{"id":7598,"date":"2013-03-15T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T01:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/?p=7598"},"modified":"2013-03-15T10:51:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T01:51:10","slug":"the-second-anniversary-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/the-second-anniversary-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"The Second Anniversary (Feedback)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanks for all your comments. I was very sorry to hear about people’s stories about how natural disasters have affected their families. The thing I remember most about the disaster is seeing a documentary on TV about a young couple who had both survived, but who had lost both of their children in the tsunami. The documentary showed them walking along a beach holding hands. I don’t know why, but that scene affected me more than all the horrific images of cars and buildings being swept away. I guess that as long as we choose to live in Japan, we have to accept the possibility of these kinds of events. Actually, I suppose that “possibility” is the wrong word; we know they are going to happen, so all we can do is hope that we won’t be affected too badly.<\/p>\n

Anyway, here is some feedback on your comments.<\/p>\n

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\nThank you.
\n<\/strong>
\nthere have been almost no changes since they have cleared debris two years ago.
\n… since they cleared the debris two years ago. (A-Z: since\/for)
\n<\/strong>
\nI bet you that more and more politicians will visit affected areas before the general election in July.
\nNice sentence. And sadly, probably true.
\n<\/strong>
\nI really admire the people who are working in the front line including the Toden employees risking their health to decommission the nuclear reactors.
\nAs I understand it, the people doing the dangerous work are not Toden or TEPCO employees; they are lowly paid temporary workers, many of whom do not understand the risks involved.
\n<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t understand why they don\u2019t ask for help\/ideas from other countries.
\nBecause of national pride and the egos of the old men who run this country.
\n<\/strong>
\nbut what surprised me most was the fact that not many affected people were in favor of rebuilding them.
\nNice sentence.
\n<\/strong>
\nas they coudln\u2019t see the huge tunami exactly because of the seawalls!
\nI think “precisely because” would be more natural here.
\n<\/strong>
\nAs you know, Japanese government doesn\u2019t like bearing responsibilities, so they make their decision by the whole committee as possible.
\n…, so wherever possible, they make their decisions by committee.
\n<\/strong>
\nI found your comment right after I posted mine!
\nI saw \/ noticed \/ read your comment right after I posted mine!
\n<\/strong>
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\nThank you for sharing this story. I can’t imagine what your family must have gone through in those three days.
\n<\/strong>
\nMy husband\u2019s parents\u2019 house in Indonesia was completly destroyed after the earthquake in May 2006.
\nI’m glad that no one was killed, but it must have been a very stressful time for all of you, especially just before your wedding.
\n<\/strong>
\nThat is true to some extent, but on the other hand, as Tomoaki mentioned, I think it\u2019s quite difficult to meet everyone\u2019s needs.
\nNice sentence.
\n<\/strong>
\nWhat they (the affected people) fear the most is that other people ( we) are forgetting them.
\nNice sentence, and very true. It’s easy for those of us who weren’t really affected to forget about those who were.
\n<\/strong>
\nstand up together and oppose to the ridiculous plan
\nstand up together and oppose the ridiculous plan
\n<\/strong>
\nMany would have died without her wisdom.
\nI bet there were hundreds of stories of individual heroism that we never got to hear about.
\n<\/strong>
\nSome of you might know her because of this video.
\nThanks for posting. I had never seen that video before.
\n<\/strong>
\nWe must learn how our predecessors coexisted with nature
\nI think that is good advice for the whole world!
\n<\/strong>
\nI must be coming down with something.
\nI hope you feel better soon.
\n<\/strong>
\nTherefore, politicians and administrators must keep the laws strictly, and they make laws to contribute to the whole.
\nI agree with you. The problem is the corrupt political system and bureaucracy.
\n<\/strong>
\nI think one of the things what people should do is to elect best politicians not only by what TV said but also by their own thoughts. I can\u2019t believe the consequence of last election.
\nMe neither!
\n<\/strong>
\nThis reminds me of my friend whose house was destroyed and almost all things were swept away because of the typhoon in \u662d\u548c51\u5e74. I
\nI suppose this kind of disaster affects you more when you have personal experience of it.
\n<\/strong>
\nI always wonder why people(including me!)like to criticize politicians we chose ourselves.
\nTo be fair, Japanese people don’t really have much of a choice. The system is so corrupt that it is almost impossible for good people to become politicians.
\n<\/strong>
\nBut anyway, the first thing we should do is to have interest in politics and have our own thoughts as you say.
\nThis is very true. The next thing is to start educating people to question authority, not just to follow it meekly without complaining.
\n<\/strong>
\nbut are there any expressions like \u201cgoo-goo\uff08\u3050\u30fc\u3050\u30fc\uff09\u201d or \u201ckyuru-kyuru\uff08\u304d\u3085\u308b\u304d\u3085\u308b\uff5e\uff09\u201d?
\nWe don’t have expressions like this in English, just words like “growl” and “rumble” that are supposed to mimic the actual sounds.
\n<\/strong>
\nThat’s all for today. Have a great weekend, and see you again on Monday.<\/p>\n

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