http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/ Living and writing in rural Japan Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-941 gaijinmama Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:29:25 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-941 Whatever. To be honest, it's fine with me if the Japanese have an imperial family. I really don't care. Whatever. To be honest, it’s fine with me if the Japanese have an imperial family. I really don’t care.

]]> http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-940 lemon Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:32:25 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-940 let's face it, unlike cannibalism and female circumcision, eating whales and having an imperial family do not hurt people's basic lives. trying to spread democracy and shoving a western point of view is not an argument but a display of american ignorance. you raising your voice like this as if you're from a better place in the world, opposing the views of the majority of the people in japan won't get you kind remarks from the people in this country - but i guess that's your culture. let’s face it, unlike cannibalism and female circumcision, eating whales and having an imperial family do not hurt people’s basic lives. trying to spread democracy and shoving a western point of view is not an argument but a display of american ignorance. you raising your voice like this as if you’re from a better place in the world, opposing the views of the majority of the people in japan won’t get you kind remarks from the people in this country - but i guess that’s your culture.

]]> http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-930 gaijinmama Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:50:14 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-930 Right. No one ever wins these arguments. My husband once got irritated when he saw that Lilia had posted a newspaper photo of Princess Masako on the refrigerator, but when pressed, he defends the royal family. Right. No one ever wins these arguments. My husband once got irritated when he saw that Lilia had posted a newspaper photo of Princess Masako on the refrigerator, but when pressed, he defends the royal family.

]]> http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-929 jean Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:21:25 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-929 With the post about your MIL going to Tokyo to clean the palace in mind, I'd have to say dissing the Japanese monarchy will get you nowhere with your husband's family! :) With the post about your MIL going to Tokyo to clean the palace in mind, I’d have to say dissing the Japanese monarchy will get you nowhere with your husband’s family!

]]> http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-928 Christelle Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:51:31 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/domestic-disturbance/#comment-928 I wish that royal boy who was born had been a girl! I was really cheering for Aiko-sama to be the future Emperor of Japan and the arguments against that happening were archaic if you ask me. I would have loved to have seen things shaken up a bit. By the way, I thought the argument with your husband was pretty funny. Did you win? :) I wish that royal boy who was born had been a girl! I was really cheering for Aiko-sama to be the future Emperor of Japan and the arguments against that happening were archaic if you ask me. I would have loved to have seen things shaken up a bit. By the way, I thought the argument with your husband was pretty funny. Did you win?

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