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Originally Posted By: Go Native What I've said for years and you guys get upset about. Most people are idiots Nope, no-one here I see getting upset with that at all.

Cheers, mate. It means so much coming from someone with 3837 posts, obviously!

I think what I don't get, is you. As you would say.

So, what, I'm not allowed to take a big interest in this subject? Do I perhaps need to post in certain other threads before I choose to post in others? Do tell me how it works. I just don't get it, as you would say. Originally Posted By: Go Native Mostly seeming to justify why you won't be coming to Japan and having a go at those who still will. No, not at all. Perhaps having a go when baited with bullshit, yes.

Ah the old number of posts nugget. Always a good one to bring out hey. I just don't get it, as you often say.

Originally Posted By: Go Native Originally Posted By: RobBright Lets not... Yeah, shouldn't even discuss them Rob. Out of bounds. 'Banned', even. To quote Go Native himself, when he disagrees with something, "I just don't get it".

That's great hhaidar, you have have made your decision.... make sure you have fun and tell us about it!

Originally Posted By: Gary Well, thanks for that - I feel so much more knowledgeable now after this enlightening discussion. You do seem to know everything anyway, but, um, you're welcome, I suppose.

Originally Posted By: Gary If you dont want to come here, dont come. Really? That ok? Permission granted, cheers. Originally Posted By: Gary I honestly couldn't care less. Why are you insisting on keep on posting it then?

Originally Posted By: Black Mountain Originally Posted By: window-cleaner Originally Posted By: Gary If you dont want to come here then fair enough, but I think to write off this entire country as a holiday destination in 9 months time purely because of what has happened recently is a knee-jerk, premature reaction. Yeah you said that about 4 times already. You seem to be quite a broke record in this subject too... Great post. He's the one telling me I am wrong and I'm responding to that.

Originally Posted By: Gary If you dont want to come here then fair enough, but I think to write off this entire country as a holiday destination in 9 months time purely because of what has happened recently is a knee-jerk, premature reaction. Yeah you said that about 4 times already.

Originally Posted By: Gary In 9 months time there simply won't be any of this shit going on. Unless of course, there is some other major disaster here, the chances of which are the same as they were a month ago before any of this happened, and probably not too different to what they are anywhere else. Good to hear we have a real expert on these matters in our midst! Glad to hear the Fukushima thing will be cleaned up good. Can you tell us what happens, I'm sure everyone wants to hear the good news. You can think what you want, mate. I'll think what I want, as will everyone else.

Exactly.

There are plenty of ski destinations around the world that I want to go to. Places that don't have any of this shit going on, as pie-eater so funnily said in another thread. Forgive me for choosing somewhere that is not Japan. Weighing stuff up, other places win. Simple as. Not a hard decision.

Originally Posted By: Gary People are really incapable of assessing risk - I mean, now there's been a big earthquake, suddenly people just think "Japan - Earthquakes", but Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries on the planet - always has been, but before the big earthquake, nobody thought twice about coming here. Exacty. People didn't think about it / know about it before. They do now.

Originally Posted By: Gary Unless there are any other major disasters, then I really dont see anybody's skiing holiday in Japan next season being affected at all by recent events So, you just choosing to simply ignore comments by people saying otherwise?

Not sure about that Mamabear, I keep on hearing how everything is just normal in places not affected. Which is it, I wonder? Normal? Or not? Some of the trying-to-convince-yourself comments by people who will inevitably be affected come across as quite desperate, I must say. I can understand why with a lot at stake, and wish people well. But I don't 'owe' Japan my ski holiday. I have made a contributon to help out, but to imply that I should be travelling to Japan to support it is a bit overboard. I'm planning a holiday, not a disaster support misson. There are plenty of places I r

I will be giving Japan a miss and the other people I know who were thinking about it are now concentrating on Canada or Europe.

That really does look great on the full screen view.

For those teaching in classrooms around Japan --- are there aircons in the classrooms? Must be awful without them.

In the last 6 months, six people that I know well have been diagnosed with different kinds of cancer, and two have already died. Three of them are admittedly what you would called 'old', but one is in his 30s and the other two are in their early 50s. Of course this doesn't mean anything concerning my own health but somehow I'm feeling quite down about the whole thing. I suppose as you get older (though I am not "old") this kind of news only increases. A sad realisation in the last half year. Sorry for the depressing subject but I'm feeling rather down myself about thing

Very nice work. Now, all we need is some SNOW!

Same here. Well, not 163,000 yen but got some changed.

You're probably mistaking Hakuba for Niseko. Many do, don't mind