Princess Aiko Bullied

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Well, he seems to have been a goofball, but I'm not sure that he was flat-out, hills-have-eyes royal freak. I've read that he was actually fairly normal, but that his politics tended toward a more pacifistic slant, and that made him unacceptable to the kuromaki. At least they didn't lobotomize him, like that Kennedy sister.

No, no, no. He was Screaming Lord Sutch of the Raving Looney Party...for real!
He once opened a session of the Diet by rolling his speech into a telescope and, instead of addressing the legislators, peered at the politicians one-by-one, saying "I can see XXX and I can see XXX" like the honey used to do on "Romper Room." He was taken off the throne and Hirohito ruled as regent for about 5 years because he was an absolute, almost foaming at the mouth lunatic who simply could not possibly be brought out in public.
He didn't need to be lobotomized....nature had already done it for him (isn't it amazing what your country can do when it has four seasons?)

[bolt_krank]

I love some of the mentioned "bullying"

A boy ran out of a classroom - which may have reminded her of something traumatic in the past...

How much BS is the country wasting their tax money on ?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

How much BS is the country wasting their tax money on ?

They have a whole satellite channel devoted to it...and funded by taxpayers.

[Yokohammer]

I'll stay away from discussing Aiko's looks, because I think that's unfair, but I will add to the speculation on her mental state. She might be a bit autistic, as has been suggested, and that triggers my conspiracy theory reflex as follows:

Basically, keeping a child out of school because she's been "frightened" by the rough and tumble antics of some other students, not directed specifically at her, is fucking ridiculous. The normal, sane reaction is to send the kid back to school where she'll eventually get used to it and learn how to function around other people.

Also, it is very unusual that the school held a press conference about the matter. That simply wouldn't happen unless the Imperial Household Agency wanted the information made public.

So here comes the conspiracy theory. Suppose Aiko-sama does have a wee mental health problem, and that problem is becoming more noticeable as time goes on. Now the Imperial Household Agency could simply pull the kid out of school and hide her away, but that would ignite unwanted media speculation. The "bullying" issue, announced publicly by the school with the blessing of the Imperial Household Agency, would provide a perfect excuse, ne?

So, if the next step is that the Imperial Household Agency announces that Aiko-sama will hereafter be tutored privately to avoid further bullying by the terrible common folk at Gakushuin Primary School ... the plot thickens.

[Kanchou]

Overprotected princess + normal kids + goofy looks = autism suspicions

She's probably just a very sensitive child (who looks a little weird) who isn't used to being around other children (how could she? she's royalty). Nowadays everyone screams autism spectrum when a kid acts a little weird. In the 90's, it was ADD.

[Catoneinutica]

I'll stay away from discussing Aiko's looks, because I think that's unfair, but I will add to the speculation on her mental state. She might be a bit autistic, as has been suggested, and that triggers my conspiracy theory reflex as follows:

Basically, keeping a child out of school because she's been "frightened" by the rough and tumble antics of some other students, not directed specifically at her, is fucking ridiculous. The normal, sane reaction is to send the kid back to school where she'll eventually get used to it and learn how to function around other people.

Also, it is very unusual that the school held a press conference about the matter. That simply wouldn't happen unless the Imperial Household Agency wanted the information made public.

So here comes the conspiracy theory. Suppose Aiko-sama does have a wee mental health problem, and that problem is becoming more noticeable as time goes on. Now the Imperial Household Agency could simply pull the kid out of school and hide her away, but that would ignite unwanted media speculation. The "bullying" issue, announced publicly by the school with the blessing of the Imperial Household Agency, would provide a perfect excuse, ne?

So, if the next step is that the Imperial Household Agency announces that Aiko-sama will hereafter be tutored privately to avoid further bullying by the terrible common folk at Gakushuin Primary School ... the plot thickens.

This theory seems extremely plausible - the "bullying" is a face-saving way of removing li'l Aiko from "mainstream" education/socialization.

With a nod to Kanchou's observation that autism is grossly overdiagnosed these days, if indeed Aiko exhibits symptoms of autism, she'll make a perfect representative for Japan, the world's most autistic country (outside of N. Korea, maybe).

[2triky]

Overprotected princess + normal kids + goofy looks = autism suspicions

She's probably just a very sensitive child (who looks a little weird) who isn't used to being around other children (how could she? she's royalty). Nowadays everyone screams autism spectrum when a kid acts a little weird. In the 90's, it was ADD.

All kidding aside, the rates of autism have skyrocketed recently which begs the question of causation. I am of the opinion that Big Pharma does conjure up many disorders to slang their product to the masses but autism is a complex disorder that is unfortunately on the rise in conspicuous fashion.

[Samurai_Jerk]

All kidding aside, the rates of autism have skyrocketed recently which begs the question of causation. I am of the opinion that Big Pharma does conjure up many disorders to slang their product to the masses but autism is a complex disorder that is unfortunately on the rise in conspicuous fashion.

Well they've expanded what autism is to the point that any social awkward kid with a nerdy hobby could probably be defined as autistic.

[sublight]

I think the higher diagnosis rates in young people have a very 'disorder du jour' reason behind them, which then leads to more stories about it the news, which leads to more parents self-diagnosing their kids.

In Britain, the NHS recently released the results of the first "autism census," and discovered that autism rates were actually constant for all age groups. The rate was the same for kids under 10 as it was people in their 70s. In addition, the rates were almost exactly the same for every industrialized country (including Japan) that conducted the study. One reason it seems so new is that the disorder wasn't well known until recently, so many who had it earlier were diagnosed with whatever the mental health buzzword of the day was, and lumped all together as "mentally retarded".

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1927415,00.html

[sublight]

Really, though, is there any part of her behavior that couldn't be just as easily explained by the fact that she's spent her childhood isolated inside what's essentially a giant puppy mill?

[james]

All kidding aside, the rates of autism have skyrocketed recently which begs the question of causation. I am of the opinion that Big Pharma does conjure up many disorders to slang their product to the masses but autism is a complex disorder that is unfortunately on the rise in conspicuous fashion.

in researching things for my own health, (which i've made some progress on and will expand on in the relevant thread i started several weeks ago), i came across some interesting links between mercury / heavy metal toxicity and autism spectrum disorder and some people having success mitigating autistic symptoms with chelation. it makes sense given that mercury is a neurodisruptor and has become so prolific in the environment.

[Ketou]

in researching things for my own health, (which i've made some progress on and will expand on in the relevant thread i started several weeks ago), i came across some interesting links between mercury / heavy metal toxicity and autism spectrum disorder and some people having success mitigating autistic symptoms with chelation. it makes sense given that mercury is a neurodisruptor and has become so prolific in the environment.

Make sure to keep your kids away from Thiomersal (thimerosal) too.

[eddie]

Yeah, if only she'd inherited Mum's looks and Dad's...who cares about Dad. Masako may be pushing 50, but she's still highly, highly bangable

yes!

[gohdunlam]

yes!

nahh..she is not that hot...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Catoneinutica
Yeah, if only she'd inherited Mum's looks and Dad's...who cares about Dad. Masako may be pushing 50, but she's still highly, highly bangable

yes!

no!

[Typhoon]

Make sure to keep your kids away from Thiomersal (thimerosal) too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal_controversy

[james]

since we're on the now completely tangential topic of mercury controversy, what do people here think of dental amalgams? depending on my mercury results, i'm contemplating having mine replaced.

[Christoff]

im guessing your not talking about this misako.

[Neo-Rio]

Basically, keeping a child out of school because she's been "frightened" by the rough and tumble antics of some other students, not directed specifically at her, is fucking ridiculous. The normal, sane reaction is to send the kid back to school where she'll eventually get used to it and learn how to function around other people.

Yes, but this is Japan.

[sublight]

Right, a different approach is required. There are four seasons here, after all.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

And you catch colds when it gets cold.

[Catoneinutica]

since we're on the now completely tangential topic of mercury controversy, what do people here think of dental amalgams? depending on my mercury results, i'm contemplating having mine replaced.

James, I'm going to get really tangential and ask - publicly, instead of by PM, because others might be wondering, too: Does your kid's drawing depict what I think it depicts?

-catone
-if it's some kind of Rorschach test, then I guess I fall somewhere in the greji end of the continuum

[Yokohammer]

And you catch colds when it gets cold.

An entire lifetime of pooh-poohing this idea as old-wives-tale type silliness was overturned just recently when I finally learned that there is actually some truth in it.

My mother/lady friends/wife would always say "don't get wet/cold or you'll catch a cold," and I would deride them heartily, secure in the knowledge that colds were caused by viruses and not cold temperatures.

Well, it has now been proven that we are more susceptible to catching cold when we are cold.

Damn!! I hate it when that happens!!

[Ketou]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiomersal_controversy

(PDF FILES)

http://preventdisease.com/news/pdf/Thimerosal_Immune_System_Abnormalities.pdf

http://www.progressiveconvergence.com/An%20Evaluation%20of%20the%20Effects%20of%20Thimerosal%20on%20NDs1.pdf

http://www.jleukbio.org/cgi/reprint/81/2/474.pdf

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

An entire lifetime of pooh-poohing this idea as old-wives-tale type silliness was overturned just recently when I finally learned that there is actually some truth in it.

My mother/lady friends/wife would always say "don't get wet/cold or you'll catch a cold," and I would deride them heartily, secure in the knowledge that colds were caused by viruses and not cold temperatures.

Well, it has now been proven that we are more susceptible to catching cold when we are cold.

Damn!! I hate it when that happens!!

You shouldn't worry. We are more susceptible, indeed, when it's cold, but they're caused by a virus and if you don't come into contact with that virus, you don't catch a cold, no matter what sort of weather it is. The likelihood of catching a cold may be slightly higher, but simply being cold doesn't mean you'll catch a cold. You should stick to your guns and dispel the myth.

[sublight]

To bring it back to Aiko, the press seems to be entering the inevitable backlash phase now. The Shuukan Gendai poster hanging in the train yesterday had a huge headline reading, "Is Princess Masako a Monster Parent?"

[Typhoon]

To bring it back to Aiko, the press seems to be entering the inevitable backlash phase now. The Shuukan Gendai poster hanging in the train yesterday had a huge headline reading, "Is Princess Masako a Monster Parent?"

Marrying into the Imp Family was a mistake that she keeps paying for over and over again.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I think the problem is more the Crown Prince. He promised her pre-marriage that he would defend her with all his power. turns out, thought, that he was utterly powerless.
The end result is, she became a stark, raving looney, their kid is irrelevant because junior's missus squeezed out a male heir and the Imperial Household Agency bureaucrats remain entrenched in their positions of power over the throne, which ultimately remains the symbol of Japan both within and outside the country.
I think Mad Masako ultimately had Japan's best interests at heart when she agreed to tie herself to the Imperial Family. And I think Crown Prince Naruhito sincerely wanted to protect her, as he did when he came out a few years ago to say that her personality was "being denied."
But, the fact remains as we FG know better than any, TIJ and the bureaucrats run the cuntry, which means everybody is fucked in the end.

[Taro Toporific]

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Princess Aiko gradually recovering, but still uneasy at school 2010 June 09 - The Mainichi Daily News....It's been three months since it was announced that Princess Aiko, the daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, was suffering anxiety about school, and the princess is still being accompanied every day at school by her mother. A return to normalcy "looks like it will take some time," says an Imperial Household Agency...more....

[Coligny]

Come on Taro... that's no fair... those pics make her look like a retard while she just in fact look like her father...

hummm... wait...


bleh... never mind...