Slog - Comments on Re: Re: Dept. of Unsubstantiated Rumors http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/re_re_dept_of_unsubstantiated_rumors And, for the flip side of Japan's ambivalent relationship with suicide, this fake commercial for a "wrist cutter" from the movie Tokyo Gore Police (NYT review here), also from Slog tipper Ben. And now, to get the taste of that out of your brain, please enjoy this story about the dramatically falling rates of polio in poor countries. Go world! And old-timey Santa! GO, OLD-TIMEY SANTA, GO!... Copyright 2008 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:30:13 -0800 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:04:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by KCip Great, and Santa's a cop. Just what I needed to hear.

]]> KCip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/re_re_dept_of_unsubstantiated_rumors#c1197523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/re_re_dept_of_unsubstantiated_rumors#c1197523 International Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:53:00 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle But, if you stop Japanese from committing suicide, won't that mean far few emo anime?

Think of the goth children!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/re_re_dept_of_unsubstantiated_rumors#c1197530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/re_re_dept_of_unsubstantiated_rumors#c1197530 International Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:56:21 -0800 Comment by Mr. Honky the White Christmas Poe Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-deeeeeeeeeeee-hooooooooooo!

]]> Mr. Honky the White Christmas Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/re_re_dept_of_unsubstantiated_rumors#c1197664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/re_re_dept_of_unsubstantiated_rumors#c1197664 International Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:04:24 -0800