- Discussion Week 42 -

 

- Friday the 24th of February

- Would humans be able to survive if we entered an electronics dark age? - 

 

Imagine tomorrow all electrical devices, machines, etc. all stopped working. Internet no longer exists. Phone calls are impossible. Even cars don't work anymore. The majority of trains don't even work, except coal trains for example.

 

What would happen.. in Kyoto?

What would happen.. in Japan?

What would happen.. in the World?

 

How about you personally, would you be able to cope with such a situation? 

 

Let's talk about that.

 - Discussion Week 41 -

 

- Friday the 17th of February

- Engrish - 

 

So in order to lighten up our discussion from once, let's talk about something less political.

So throughout Japan (for me only Kyoto so far) you can find mis-spelled, incorrect and just plain strange English on menus, signs, information booklets etc.

Even some companies that are very large and should have access to either enough native speakers or enough funds to hire a native speaker to check their English, have mistakes on their products or advertising.

How is it that this is still happening in Japan?

Do you think the majority of these mistakes will be fixed before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

Have you come across something with strange English on it in Japan, tell us about it. 

 

Let's talk about that.

 - Discussion Week 40 -

 

- Friday the 10th of February

- Is trump's ban on muslim country immigrants and refugees really so bad? - 

 

On Friday, another extremist Muslim attempted an attack in France near the Louvre Museum.

France has been hit by a series of militant Islamist attacks over the past two years that have killed more than 230 people, and which have been claimed by the militant Islamist group Islamic State(ISIS).

Germany, Belgium, France, and some other European countries have been attacked ever since the allowance of Muslim refugees has started. On top of terrorist attacks, there have been incidents such as the sexual assaults in Germany.

Is Trump's idea to ban Muslim refugees and immigrants from certain countries really such a bad idea?

Is it not possible that the issues hitting Europe could;d happen in America too if more people are allowed into America?

 

Let's talk about that.

 - Discussion Week 39 -

 

- Friday the 3rd of February

- Bootlegging - 

  

Copying famous brands, concepts or designs with cheaper or lower quality materials, and selling the products much cheaper than the originals seems to be possible and popular to do in countries such as China.

But does copying these products really pose an issue to anyone?

What kinds of issues could it produce?

Original brand name products are very expensive, do you think that bootlegging could be combatted by lowering prices on those original products?

 

Let's talk about that.