Posted on 04/29/2012 8:46:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Trust me... There is room: Regions such as Tohoku and Hokkaido are mostly country.
I don’t think it’s wise for them to increase the population even more and pave over what little country is left. Ever since I was a kid, whenever Japan is mentioned I picture an island so overpopulated they have to import virtually everything they need because they have wiped out the resources they had.
Wait, was that wrong?
When you 'baptize' kittens, you're not supposed to hold them under for 5 minutes.
Or so I'm told.
I don't know why the NYT is so suprised by this. This is not news in any sense, as anyone with a brain who has seen the demographic numbers over the past 10-20 years could accurately predict the outcome.
I doubt it. I'd probably refer to them as 'japs' occasionally as well when writing, as it's much easier to spell than 'Japanese'. I wan tell you that for me, there is not a smidgen of racial animus in the term. It's just slang. I'd wager the same could be said of the poster. If I'd made the post, and you'd called me out on it, I'd see the humor in it, but not the irony.
I recall reading something in the ‘80s to the effect that everyone on the planet could live at the density of New Jersey in an area the size of Texas.
You are making a sound point, and this is a real issue for Japanese families. Some live in apartments so small that they have a roll up bed in the living area. In Japan, there are “love hotels” - for trysts - but most of the people using them are respectable married couples! They are sharing close accomodation with parents, and actually have to go and rent a room if they want some privacy.
Japan used to have a much smaller population, and will again. Living conditions will adjust.
She says women “will not be shoved back in the kitchen barefoot and pregnant.”
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THIS whole notion needs to be thrown out if women are EVER to truly advance.
The idea that your life comes to an end, and that you are relgated to the kitchen just because you have a child — who makes this crap up?
I have 3 children. I also have 2 bachelors degrees and am working on a masters and a very nice career. I almost NEVER cook. I have a FANTASTIC life with a spouse who SHARES responsibilities.
I didn’t have to abort ANY children to get this life. Really. I have as close to having it all as anyone. I just didn’t get it all at once.
Women who are abort are just nitwits. They are weak, shortsighted, and have no courage. To have a lot in life takes courage — and bucking the system. To abort is to go along and get along with whomever in your life tells you “you can’t do it.”
F that. You CAN do it, even with kids. Even with 4 or more kids. Look at Sarah Palin.
consider yourself *highly* commended, sir!
(Brilliant, even by FR's stratospheric standards.)
Cheers!
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