Japanese kids required to sing kimigayo during earthquakes

[Taro Toporific]

The Yahoo! News caption reads: (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080328/photos_wl_pc_afp/11e0902d8ad60006aa019d827b372c33/)
. . . "Japan on Friday ordered schools to teach children to sing the national anthem in the latest controversial step to boost patriotism...."
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghost/12947ecd9d759a2e.jpg
(http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080328/photos_wl_pc_afp/11e0902d8ad60006aa019d827b372c33/)

[Cortana]

Nice hats.

[Mulboyne]

Nice find!

[alicia454]

Nice hats.
If you are going to force children to sing like lunatics during a natural disaster, why not make them also wear tinfoil hats and truly go for that crazy look?

What about having the kids sing the anthem whenever North Korea or China does a missile test, or a Japanese sport teams losing to a non-Japanese team?

[Visitor K]

If you are going to force children to sing like lunatics during a natural disaster, why not make them also wear tinfoil hats and truly go for that crazy look?

those tinfoil hats better be made in the shape of a pyramid, or they will do no good..

is the title of this thread a joke (please tell me it is)? i didnt see anything in the original article about singing during earthquakes...

[Mulboyne]

is the title of this thread a joke (please tell me it is)? i didnt see anything in the original article about singing during earthquakes...

Taro spotted that they were using a picture of school earthquake practice to illustrate a story about compulsory anthem singing.