Comments on: Japan Today supports Church of Scientology http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: DanManjt http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-105163 DanManjt Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:28:42 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-105163 (despite claiming they cannot - see the 434th comment labeled “sailwind at 11:45 PM JST - 19th April”), A poor choice to rely on anything Sailwind gibbers; Sailwind is a moron. (despite claiming they cannot - see the 434th comment labeled “sailwind at 11:45 PM JST - 19th April”),

A poor choice to rely on anything Sailwind gibbers; Sailwind is a moron.

]]> By: DanManjt http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-105162 DanManjt Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:28:41 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-105162 (despite claiming they cannot - see the 434th comment labeled “sailwind at 11:45 PM JST - 19th April”), A poor choice to rely on anything Sailwind gibbers; Sailwind is a moron. (despite claiming they cannot - see the 434th comment labeled “sailwind at 11:45 PM JST - 19th April”),

A poor choice to rely on anything Sailwind gibbers; Sailwind is a moron.

]]> By: John Davis http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-84937 John Davis Sun, 11 May 2008 15:15:44 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-84937 What is all the fuss about? There is NOTHING in this article about Scientology and even if there were, so what? In your world doesn't Scientology have a right to speak? John Davis What is all the fuss about? There is NOTHING in this article about Scientology and even if there were, so what? In your world doesn’t Scientology have a right to speak?

John Davis

]]> By: Xenu http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-83132 Xenu Sat, 03 May 2008 04:37:24 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-83132 I used to look at Japan Today daily. Since they made it uglier and more difficult to read, I no longer do so. Related to this has been a progressive undercurrent that I had been putting down to hapless grasping for "monetization". Having them now shill for Scientology comes as no surprise, and will simply stop me from even taking a look every week or so. Xenu is coming back, and he's p*ssed! I used to look at Japan Today daily. Since they made it uglier and more difficult to read, I no longer do so. Related to this has been a progressive undercurrent that I had been putting down to hapless grasping for “monetization”. Having them now shill for Scientology comes as no surprise, and will simply stop me from even taking a look every week or so.

Xenu is coming back, and he’s p*ssed!

]]> By: Brent http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81922 Brent Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:07:16 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81922 Yeah it is stupid but I don't see what the big deal is. People want the ads removed but then they complain that their comments got deleted. Doesn't Japan Probe have a right to leave their ads just as you think you have a right to not have your comments deleted. In this world, people have different beliefs but there is also something called tolerance. Welcome to the internet, don't take things seriously. Yeah it is stupid but I don’t see what the big deal is. People want the ads removed but then they complain that their comments got deleted. Doesn’t Japan Probe have a right to leave their ads just as you think you have a right to not have your comments deleted. In this world, people have different beliefs but there is also something called tolerance. Welcome to the internet, don’t take things seriously.

]]> By: Vimy http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81917 Vimy Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:54:46 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81917 "Vimy, I am/was a fan of their site, and as I said to Shane, if it had just been the ads and the article I’d have given them the benefit of the doubt, but to remove all negative comments on that story is most fishy indeed. In other stories they give full reign to diverse views, including one or two Nazi-sympathising tin-foil hatters." Still doesn't add up to a hidden agenda to me. It sounds more like a problem with poor comment moderation. “Vimy, I am/was a fan of their site, and as I said to Shane, if it had just been the ads and the article I’d have given them the benefit of the doubt, but to remove all negative comments on that story is most fishy indeed. In other stories they give full reign to diverse views, including one or two Nazi-sympathising tin-foil hatters.”

Still doesn’t add up to a hidden agenda to me. It sounds more like a problem with poor comment moderation.

]]> By: somereader http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81870 somereader Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:46:54 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81870 Most of Japan Today's articles and news are ridiculously written with a sensationalist bent. Steer clear altogether because it isn't the best source for news about Japan. Most of Japan Today’s articles and news are ridiculously written with a sensationalist bent. Steer clear altogether because it isn’t the best source for news about Japan.

]]> By: Taro 3Yen.com http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81831 Taro 3Yen.com Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:22:29 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81831 >I did a web search for the Metempiric Foundation and turned up just one other hit, >an event that sounds like some sort of vaguely religious gathering. Ha, ha, did that Scientology stalking-horse, Peter Zimmatore, really represent himself as part of the "Metempiric Foundation"? Occultism & Parapsychology Encyclopedia: Metempiric Term proposed in the 1970s to denote unexplained phenomena such as UFOs, ghosts, alien creatures, mysterious fires, and unusual falls from the sky, usually classified as Fortean phenomena after the writer Charles Hoy Fort, who pioneered the study of such things. The term never became popular and largely passed out of use in favor of "anomalistics." >I did a web search for the Metempiric Foundation and turned up just one other hit,
>an event that sounds like some sort of vaguely religious gathering.

Ha, ha, did that Scientology stalking-horse, Peter Zimmatore, really represent himself as part of the “Metempiric Foundation”?

Occultism & Parapsychology Encyclopedia: Metempiric
Term proposed in the 1970s to denote unexplained phenomena such as UFOs, ghosts, alien creatures, mysterious fires, and unusual falls from the sky, usually classified as Fortean phenomena after the writer Charles Hoy Fort, who pioneered the study of such things. The term never became popular and largely passed out of use in favor of “anomalistics.”

]]> By: songboom.com http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81813 songboom.com Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:53:57 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81813 Of all of the bad things about Scientology, this isn't one of the things I'd worry about. Of all of the bad things about Scientology, this isn’t one of the things I’d worry about.

]]> By: Ken Y-N http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81811 Ken Y-N Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:57:32 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/04/25/japan-today-supports-church-of-scientology/#comment-81811 billywest, thanks for pointing that out! I've set up a block on that URL, so hopefully Google will stop showing them soon. Shane, well, yes, there will be a slight spike of visits to JT, I suppose. Yes, it's the lack of transparency and the deletion of adverse comments that makes me suspicious. Vimy, I am/was a fan of their site, and as I said to Shane, if it had just been the ads and the article I'd have given them the benefit of the doubt, but to remove all negative comments on that story is most fishy indeed. In other stories they give full reign to diverse views, including one or two Nazi-sympathising tin-foil hatters. billywest, thanks for pointing that out! I’ve set up a block on that URL, so hopefully Google will stop showing them soon.

Shane, well, yes, there will be a slight spike of visits to JT, I suppose. Yes, it’s the lack of transparency and the deletion of adverse comments that makes me suspicious.

Vimy, I am/was a fan of their site, and as I said to Shane, if it had just been the ads and the article I’d have given them the benefit of the doubt, but to remove all negative comments on that story is most fishy indeed. In other stories they give full reign to diverse views, including one or two Nazi-sympathising tin-foil hatters.

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