tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989659.post7141163939586563360..comments2023-06-13T16:47:01.658+09:00Comments on The Durgacile: Japan and swine flu hyper reactionsDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672575871928854138noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989659.post-22046080760023067902009-05-13T23:15:00.000+09:002009-05-13T23:15:00.000+09:00Ojisanjake: ha, yeah they probably should do somet...Ojisanjake: ha, yeah they probably should do something about STDs... from what I hear 女子高生 in Shibuya are about as low as it gets in that department, and judging by conversations I've had I would say condom use is on the low side.<br /><br />J: Very good question - anyone know the answer?<br /><br />Bridget: Given the public sentiment, I'd say that even if the mayor wanted to go forward with things he'd probably be just about lynched for letting things forward, so I don't know how much I'd hold it against him personally but yeah that's pretty stupid.<br /><br />As for the women... sounds like a classic case of small town mentality. They probably just came back from tea with the mayor or something. Like you say, just this week's excuse.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672575871928854138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989659.post-4115659420853231062009-05-13T19:36:00.000+09:002009-05-13T19:36:00.000+09:00It's just a new excuse for some people to be xenop...It's just a new excuse for some people to be xenophobic. In Sano (Tochigi-ken) The mayor would not allow a group of high school students from their sister city in Wisconsin to visit for fear that they would bring the swine flu to Sano. I've lost so much respect for him and the Board of Education there.<br />I was also on a train back from Tokyo going into Tochigi, where I live, and two women blatantly stated in front of me that they didn't want to sit near me on the train because I might be carrying the shin-gata infruenza. <br />You are absolutely right about the media and their worthless fear mongering. It's so awful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04221434368220901841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989659.post-15148175958230567392009-05-13T16:57:00.000+09:002009-05-13T16:57:00.000+09:00I remember hearing that bit from Waseda... so now ...I remember hearing that bit from Waseda... so now that there have been cases confirmed in Japan, did they ever even close down?Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31989659.post-26182761369129793002009-05-12T19:48:00.000+09:002009-05-12T19:48:00.000+09:00It's a shame this kind of reaction can't be focuss...It's a shame this kind of reaction can't be focussed on dangerous things in Japan like AIDS and STD's...Ojisanjakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506748719638540152noreply@blogger.com