Fadamor said...

Fadamor at 03:36 AM JST - 21st November

Well, he did deny that he hit the guy originally. I agree that the anti-US sentiment here seems to match the Prime Minister's sentiment towards Americans. So a hit an run by an American serviceman is evidence of why the American military must leave Japan, but the hit and runs…

Posted in U.S. Army man admits involvement in Okinawa hit-and-run accident at 03:36 AM JST - 21st November
Fadamor at 12:53 AM JST - 21st November

Tahoochi, you can assume she had everything going for her because she was smart. You can infer she was smart because she was bright enough to realize this guy was not a good "catch" and decided to "release him back into the pond". Where she erred was in letting him…

Posted in Kawasaki man arrested over murder of Sapporo woman at 12:53 AM JST - 21st November
Fadamor at 12:45 AM JST - 21st November

Shaolin7, reserve your judgement until the guide comes out. The whole point of it is to find the places that have the best FOOD, not the places with the best ambiance. All those restaurants with the glitzy atmosphere but cardboard food will be notably absent from the Michelin review. There…

Posted in Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital by Michelin at 12:45 AM JST - 21st November
Fadamor at 12:32 AM JST - 21st November

The whole point of a judge is to maintain your objectivity. With lay judges you are going to have a much harder time with that because they don't do that job for a living and some criminal actions make an objective evaluation all but impossible.

This lay judge obviously was…

Posted in Jury member loses cool in Miyagi high school girl rape case at 12:32 AM JST - 21st November
Fadamor at 12:23 AM JST - 21st November

Not defending his actions other than to say if you're driving at night, odds are you aren't going to notice some blood and hair. All you're going to notice is the cracked windshield. The rest would get noticed the next morning.

And I'm still wondering how the victim hit the…

Posted in U.S. Army man admits involvement in Okinawa hit-and-run accident at 12:23 AM JST - 21st November
Fadamor at 04:07 AM JST - 20th November

Regarding the hit and run, someone brought up the possibility the man was hit after he was already dead. This isn't a likely scenario as the windshield was cracked and bloodied and corpses don't often leap over a car hood to strike the windshield.

Did he do it? Probably. But…

Posted in Police say U.S. serviceman was involved in fatal hit-and-run at 04:07 AM JST - 20th November
Fadamor at 03:48 AM JST - 20th November

I would think anyone who must ride ANY subway in ANY country during rush hours would have to abandon ANY sense of "personal space". :-) I was a subway rider, so I am not being commuterist.

Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 03:48 AM JST - 20th November
Fadamor at 03:39 AM JST - 20th November

If they're lucky, there's a security camera nearby that caught the accident on tape. All this guessing about who ran the light is pointless without facts.

Posted in 15-year-old girl killed after moped collides with truck at 03:39 AM JST - 20th November
Fadamor at 03:33 AM JST - 20th November

I'm just interested in how the Japanese police have apparently resisted having the interrogations taped by the interrogee. He says he'll resume their little "meetings" as long as it gets taped, but the Japanese have nixed that? What are they afraid of?

Posted in Hatoyama, Hirano urge U.S. to cooperate on Okinawa hit-and-run at 03:33 AM JST - 20th November
Fadamor at 12:53 AM JST - 19th November

The problem with pepper spray in an enclosed space like a subway car is that you ALL get affected by it. If the car is crowded then you would start a panic - possibly causing people to be trampled to death as they try to get away from the effects.…

Posted in Cop arrested for molesting woman on train at 12:53 AM JST - 19th November