mnemosyne23 said...

mnemosyne23 at 11:29 PM JST - 9th October

I love reading stories about "seasoned" citizens giving these whippersnappers their comeuppance. Good on you, oba-san!

Posted in 77-year-old woman scares off would-be robber in Osaka at 11:29 PM JST - 9th October
mnemosyne23 at 11:25 PM JST - 9th October

I'm not a smoker and I don't like smoking -- I think it's a dirty, smelly habit that all too often tranforms into an addiction for the smoker. But I fully support an individual's right to choose to smoke, and his or her right to have somewhere TO smoke. That…

Posted in Man held for threatening to shoot Kanagawa governor over smoke ban at 11:25 PM JST - 9th October
mnemosyne23 at 01:07 AM JST - 8th October

The poor man. Three days to die with no medical attention? That's torture, pure and simple. I'll be very interested to find out the nature of the "monetary dispute," though I agree with what many other posters have said in that it sounds like organized crime had a hand in…

Posted in 3 girls, 3 men arrested over body found stuffed into drum in Fukui at 01:07 AM JST - 8th October
mnemosyne23 at 12:26 AM JST - 8th October

Quite possibly he felt a bike and some tape were perfectly serviceable weapons when attempting to abduct a seven-year-old girl. Who expects a little girl to actually have enough presence of mind to get the heck out of danger? Thank God she did, and thank God this man was caught.…

Posted in Man arrested for binding girl's arms with tape at 12:26 AM JST - 8th October
mnemosyne23 at 12:11 AM JST - 8th October

What kind of violation of the stimulant control law was this young man in prison for, and how long was he in?

And regardless of whether his actions at the time seemed "normal," leaving something like a towel in the cell of an inmate who has demonstrated suicidal tendencies, especially…

Posted in State ordered to pay Y20.9 mil over suicide of prisoner at 12:11 AM JST - 8th October
mnemosyne23 at 12:05 AM JST - 8th October

Unfortunately, 119 operators (just like 911 in the States) are duty-bound to treat every call like a real emergency. Frivolous calls like this not only tie up resources, but also cost a LOT of money. Ambulances and fire trucks and EMTs and police don't pay for themselves. Someone needs to…

Posted in Woman arrested for dialing 119 on 157 occasions at 12:05 AM JST - 8th October
mnemosyne23 at 11:57 PM JST - 7th October

I'm sorry, they had FIVE cops accompany the girl in the example? Wouldn't one have been enough? I'm all for giving gropers the public shaming they deserve, but overkill is overkill.

And may I ask why it took at least ten gropings before anything was done about this man?

Posted in NPA wants police to nab gropers rather than relying on civilians at 11:57 PM JST - 7th October
mnemosyne23 at 11:51 PM JST - 7th October

I certainly feel very deeply for the girl's family, especially after being so maliciously treated at the hands of this swindler. But... what the hell? The girl went missing, then this guy says he found her but she doesn't want to come home, and then demands living expenses for her?…

Posted in Man gets 9 years for defrauding missing girl's family at 11:51 PM JST - 7th October
mnemosyne23 at 01:07 AM JST - 3rd October

I'm sorry, but I'm not going to automatically side with Noriko here just because some people have inferred that she was the victim of a "two-timing" husband. Has anyone paid attention to the email Christopher presented to the judge?

“It’s very difficult to watch kids becoming American and losing Japanese…

Posted in American father arrested in Japan had asked Tennessee court for help at 01:07 AM JST - 3rd October
mnemosyne23 at 01:05 AM JST - 1st October

Unrelenting sadism and humiliation is not art. Pushing the envelope of the splatter genre is not art. Trying to re-create the same or greater negative reactions as the "Guinea Pig" series is not art. It's sensationalism. Art would involve actual story and character development, not non-stop, incredibly brutal violence. There's…

Posted in Bathed in blood at 01:05 AM JST - 1st October