3 university students suspended for scrawling on Italian cathedral

Saturday 28th June, 07:00 AM JST

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OssanULTRA at 08:30 AM JST - 28th June

"...and the university will look into the feasibility of letting the students take part in erasing them."

So....these three boneheads get to go to Italy again? Great punishment.
Zybster at 08:38 AM JST - 28th June

OssanULTRA, my thoughts exactly. I just hope they go there on THEIR OWN money. Now that may teach them something. Still, I guess they'd just take the money from their parents.
suckit at 09:01 AM JST - 28th June

toyoo Sakai should take responsibility and resign!
some14some at 09:12 AM JST - 28th June

Deep Impact left...can not be erased.
Pukey2 at 09:45 AM JST - 28th June

So the 3 students don't have to attend classes for a couple of weeks.

Isn't that the norm in Japanese universities?
greensatindress at 10:53 AM JST - 28th June

Too bad they can't get whipped with a rattan whip like in Singapore.
nandakandamanda at 11:44 AM JST - 28th June

The suspension will be permanently on their school record, and this will affect their ability to get a job at any 'reputable' maintream company in the traditional sense. This punishment is heavy, from the university and the parents' traditional perspective.

If they are unusual Japanese and able to breakaway and be inventive in the job market, then not such a problem. Depends on their individual characters.
realist at 12:44 PM JST - 28th June

"The university will distribute handbooks to all students to improve their morals." What hope is there for Japan, when a person like this is in charge of a university? With more waste of paper, this university hopes to "improve the morals" of its students? Horse manure! There IS NO moral education in Japan - just look at japanese society for the evidence. Many Japanese youths have little or no respect for anything these days - totally selfish and totally hedonistic, with respect for neither God nor Man.
bamboohat at 02:47 PM JST - 28th June

The original article stated that a female student was caught doing this. As I recall she went to another university? What will happen to her?
Taka313 at 03:43 PM JST - 28th June

Nandakandamanda, Thank you for the perspective. That does make their punishment more appropriate.

I can not understand why anyone would commit vandalism like that. I just don't get it. Does anyone see something like that and say, "Wow. Those people are cool!"?

I don't think so. I think most people look at something like that and think, "What a bunch of incredible dumbasses."

Taka
jeancolmar at 03:49 PM JST - 28th June

Two separate cases. The girl was a Gifu Women's College.

Anyway, these students who did these acts are the dumbest of the dumb in their third-rate schools.

Question: would even these dumbest of the dumb deface a Japanese temple or shrine?

Maybe they thought is was okay because they were in a foreign county.
WMD at 04:20 PM JST - 28th June

Perhaps when they visit a foreign country in the future, these gaijin will behave themselves. Can you imagine how Mina Monta, for example, would be foaming at the mouth on one of his rants if say an American had done the same thing at a temple in Kyoto??
burikko at 04:23 PM JST - 28th June

Why show the name of the university? All Japanse media had reported the name.
plasticmonkey at 07:39 PM JST - 28th June

Taka313, I think these kids want to be thought of as dumbasses. It's the Jackass mentality.
Taka313 at 08:33 PM JST - 28th June

Plasticmonkey,

I think these kids want to be thought of as dumbasses.

Dai Seikou!

Taka