- Discussion Week 38 -

 

- Friday the 27th of January

- What would you do... - 

  

If you were told today, that you had some incurable disease/or some other problem and you had only 1 week left to live, what would you do in that time?

How about if it was 1 month or 1 year?

For this discussion, the answers: "I would try to find a cure" or "I would spend a lot of money to invent a cure" etc. are forbidden. CURE IS IMPOSSIBLE in this discussion.

 

What do you think is the best plan of action for someone in that position?

 

Let's talk about that.

 - Discussion Week 37 -

 

- Friday the 20th of January

- Should prisons be humane - 

  

On Friday, I told you about the case of Mr. Breivik in Norway, who killed 69 people in Norway with a bomb and guns.

This man committed horrible crimes, and as such is in prison. However, recently he took the Norwegian government to court over his imprisonment being 'inhumane' as he was kept in solitary confinement and other parts of his treatment in prison (Click here for a wikipedia link to read about the case).

But my question to you all is; 

Should prisons be humane?

Especially in the cases of extreme crimes such as the aforementioned Norwegian.

While I don't mean prisons should be torture and violence, my point is prison should be a punishment, and a horrible place to be. It should not be comfortable and happiness for those who have committed crimes.

If you think they should be more humane, why do you think that way?

 

Let's talk about that.

 - Discussion Week 36 -

 

- Friday the 13th of January

- Pay it forward - 

 

Pay it forward is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying it to others instead of to the original benefactor.

 

An example of this idea is "The mathematician Paul Erdős heard about a promising math student unable to enroll in Harvard University for financial reasons. Erdős contributed enough to allow the young man to register. Years later, the man offered to return the entire amount to Erdős, but Erdős insisted that the man rather find another student in his situation, and give the money to him"

 

What do you think about this idea, do you think it would work in Japan, and if not, why not?

 

 

 

Let's talk about that.

 - Discussion Week 34 -

 

- Friday the 6th of January

- SNS Stalking is now Illegal in Japan - 

 

Stalking in general has always been illegal when it reaches a certain level. Most times this is counter-acted by restraining orders, or in more extreme cases, by moving to a new house, getting a new phone number etc.

SNS stalking has been more difficult to police as being online allows users to have a certain level of anonymity.

 

Do you think online-stalking is, or has been a big problem in Japan?

What causes it to be a problem in Japan in the first place?

 

Is it really so bad now that a law is needed to prevent this? 

 

( Here is a link to an article about the new law https://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/online-stalking-using-sns-becomes-illegal-in-japan )

Let's talk about that.