I don't think that these chicks were given to children. It was just the farmer's way to make the children's visit to the farm more enchanting.
I do agree that giving children chicks at Easter and puppies and kittens to children at Christmas is a bad thing. The chix end up in the garbage can, and the pups and kittens at the shelter.
#6: In our seriously over-populated future, the only nations to survive will be those that mandate human sterilization. Democracies will fall away, to be replaced by authoritarian regimes that have the will to do what must be done to ensure the survival of their citizens.
#7: That was one of the most shocking hate posts I have ever read. So succinct and yet full of incisive rage. I may need to borrow it for another site.
All the little tiny spaces between the 20,000 Legos will soon be clogged with staph and strep bacteria, making nice black lines to highlight each block.
*snort* "@ felixthecat: Came back from a year in Japan less than 12 months ago and nowhere did I see such signs. Maybe some places are not very welcoming to stranger but most of the time it's places we should avoid anyway (unless you like the company of Yakuza and local criminals)
"So... until you spend some time anywhere outside your immediate environment you should abstain from making ignorant statements."
You are either a liar or so PC that you couldn't see the signs. The things are everywhere. I could see them.
"Oh, boo-hoo! Only WASPs like that over-privileged Felix can be racist!!! Not the Japanese. Felix probably wears a sumo suit or is so fat he looks like a sumo!!!"
"Despite being a signatory (since 1995) to the UN Convention on Racial Discrimination, Japan has taken no legislative action to bar businesses and other public places from refusing entry to customers based on nationality and race. Starting from 1993 in Otaru, Hokkaido, and now running unchecked throughout Japan, signs saying "JAPANESE ONLY" etc have gone up, making an unspoken undercurrent of fear of the outsider into clear, present, and brazen exclusionism--following the best traditions of segregation and apartheid."
"I thought they did that in Japanese game shows every day."
Only the Japanese may do that. Anyone else who does it is culturally insensitive and must write a two page apology for their racist actions.
Ever been to Japan anyone? There are many places that none of us would be allowed to go, especially a lot of stores and restaurants: "Japanese Only!!!" say the signs in the windows and doors. And if you ignore the sign and go in anyway, you'll be either ignored or given the bum's rush: "You no shop here! Go! Go!"
I do agree that giving children chicks at Easter and puppies and kittens to children at Christmas is a bad thing. The chix end up in the garbage can, and the pups and kittens at the shelter.
#6: In our seriously over-populated future, the only nations to survive will be those that mandate human sterilization. Democracies will fall away, to be replaced by authoritarian regimes that have the will to do what must be done to ensure the survival of their citizens.
#7: That was one of the most shocking hate posts I have ever read. So succinct and yet full of incisive rage. I may need to borrow it for another site.
Another example of why books cost so much.
"so she decided to give some of it away to charity. The only problem was that she didn’t know how."
Duhhh! So she decided to use the money to set herself up for a lot of publicity, another book, and a movie.
"So... until you spend some time anywhere outside your immediate environment you should abstain from making ignorant statements."
You are either a liar or so PC that you couldn't see the signs. The things are everywhere. I could see them.
"Oh, boo-hoo! Only WASPs like that over-privileged Felix can be racist!!! Not the Japanese. Felix probably wears a sumo suit or is so fat he looks like a sumo!!!"
See:
http://www.debito.org/misawaexclusions.html
http://www.debito.org/japaneseonly.html
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2005/11/japanese_only_s.php
http://www.debito.org/roguesgallery.html
Oh wait! Maybe these signs are all "fictional"!?!
"Despite being a signatory (since 1995) to the UN Convention on Racial Discrimination, Japan has taken no legislative action to bar businesses and other public places from refusing entry to customers based on nationality and race. Starting from 1993 in Otaru, Hokkaido, and now running unchecked throughout Japan, signs saying "JAPANESE ONLY" etc have gone up, making an unspoken undercurrent of fear of the outsider into clear, present, and brazen exclusionism--following the best traditions of segregation and apartheid."
Only the Japanese may do that. Anyone else who does it is culturally insensitive and must write a two page apology for their racist actions.
Ever been to Japan anyone? There are many places that none of us would be allowed to go, especially a lot of stores and restaurants: "Japanese Only!!!" say the signs in the windows and doors. And if you ignore the sign and go in anyway, you'll be either ignored or given the bum's rush: "You no shop here! Go! Go!"
Felix: Why'd you name your son Malice Leeotis?
A parent: It was my father's name.