Japanese Hostage Taken by al-Zarqawi

[CrankyBastard]

Regarding the double surname Goto Jogo, I assume he used both his biological father's name and his step-father's when applying for a passport.
(His mother in the meantime divorced and reverted to her maiden name.)

[matsuki]

Regarding the double surname Goto Jogo, I assume he used both his biological father's name and his step-father's when applying for a passport.
(His mother in the meantime divorced and reverted to her maiden name.)

Is that even possible on a Japanese passport? I remember my boss going nuts because they wouldn't let him spell his daughter's name with an "L" instead of an "R" basically "because Japanese."

[Samurai_Jerk]

Regarding the double surname Goto Jogo, I assume he used both his biological father's name and his step-father's when applying for a passport.
(His mother in the meantime divorced and reverted to her maiden name.)

Is that even possible on a Japanese passport? I remember my boss going nuts because they wouldn't let him spell his daughter's name with an "L" instead of an "R" basically "because Japanese."

I know a Japanese couple that wanted to give their kid a Western first name which is common enough that Japanese people wouldn't have trouble pronouncing it but would have involved using katakana not used in Japanese names. When the wife tried to register the name they asked if her husband was an FG. When she said no they said sorry no can do. The husband said she should have lied. I wonder if that would have worked.

[matsuki]

Regarding the double surname Goto Jogo, I assume he used both his biological father's name and his step-father's when applying for a passport.
(His mother in the meantime divorced and reverted to her maiden name.)

Is that even possible on a Japanese passport? I remember my boss going nuts because they wouldn't let him spell his daughter's name with an "L" instead of an "R" basically "because Japanese."

I know a Japanese couple that wanted to give their kid a Western first name which is common enough that Japanese people wouldn't have trouble pronouncing it but would have involved using katakana not used in Japanese names. When the wife tried to register the name they asked if her husband was an FG. When she said no they said sorry no can do. The husband said she should have lied. I wonder if that would have worked.

Probably would have...over the years here, I can't even count the number of times I've seen people get shut down like that and never bother questioning it or looking up what's legal/possible.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Regarding the double surname Goto Jogo, I assume he used both his biological father's name and his step-father's when applying for a passport.
(His mother in the meantime divorced and reverted to her maiden name.)

Is that even possible on a Japanese passport? I remember my boss going nuts because they wouldn't let him spell his daughter's name with an "L" instead of an "R" basically "because Japanese."

I know a Japanese couple that wanted to give their kid a Western first name which is common enough that Japanese people wouldn't have trouble pronouncing it but would have involved using katakana not used in Japanese names. When the wife tried to register the name they asked if her husband was an FG. When she said no they said sorry no can do. The husband said she should have lied. I wonder if that would have worked.

Probably would have...over the years here, I can't even count the number of times I've seen people get shut down like that and never bother questioning it or looking up what's legal/possible.

I wonder what the rule actually is. Could a Japanese couple name their kid ジェームズ or クリスティ or would they have to go with ジエイムズ or クリステイ?

[wagyl]

I wonder what the rule actually is. Could a Japanese couple name their kid ジェームズ or クリスティ or would they have to go with ジエイムズ or クリステイ?

The regulations state "hiragana, katakana an the kanji approved for names." Authorities as diverse as Wikipedia and "name your baby" sites seem to say that 「ー」 is OK (as are 々、ゝ、ゞ) which means there are Japanese people who have the same issue with online forms that I do. I can't find clear guidance on 捨て仮名 (little kana) but ヶ and ヵ appear in family names and ゃゅょ are quite conceivable (じゅん子) so I don't see why not ィ.

[matsuki]

Soooo, basically SJ's friend was shut down by an office worker with no real knowledge of the regulations. Lame

The reason this "false shit confidently being spread by those who should know better" issue bothers me soooo much is I keep helping friends modify their vehicles, but come shakken time, they're asking me to help them put it back to OEM because the tool over at bakamotors told them it won't pass shakken. Example: colored interior lights...changed a lemur's all to pink LEDs. She panicked when the local shop said it won't pass shakken with pink interior LEDs. I told her to take it somewhere else...next place said the same thing...but then I asked them to show me where interior lights were covered in the shakken inspection. I got the" ahhhhhhhh eeeeeeeto, well if it doesn't pass then we're not going to be responsible." (hint: it passed shakken without issue)

[wagyl]

I keep helping friends modify their vehicles, but come shakken time, they're asking me to help them put it back to OEM because the tool over at bakamotors told them it won't pass shakken. Example: colored interior lights...changed a lemur's all to pink LEDs. She panicked when the local shop said it won't pass shakken with pink interior LEDs. I told her to take it somewhere else...next place said the same thing...but then I asked them to show me where interior lights were covered in the shakken inspection. I got the" ahhhhhhhh eeeeeeeto, well if it doesn't pass then we're not going to be responsible." (hint: it passed shakken without issue)

Complete thread tangent: I had a car with a plastic window as part of the softtop, which split through age. I was concerned that it wouldn't pass shaken, because, hey, no functioning rear window. End result, the softtop is not part of the car body, according to the rules, and they don't care what state it is in.

[CrankyBastard]

My mistake, it seems Jogo is his present (3rd) wife's family name.

[matsuki]

I keep helping friends modify their vehicles, but come shakken time, they're asking me to help them put it back to OEM because the tool over at bakamotors told them it won't pass shakken. Example: colored interior lights...changed a lemur's all to pink LEDs. She panicked when the local shop said it won't pass shakken with pink interior LEDs. I told her to take it somewhere else...next place said the same thing...but then I asked them to show me where interior lights were covered in the shakken inspection. I got the" ahhhhhhhh eeeeeeeto, well if it doesn't pass then we're not going to be responsible." (hint: it passed shakken without issue)

Complete thread tangent: I had a car with a plastic window as part of the softtop, which split through age. I was concerned that it wouldn't pass shaken, because, hey, no functioning rear window. End result, the softtop is not part of the car body, according to the rules, and they don't care what state it is in.

So three guesses....ロードスター、ビート、 or サムライ？

[matsuki]

My mistake, it seems Jogo is his present (3rd) wife's family name.

Is 城後 common?

3rd wife?

[wagyl]

Being a wardog can make it hard to maintain a relationship.

[Coligny]

Soooo, basically SJ's friend was shut down by an office worker with no real knowledge of the regulations. Lame

The reason this "false shit confidently being spread by those who should know better" issue bothers me soooo much is I keep helping friends modify their vehicles, but come shakken time, they're asking me to help them put it back to OEM because the tool over at bakamotors told them it won't pass shakken. Example: colored interior lights...changed a lemur's all to pink LEDs. She panicked when the local shop said it won't pass shakken with pink interior LEDs. I told her to take it somewhere else...next place said the same thing...but then I asked them to show me where interior lights were covered in the shakken inspection. I got the" ahhhhhhhh eeeeeeeto, well if it doesn't pass then we're not going to be responsible." (hint: it passed shakken without issue)

The standard "I don't like it so it should be illegal"
Usually from the same people "if I do it, it must be legal"

Too much imbeciles... not enough ammo...

[Samurai_Jerk]

I wonder what the rule actually is. Could a Japanese couple name their kid ジェームズ or クリスティ or would they have to go with ジエイムズ or クリステイ?

The regulations state "hiragana, katakana an the kanji approved for names." Authorities as diverse as Wikipedia and "name your baby" sites seem to say that 「ー」 is OK (as are 々、ゝ、ゞ) which means there are Japanese people who have the same issue with online forms that I do. I can't find clear guidance on 捨て仮名 (little kana) but ヶ and ヵ appear in family names and ゃゅょ are quite conceivable (じゅん子) so I don't see why not ィ.

I don't see why not either but that doesn't mean it's allowed. The difference is ティ and ジェイ are not sounds found in native names whereas ジュis. Although it would seem weird to allow an exception just because one parent is an FG so my guess is they should have been allowed to do so. I also just thought of another possibility. Maybe his wife just told him that because she wanted to give her kid a Japanese name.

[matsuki]

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Also:

It noted that Islamic State militants were likely aware of who was in the area. "We cannot dismiss the possibility of a kidnapping of Japanese journalists or of other risks to them," it said.

"Under such circumstances, reporting on Turkish-Syrian border, even on the Turkey side, and of course in Syria, is likely to lead to unanticipated risks and be very dangerous," the statement said, reiterating earlier warnings. "We strongly urge you to refrain from visiting or staying in the area for reporting, and to leave immediately."

The warning followed news that a Japanese journalist helping cover a possible prisoner swap at the border died in a car crash near the area Thursday, according to Turkish officials.

Kazumi Takaya, based in Turkey for 22 years, was working as a translator for Fuji TV at the time of the crash, local media reports said.

[wagyl]

Just like telling us to watch out for sharks when we have a car accident going to the beach.

[Salty]

Just like telling us to watch out for sharks when we have a car accident going to the beach.

That would only be appropriate for New York City - right? Sharks or Jets, take your pick.

[Mike Oxlong]

[Russell]

Viruses kill ? people annually.

Anyway, time for Steven Spielberg to remake Jaws, this time featuring hippos...

[Russell]

'Kill our pilot and we'll execute ALL your prisoners': Jordan 'says it will hang its ISIS captives' if airman hostage is dead

[Salty]

Goto killed by ISIS...... Jordan, now please do your best to hang your ISIS captives....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... stage.html

[Yokohammer]

I just thought of a great way to test the latest nuclear weaponry.

For starters, issue a warning that all women and children should be removed from Raqqa, give 'em a few days, then simply remove the entire city from the map. That'll reduce the number of places the c*nts can hang their hats a bit. Rinse and repeat until they have nowhere to go.

I know I'm dreaming, but I would love to see these fuckers destroyed.

[Coligny]

Wrong, you contaminate all the water and food sources with ebola, send the UN peacekeeper to treat victims, and release a makeshift video claiming to be from ISIS telling the world that they have successfully weaponized ebola and all the death were test martyrs le dying for Aloha Snackbar.

1- you kill them Dirkas
2- no finger pointed at you
3- Isis appear insane (bad for getting new recruit)(excellent for the US to pass new homeless security/DHS laws and restriction of freedom measures.)

[wagyl]

Jesus I must be a bleeding heart after all.

Charlie Brooker in his latest Weekly Wipe program made the comment that the following footage was ironically rather like being radicalised by an ideological hate preacher in a slickly produced video.

(Wow, I just learned that Pakistan is an Arab country.... Then again, this was the Birmingham no-go for infidels program.)

[Coligny]

BTW: no stats for the number of swimmers raped by dolphins ? (no it's really a thing, i've seen movies...)

[Russell]

I just thought of a great way to test the latest nuclear weaponry.

For starters, issue a warning that all women and children should be removed from Raqqa, give 'em a few days, then simply remove the entire city from the map. That'll reduce the number of places the c*nts can hang their hats a bit. Rinse and repeat until they have nowhere to go.

I know I'm dreaming, but I would love to see these fuckers destroyed.

When it is announced in advance, the men will leave together with the women and children, so that wouldn't work. And it would be a great propaganda against the country that would carry out the nuking.

Now for Japan to do the act, Abe would need to change the constitution.

But there is a silver lining in all this. This caliphate will never be recognized as a country in the future, whatever happens. They've dug their own graves.

If Europe can get their act together, they will strip the extremists going to that caliphate from their EU-related nationality, preventing them from ever coming back. It is a bit like giant hornets: once one is stuck on a surface with glue, more will come to join it in its demise.

[wangta]

Why is anybody surprised by this latest atrocity? Maybe now the Japanese govt and public get the message - they are not exceptional and exempt from being victims of jihadists or any terrorists from anywhere. Especially when the two Japanese victims decided they would behave in a way bound to lead to danger and probable death.

Once Goto decided to cross that border again he was a dead man. Any rational person could have pointed that out to him and probably did. He should have done what a less egotistical person would have and felt blessed to be out of that place but no, he was going to be the hero, he, a non Muslim and Japanese, was somehow going to rescue another Japanese, who frankly did not deserve it, from Islamic terrorists.

All the self-righteousness about a group and movement that received its funding from western powers including the USA via proxies is pointless. These new enemies received funding via a convoluted way from various western interest groups including governments. They were part of the original attempts to topple the Syrian Government. Their anti Assad alliance partners, the 'Free Syrian Army' etc have people who are just as bad in their own way.

And I think it's interesting that the Japanese govt and public are so quick to forget how their own Japanese terrorists murdered innocent airline staff and travellers in Europe in another decade. There were also other incidents involving Japanese terrorists and these weren't in war zones which non combatants who aren't involved should know better than to enter.

[legion]

I think we know how this will play out

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

It is likely the terrorists will start killing each other, when your answer to a differing opinion is lethal violence you run out of options & allies pretty fast.

[Samurai_Jerk]

It is likely the terrorists will start killing each other, when your answer to a differing opinion is lethal violence you run out of options & allies pretty fast.

That's been happening for quite awhile.

[Russell]

I can't wait until the people responsible for these beheadings are extradited to Japan.

Must be fun to see each of them isolated in their cell for decades up to the unannounced moment of being hanged. Female executioners, please.