Spider said...

Spider at 09:33 PM JST - 18th June

To the author of the original piece:

Please stop refering to non-Japanese as 'Caucasian people' or 'Johnny Blue-Eyes' you silly American person! Not every non-Japanese is white.

Posted in Stereotypes ’R’ Us at 09:33 PM JST - 18th June
Spider at 05:28 PM JST - 16th June

A cry for help?

Posted in 17-yr-old girl held for threatening massacre in Internet message at 05:28 PM JST - 16th June
Spider at 08:52 PM JST - 11th June

Pay attention to your surroundings... probably the best thing a unarmed, untrained citizen can do to protect himself.

...until you are taken out by a truck from nowhere suddenly mounting the pavement.

Posted in What measures are you taking for your own personal security when you are out and about? at 08:52 PM JST - 11th June
Spider at 05:50 PM JST - 11th June

To respect the parents’ privacy, media agreed to pixelate their faces and not give their first names.

It saddened me deeply to see his parents paraded in front of the Japanese media in this way. I sincerely hope they are now left alone to grieve and come to terms with…

Posted in Akihabara rampage suspect unhappy with work conditions at 05:50 PM JST - 11th June
Spider at 05:51 PM JST - 9th June

I always get a certain black satisfaction when I read stories like this one. It's very, very tough on the family of this man, and such an awful, frightening way for a life to end.

But these beautiful creatures belong in the wild, not behind bars for the entertainment of…

Posted in Tiger kills zoo keeper in Kyoto at 05:51 PM JST - 9th June