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James P. Cain misunderstands lessons from American history

…osexuals? Are we just going to let that slide? Muslims and the sort are welcome to become a part of Danish society. How you do that is by contributing to it. Fighting for a place for Pakistani tribal norms in Denmark or setting fire to cars because not every one here thinks Mohammed was the greatest man ever is not contributing to society. Some may think that they have a right not to be offended – but they are wrong. Some may think that ideas have…

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Durban Review Conference still a sham

…that if they can stick together, they at least have some kind of clout vis-à-vis the United States and the other powerful countries”. Leader of Centre for European Politics at the University of Copenhagen Marlene Wind in one sense has the right idea when she says: “EU not attending and leaving it all to more or less fundamentalist regimes is undermining the entire UN system and the credibility of UN”. Yes… but you say it like it’s a bad thing??!?…

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My love-hate relationship with Japan

…ion to GDP per man-hour in countries around the world. Japan came in second-to-last, only outdone in inefficiency by South Korea. It was a free preview so I did not see anything about Denmark. France was number one while the US that year had dropped back to a close second. Working twice as long hours does not make you produce twice as much. Strangely, this is actually something that I think is less than relevant to the Japanese work ethic. In Japa…

Chinese Politics and Wishful Thinking

…tely removed from reality whoever has the time and access to a computer is free to come up with his or her interpretation. Not everyone, however, is content with simply guessing or projecting own values onto the CCP and have instead resorted to science to figure out what the talking heads are on about. The techniques are actually similar to what I encountered back when I was studying classical Japanese at university. Classical Japanese, like Latin…

Japan – Dishonest Government and Pray for Japan FB Page

…th the government and saying so. I was surprised to hear not only my mother-in-law but also my wife complain upon watching the news.  The reporter stated that “no immediate effects of radiation would occur.”  Then, there was no follow up, no questions and they went on to the next topic. This fact was not lost on my wife and she said “Well what about 15, or 30 years later?”  Seems like a reasonable question.  But as for the media, no, they are trai…