Such matters are important in the typically more polite manner of the Japanese people. Silenced instruments (such as Yamaha's range of cellos and violins) are popular for this reason.

It's not as much about being crammed into apartment buildings as it is simply being considered rude to risk disturbing a neighbour. Most here in the west, whether we live in an apartment or not, tend not to concern ourselves with such things nearly as much as we should. The same goes for mobile phone use in public and so on.

I say, nail the controller to their hands. Then, nail their hands to the floor so we don't have to deal with them. Harsh? Indeed!

I've got to get myself signed up to Flickr.

What is this obsession with making films short? Movies should streatch out like a live show. People LIKE long films if the script can live up to it. Just look at The Lord of the Rings.

It's such a shame. T.H.U.G. was the last I played. The future looked so bright for the series back then. Whatever went wrong, I wonder?

SKATE was the final nail in the coffin, but by no means was it the first.

I don't see what anyone will get out of this. These are things everyone knows. What would be useful, is guiding people out of these bad habits. To begin to eat healthy food when you've been brought up on a fast-food diet is not easy (although, I have no such experience myself). To simply talk down to people with such problems via sarcasm is unproductive. Also, when it comes to drugs, it IS possible JUST to be trying new things. I haven't experimented with drugs myself, but I have with legal herbs. It's an interesting experience, and if offered, I would try out the illegal stuff under the right circumstances.

Also, you have to consider the element of choice and balance. I smoke a pipe one a month - unhealthy, yes; but it's my choice and it need not make me a worse person nor send me to a dramatically premature grave. I also eat junk food from time to time, but that's okay too.

A nicely written post, if not a little shallow.