tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post9026214336273524056..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Solving SuicideAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-7178481019412866862013-11-04T03:43:23.268-06:002013-11-04T03:43:23.268-06:00We are bit sporadic with enforcement because all o...We are bit sporadic with enforcement because all of us administrators have lives outside the virtual world.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-53091877939830712252013-11-03T21:21:39.588-06:002013-11-03T21:21:39.588-06:00Actually, it's called Seppuku.
BZActually, it's called Seppuku. <br /><br />BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-31646671058996427022013-11-03T21:17:21.331-06:002013-11-03T21:17:21.331-06:00Don't know what the person said, but yes, you ...Don't know what the person said, but yes, you set the rules here. Nice to see an enforcement officer around. . .<br /><br />BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-37141540627830159782013-10-31T23:29:21.777-05:002013-10-31T23:29:21.777-05:00How truly tragic. I had no idea that Japan had suc...How truly tragic. I had no idea that Japan had such a high rate of suicide. I can't begin to imagine their despair.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this.Trekkie4Everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226981394122557804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-4390258586698101602013-10-31T22:10:27.435-05:002013-10-31T22:10:27.435-05:00"What difference does it make?"
~ The L...<b>"What difference does it make?"</b><br /><br />~ The Line of the CenturyFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-5463589910476702632013-10-31T15:40:09.733-05:002013-10-31T15:40:09.733-05:00What about the biases of the YAY-sayers? Shouldn&...What about the <a href="http://youtu.be/xSX49qfPFo4" rel="nofollow">biases of the YAY-sayers?</a> Shouldn't we recognize THEM as well?Red Herringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577272042339047115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-68536665574470655752013-10-31T15:28:18.483-05:002013-10-31T15:28:18.483-05:00Do you use their low res website, EZ?Do you use their <a href="http://youtu.be/i81ESp3lBb4" rel="nofollow">low res</a> website, EZ?Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10112545167222442362013-10-31T15:24:24.053-05:002013-10-31T15:24:24.053-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-10266318711923431012013-10-31T15:23:00.952-05:002013-10-31T15:23:00.952-05:00...and for the millions of you who lost their heal......and for the millions of you who lost their healthcare coverage due to Obamacare...<br /><br /><b>"Tough Titties!"</b>Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-40035367027742555712013-10-31T15:20:27.732-05:002013-10-31T15:20:27.732-05:00the data input problems are usual problems associa...<i>the data input problems are usual problems associated with new computer monitored programs.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/Qw9oX-kZ_9k" rel="nofollow">What you talkin' 'bout, Willis???</a> I enroll/re-enroll select benefits options with my employer from a website EVERY year. It worked the very first year it was available AND has worked every year since. Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-71097509763985908832013-10-31T15:02:10.371-05:002013-10-31T15:02:10.371-05:00Suicide was always been a critical element of Japa...<i>Suicide was always been a critical element of Japanese culture.</i><br /><br />I hope that you are aware of the "progressive" political ideological tendency to attribute to "cultural differences" and deem "intractable" those social problems for which "political" solutions are difficult to implement. In other words, rather than politically "address" an issue like "honour killings", to instead "ignore" and/or "tolerate" this behaviour as a "cultural difference" for which one can Do nothing BUT "tolerate" in a multi-cultural society..-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-89391876699120653222013-10-31T14:40:22.741-05:002013-10-31T14:40:22.741-05:00I suppose that it would depend upon which countrie...I suppose that it would depend upon which countries you chose to compare. North Africa and South America do compare more favourably.... but Somalia would appear to be a real suicide hotspot..-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-19962226009327626882013-10-31T14:35:57.770-05:002013-10-31T14:35:57.770-05:00Another Japanese director and a good one.
It didn...Another Japanese director and a good one.<br /><br />It didn't show much hope for dealing with cultural divisions.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-89801669025315388812013-10-31T14:16:13.271-05:002013-10-31T14:16:13.271-05:00Actually, FJ … the data you referenced shows that ...Actually, FJ … the data you referenced shows that suicide is rare is Catholic countries, not Islamic countries—which appears to be on par with western nations. Unless I’m going color blind.Sam Huntingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14780557316548397352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62782306345173549102013-10-31T14:12:16.787-05:002013-10-31T14:12:16.787-05:00Thank you, Ducky. I’ll see if I can find that fil...Thank you, Ducky. I’ll see if I can find that film. Did you ever see the Australian Film, “Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence”? Sam Huntingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14780557316548397352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-26102495839075673582013-10-31T14:11:54.174-05:002013-10-31T14:11:54.174-05:00Reminds me of a post-World War Two joke:
A Japane...Reminds me of a post-World War Two joke:<br /><br />A Japanese girl had been consorting with an American GI named Harry who had like Pinkerton of Madama Butterfly fame promised to marry her, and bring her back with him to live in the states.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Harry was suddenly redeployed to the USA since the Occupation was winding down, and left the poor girl behind with nothing but a promise to write to her "soon."<br /><br />She waited and waited hoping to hear from him, but Alas! no letter came. Finally, she broke with the tradition of her people and wrote to him, herself.<br /><br />Here is what she said:<br /><br /><i><b>Dear Harry,<br /><br />You are gone three months, and I am three months gone.<br /><br />What should I do?<br /><br />Should I carry, Harry, or "harry-carry?"<br /><br />Yours,<br /><br />Suzuki</b></i><br /><br />________________<br /><br />Why we Americans, who always mispronounce everything, have always called <i>harakiri</i> "harry carry" when it should be "harra keery" I'll never know, but the joke was very funny at the time.<br /><br />I suppose today it would be considered, racist, sexist, callous, culturally insensitive, demeaning to all women everywhere, and hideously chauvinistic, etc.<br /><br />Frankly, I don't give a shît. I still think it's funny as hell. };-)><br /><br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-2908432152192336192013-10-31T14:03:09.260-05:002013-10-31T14:03:09.260-05:00There may be a lot of "suicide bombers" ...There may be a lot of "suicide bombers" from the Islamic States, but suicide is a RARE occurrence in Islamic countries.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-43681512378346325172013-10-31T14:02:35.011-05:002013-10-31T14:02:35.011-05:00It's official! Welfare Recipients Now Outnumbe...It's official! Welfare Recipients Now Outnumber Workers<br />Shocked?<br /><br />I'm not. Not really. It is, after all, the goal of the democrat party<br /><br />Census Bureau: Welfare Recipients Now Outnumber Full-Time Workers…<br /><br />So all you hard working Republican slobs, work harder everyone, millions of Obamabots out there are depending on you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-63882721759548612172013-10-31T14:00:34.365-05:002013-10-31T14:00:34.365-05:00Suicide was always been a critical element of Japa...<i>Suicide was always been a critical element of Japanese culture.</i><br /><br />So then, how does one explain suicide in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Self-inflicted_injuries_world_map_-_Death_-_WHO2004.svg" rel="nofollow">rest of the world</a>?-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-20394915184328160802013-10-31T13:51:59.973-05:002013-10-31T13:51:59.973-05:00AMEN!<b>AMEN!</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62008457248232220682013-10-31T13:49:28.050-05:002013-10-31T13:49:28.050-05:00Hear! Hear!
YES!
Although wouldn't it be mos...Hear! Hear!<br /><br /><b>YES!</b><br /><br />Although wouldn't it be most desirable for those in authority to treat people as CITIZENS rather than "objects" OR "subjects?"FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-8004964293538347342013-10-31T12:49:27.605-05:002013-10-31T12:49:27.605-05:00It was certainly a part of post war Japanese cinem...It was certainly a part of post war Japanese cinema, Sam.<br /><br />A critical aspect was Japan's ability to reflect on the devastation of the war but never directly take responsibility.<br /><br />The closest they came was a deconstruction of Bushido and I recommend Kobayashi's <i>Harikiri</i> if you haven't seen it. Rather devastating indictment of an obsolete moral code. Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62042242113155733942013-10-31T12:21:42.642-05:002013-10-31T12:21:42.642-05:00Bushido evolved over 1,000 years, so I imagine tha...Bushido evolved over 1,000 years, so I imagine that there was a relationship between the moral code emerging from an feudal agrarian society, into the more industrial, militaristic society that Japan became after Meiji.Sam Huntingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14780557316548397352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-66119712645685257342013-10-31T11:59:36.714-05:002013-10-31T11:59:36.714-05:00I doubt Bushido had much to do with agrarian socie...I doubt Bushido had much to do with agrarian society unless you conflate feudal and agrarian societies.<br /><br />Suicide was always been a critical element of Japanese culture.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-5028530691501095642013-10-31T11:13:10.143-05:002013-10-31T11:13:10.143-05:00Cultural anamorphoses is a very REAL problem.Cultural <a href="http://thersitescampsite.blogspot.com/2013/10/being-lessness-outside-world.html" rel="nofollow">anamorphoses</a> is a very REAL problem.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.com