldn't want my kids using the lid of a pot as a plate, but as borscht said, these NEETs really need to get a life.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> herefornow<br /> <This, ladies and gentlemen, was enough to raise a furor among Japanese net users, who wasted no words in bashing Ji-yeon for her “disgusting table manners,”><br /> <br /> Japanese complaining about table manners -- how hilarious. This from the folks who have made picking up plates and holding them to their mouths while using a fork or spoon like a shovel to shove the food in faster, all while making appropriate slurping sounds, an art form. Or, not using a knife when one is available and simply stabbing large pieces of meat and gnawing off a huge chunk. Yup, definitely the pot calling the kettle balck.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Blackwell<br /> My Goddess, I cannot imagine something less imprtant to get angry over. If you don't like her manners than do not invite her to your next party. Surely one can find something more important to get enraged over. I really ever understand why people try to make the internet worse then real life. Of course then I am odd enough t use my real name on everything that I say. Fortunately you will never see me eat on the internet, so you will never know my table manners. [Grin]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BurakuminDes<br /> Japanese "Netizens" are all pretty much virgins and dropkicks. I'm sure this Korean idol doesn't give a rats what they think!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> kitzrow<br /> Let be! Let be! For some reason this reminds me of an experience I had when I was a soldier in Korea many moons ago. I was invited to a Korean Katusa's home. His father was a high ranking military bigwig. When I picked up my bowl of rice while eating breakfast, my Korean friend's father slapped my hand quite hard. The bowl nearly went flying and I just froze. It was later explained to me that it is impolite to do this. Wow, I sure got a quick lesson to a cultural point of Korean people. Did I complain about it all day or wage a war against the Korean people? Of course not. Thanks to this article, I once again was taken back to my younger days. Let be!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> RayWei<br /> This is a typical kind of reaction to the customs of others that go against the grain of one's own customs. What Japanese don't realize is that the slurping sounds they make when eating noodles are repulsive to people who do not slurp.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> TigersTokyoDome(Japanese)<br /> One of the current top comments is supported by 15 “likes” for saying that “eating straight from the pot like this is worse than beggars going to receive their food rations.”<br /> <br /> Excuse me but is that all the evidence you have to back up a headline stating 'Korean idol enrages Japanese netizens'? 15 'likes'! You're going to have to come up with far stronger evidence to justify this article.<br /> <br /> nothing quite gets Japanese netizens seething like South Korea<br /> <br /> Where is your evidence of this Japanese rage on the internet? Surely not 15 'likes'!!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Ivan Coughanoffalot<br /> This is remarkable. She's condemned as "worse than a homeless person" for using the lid of her cooking pot as a serving dish - when eating alone, you'll note.<br /> <br /> I suspect, unlike many of the people condemning her, eating alone is not a problem she has to deal with so often.<br /> <br /> Conversely, if she'd tilted her head marginally to the side and shouted out a wet sneeze, then immediately lit up a cigarette and started tinkering with an iPhone to preclude having to acknowledge other people exist, her table manners would have been quite suitable for almost any eatery I've lunched at in the Greater Tokyo area.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> WilliBAPR<br /> Japanese netizens criticizing other countries` eating habits.... one could not make that up.<br /> <br /> These people need to get a life.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Mike DeJongAPR<br /> Japanese manners? What manners? Have you ever seen a Japanese person eating pasta?<br /> <br /> I saw an old guy at a restaurant the other night slurping away at his spaghetti... pasta sauce flying everywhere. He had no idea how to properly use a fork and spoon with pasta.<br /> <br /> Another man lifted the end of his plate and shoveled his pasta into house mouth - once again, slurping away at full volume. If these people went to any other country, people would be shocked and horrified.<br /> <br /> I think the Japanese should be the last people to talk about table manners.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Darren Brannan<br /> hmmm.. wasn't it Suzuki Ichiro in that ramen or miso ad where he is all sweaty and slurps, gulps his way through a bowl in like 10 seconds and then wipes his mouth with the back of his hand? or is my memory failing me? I thought that 'macho' ad was hardly epic in terms of table manners.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Maurice Derrick Batie<br /> First of all "netizens" ? What is this world comin to? If you ask me, Japanese have the most annoying table manners. That's just my opinion. Burping out loud, digging in their noses, farting. And yes all while at the table. Putting their bare feet on chairs and picking their toes, slurping noodles loud as hell. If that's not barbarick then I don't know what is. If I left something out let me know. These Internet geeks need to get back in touch with humanity. Get a girlfriend and get laid. You know, regular human being activities. All this "netizens" s#%t is lame.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> wtfjapan<br /> comon and Japanese table manners are perfect!? LOL slurping spaghetti, many Japanese dont even know how to hold cutlery properly without looking like a two year old. more hypocritical BS<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> GWAPR.<br /> Haha its nice to know there are a bunch of posters out there that have much less of a life than we jt-ers LOL!<br /> <br /> God the things I have seen J-folks do in the parkinglots of combini's alone dwarf this ""international "" incident haha!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Maitake<br /> bahahahahahah Instant Noodles? etiquette on how to eat INSTANT NOODLES?!? hahahah. Keep SLURPING your soba like pigs at the trough. bahahahaha this is news? get over yourselves Japan. hahaha<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> smithinjapan<br /> If Japanese are picking apart this young woman for eating out of a pot, then there is PLENTY Japan could be picked apart for, even contradicting its OWN manners! I don't any other culture where you're allowed to bring a bowl to your mouth and slurp up broth or scrape what's left of the bowl into your mouth (save little children sometimes being allowed to finish their cereal that way).<br /> <br /> You would think there are more important things to get 'furious' about.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Marcelo SzkAPR(Japanese)<br /> It's just my impression or these demonstrations of rage and hate from japanese started since Korea reached some economic and industrial status worldwide and Japan kept struggling since the end of the bubble? That slurping souds more disgusting to the westerners than eating direct from the pot. Ups, the japanese do that too...<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ojiiu812badboy(Japanese)<br /> Now that's reality TV! Good job! Spontaneous, irregardless of bias, status, cultures, etc. She should have gone for the pot after the lid. Who really gives a s***? I'll bet their record sales surge. I love Japan and would never change. How many times have my friends, speaking with a mouthful spat stuff in my face? It does not matter. You're my host, I'm your guest. You set the rules, I adhere to them. The clip was set in S.Korea so we accept the way they do things over there. It's very easy for the so-callrd netizens to sit on their fannys, safely in their liveing rooms and criticize others. What do you do when you go to countries where they eat with their hands? You go to the river, wash up and join them.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> FireyRei<br /> Simple truth. These Japanese netizens are anti-Korean, because what she is doing is the same thing a million Japanese people would do, are already doing, or don't care about if they saw it happen. Japanese people have customs or habits other people find horrible or bad manners like slurping noodles, but we aren't online whining or screaming about it.<br /> <br /> The Internet is full of moronic, ignorant, bigoted fools, period.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> chucky3176(Japanese)<br /> LOL at Japanese netizens. I know it's fashionable to hate on Korea in Japan, but this is just ridiculous. And the reasons of hatred seems to get more and more lame, everyday. This is how Koreans eat the ramen noodles when they are alone or with close friends. It's about having fun, and sharing the pot of instant noodles in an informal setting, making it tastier. It's as psychological as anything. This is done only with instant noodles, and nothing else as a fun way to have a good time.<br /> <br /> But you know, Japanese people shoving rice into the mouth with chopsticks while having the rice bowl stuck up to the mouths looks so much better, and so much civilized. (rolls eyes).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> enkeldika<br /> Japanese people are angry over this video? Really? What a bunch of sore losers! I think they are more angry over this video then the way their nuclear officials handled the nuclear plant crisis. It's sad really, the amount of hatred filled superior complex Japanese. I've passed this hatred onto my other colleagues in the world. I'm not impressed with you, Japan. GROW UP PLEASE!!!!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Stephen Jez<br /> Who cares? Bad table manners? Go read 2ch and look at the vast number of racist xenophobe otakus that spew hate at anything and everything that's isn't Japanese. Sad thing is, I bet there is a large silent majority IRL too.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> issa1(Japanese)<br /> It really is disgusting!!!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> chucky3176(Japanese)<br /> This is not anything about culture or anything like that. Read the youtube comments, it's more to do with bashing and hating on Koreans by the Japanese, and to point out how primitive Koreans are compared to the Japanese. It's an confirmation of superiority of Japan to them, in an increasingly uncertain world where the world according to Japan is upside down and their future uncertain,.. and that everything is still alright in Japan. If it wasn't this commercial, it would been something else to bash on Korea.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> chucky3176(Japanese)<br /> Of course LH10. Read some of the comments, and most of it run along the lines of this one comment which I've translated:<br /> <br /> "If a pop idol who are on TV's are like that, how filthy a normal Koreans would be? Even amongst Third World countries, they're known as low quality people, this proves it's true".<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chaz Ed<br /> Hahahaha... So I had to fast scroll to the bottom of the comments to see how many comments there are! And couldn't resist placing one myself! LoL I'm rolling!! I call it a "stick up the butt mentality". Like patrons of the symphony that sit there quiet and still even when the MC asks for participation and have a little fun! Proper attire and respect to eating noodles should always be done in only one way!!! And that is the proper way! Control freaks just like to control! Apparently those that made the judgement call on this just haven't learned to enjoy Cartoons or understand staged humor! Freakin' Sad A wake up call is due... Geeez!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> James Koole<br /> Ben Jack Korean pop cultures are not popular especially among young people? what are you talking about ? It is even avoided by many of them. I haven never seen people who like Kpop so much... And what are you guys talking about extreme right wings in japan are mostly zainichi.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Jong Hyun Lee(Korean)<br /> Not thing to be surprise, actually the eating manner does not matter. I'm sure 'The netizen' is the one called 'Japanese right winger'. They find everything about Korea and blame and make fun of it whatever topic is it about. You can even see them on Youtube, in that case they pretending to be foreigns like Filippino, Indonesian, Vitenamese and others, then start to blame Korea again. Those right wingers don't have life and job.<br /> <br /> Hey James Koole, I guess you are a Jap or Jap ass licker. Btw you said zainichi(right winger) are Korean. Well that's a completely bullshit. At the frist time when right wingers started to blame Korea on internet as the time goes, quite many saw their stupid acts. Of course those people never agree with the right wingers rather the people started to blame them and their racial characteristics. After all the japanese right winger's idiotic acts goes on European media. So the right winger's was in difficult situation. And now they start abuse excuse and saying 'the right wingers were actually Korean or zainichi'. This is general dirty Japanese fraud.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> yokatta(Japanese)<br /> Actually is quite pathetic to see disgusting table manners like hers. Didn't Mom teach her table manners? Gotta wonder!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> enkeldika<br /> Did the Japanese mom teach to slurping ramen with loudest sound as best as possible? I guess not, cause it is in the Nihonjinron logic right?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> gogogo(Japanese)<br /> Who care?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

T-ARA enrages Japanese netizens by eating instant noodles from the pot

The video is actually part of a promotional series for Shin Ramyun instant noodles in which members of Korean girl group T-ARA share t...

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