2008-12-22, 23:58 | Link #302 | |
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Every New Year, we have to rotate. Like this time around: 2005: Fukuoka, Japan. [Born there, but the years in Kobe made me Kansai-ed] 2006: Busan, South Korea 2007: Hong Kong 2008: Singapore 2009: Back to Fukuoka. |
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2008-12-23, 00:04 | Link #303 |
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As an aside, have you ever seen the Moko Shurai Ekotoba, or been to the Genko museum in Fukuoka... or as it was back in the day, Hakata?
(I've read a lot about the Mongol invasions, and I'd love to see either/both in person...)
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2008-12-23, 00:07 | Link #304 | |
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Osaka may be Japan's kitchen, but Fukuoka is Japan's food court. |
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2008-12-23, 00:11 | Link #305 | |
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And you actually have a New Year cycle? Man, that's messy. I have one too. But smaller cycle. Usually runs like this: Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul. And repeat. Good thing is that they all have 5-star airports, in fact, these are the only three five-star airports around the world.
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2008-12-23, 00:13 | Link #306 | |
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2008-12-23, 00:13 | Link #307 | |
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...but then, we all came out of the trees in Africa if you look back far enough.
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2008-12-23, 00:16 | Link #309 |
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If they mean that they came from Central Asia thousands of years ago, perhaps - but the ethnic and political mix in the steppe has changed drastically many, many times over just the last two or three thousand years, let alone in the prior millennia beforehand.
No, but Aden is in Arabia.
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2008-12-23, 00:17 | Link #310 | |
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And I follow the Bible, so... not Africa. |
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2008-12-23, 00:21 | Link #311 |
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Bear in mind that the Mongols themselves were only one group among many in their own time, and only spread/rose to prominence under Temujin - and he made a point of co-opting other peoples into his burgeoning empire (or inflicting mass slaughter and slavery on those who resisted).
And while Eden might work in a metaphorical sense, for those who choose to believe in it, I would not use it as a literal means of charting the evolution and spread of humanity.
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2008-12-23, 00:24 | Link #313 | ||
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And I'm now going to be stuck in Fukuoka soon. Flying back to Fukuoka tomorrow morning. May not be active for 24-26 Dec. |
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I think you saw some comparisons and then got confused. |
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2008-12-23, 00:30 | Link #315 | |
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Anyways,
Reflections by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan The following is a statement from Emperor Akihito, released by the Imperial Household Agency on the occasion of his 75th birthday on Tuesday. Quote:
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Using the term 'Mongol' is no more accurate than calling the peoples of, say, Roman Britain 'English'. Quote:
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*googles Unit 731* Oh wow, does the commander of this unit even have a soul?!
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